Prince Charming

Does a Perfect Partner Truly Exist? Is everyone looking for a perfect partner? In June Callwood’s essay “Forget Prince Charming”, Callwood suggests that she does not believe a perfect partner exists. A relationship will never be perfect, since no two humans can interact frictionlessly (Callwood 322). Although “Forget Prince Charming” appeared in the National Post in 2000, it is still relevant in 2016. Callwood’s essay tells of how she has taught her granddaughters from before they were of marriageable age what to look for within their partner, communicating both the realistic and unrealistic qualities of real-life relationships. In recent years, Disney movies and fairy tales have been depicting to children from a young age that love can be…

Critic’s idea: Young girls tend to imagine and dream of being whisked away by a charming and wealthy prince because of fairytales like Cinderella that show and encourage it. I agree with Jack Zipes’ analysis on the decisions that women in fairy tales make. This supports the fairytale Cinderella and the decision that Cinderella made. Jack Zipes says that “comic endings call upon young females to value communal stability over individual needs.” meaning that the women in fairy tales made the…

needing to be saved by a handsome prince or anyone of the sort, she actually uses her own wits and abilities to escape. Unfortunately – and this was to be expected – her potential as a strong female protagonist plummets when she meets Prince Eric. Interestingly, Eric plays the role of the damsel-in-distress in the story – “His limbs were failing him, his beautiful eyes were closed, and he would have died had not the little mermaid come to his assistance”, but despite her moment of heroism,…

years, numerous versions of the story have been recreated and have been told to children all over the world. The original story of Cinderella follows the life of a young girl who is mistreated by her step mother and stepsisters. With the help of her fairy godmother, Cinderella is transformed into a beautiful princess and goes to the ball to meet her prince. However, she has to leave the ball at midnight as the magic wears off and she turns back into her former self. She leaves behind a glass…

absolutely thrilled. I believe this movie served its purpose by providing a glimpse into the fairytale land with Prince Charming, castles, ballroom dances, and magical characters including Fairy God Mother. And let us not forget about the beautiful glass slippers. I was curious about the movie reviews as I am considering a purchase of the DVD. By reviewing these articles, I learned that the outcome of the review is dependent on the audience the reviewer is trying to appeal to. Cinderella as…

threw a gold and silver dress to her. She went three times the third time she was running to get home and left her shoe. This is similar to France Cinderella when her godmother gave her a beautiful dress for the ball. She went in a pumpkin and her godmother made it into a carriage. And she made her mice horses, her rat is a coachman, her lizards was a footman, and she got a beautiful dress after midnight it would all go back to the way it was before. Another similarity between the stories they…

Frozen tells the story of sisterhood instead of a romantic relationship between the male and the female. The story focuses on how the two princess sisters work to repair their relationship once estranged by a magical curse. Born with the curse, the princess of Arendelle, Elsa, has the power of manipulating ice. Always afraid of hurting others again, including her sister Anna, Elsa spend most of time alone trying to control and conceal her power. Years after, on her coronation day, Anna falls in…

The Perfect Guy is a romantic thriller about a woman named Leah, Played by Sanaa Lathan, an L.A. based lobbyist who seems to have it all: brains, looks, power, a beautiful home and a longtime boyfriend. This would all be cut short after Leah finds that her boyfriend is not ready to start a family and later finding herself in the company of another man who she thinks is “The Perfect Guy.” Although this movie had some good components such as Leah being a successful, independent, black woman and…

If she doesn't like someone then I really take it to heart. She mostly looks at their traits. For her he has to have respect for women, for me. He can't treat them like they are slaves. He absolutely can't be mean and abusive to me. He has to be respectful all they way around. He can't be two faced. he has too real. He can't have multiple sides to him. Another trait that he absolutely has to have in her eyes is he has to have a strong religion. He has to go to church. He can't be an atheist. He…

Frank Paiva, the author of “A Prince Charming for the Prom (Not Ever after, Though)” describes his experience as the gay prom date for his female friends. Paiva successfully explains the adversity that LGBT youth in a heteronormative society face. Through the use of various rhetorical strategies such as the Aristotelian Appeals and informal diction, he highlights the fact that society is not ready to accept LGBT people and those that differ from society’s expectations. Paiva establishes his…