Rapunzel

Although there are some exceptions to the traditional gender stereotypes present in fairy tales, many of the classic tales such as Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Snow White, all convey a female character with little agency and promotes male dominance. The patriarchal ideology contained within fairy tales are a very intricate part of society because they make clear divisions between good and evil as well…

The Brothers Grimm Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm opened their notebooks and wrote down the original story of Cinderella. What they didn’t know was that it would be changed and read all over the world by young children and inspire them. For ages we thought we knew these wonderful, bright and happy fairy tales, but they were a lot darker than they appear to be today. In the original story of Cinderella, or the original title The Little Glass Slipper, a widowed prince had a daughter and named her…

The play, Into the Woods, begins with each character expressing what their goals are. Cinderella wants to attend the King’s festival, Jack wishes for his cow, Milky-White, to give milk, The Baker and his Wife wish to conceive a child, and Little Red wishes to go to Granny’s house. Cinderella’s Stepsisters don’t want Cinderella to attend the ball and Jack’s Mother insists that Jack has to sell his pet cow. The Baker and his Wife are visited by Little Red, who buys bread to bring to her ill Granny…

Fairy tales tend to illustrate how a parent 's actions can affect their children’s life a great deal, either good or bad. This is shown in the stories “Beauty and the Beast”, “Hansel and Grethel”, “The Twelve Brothers”, “Little Red Cap”, “Rapunzel”, “Rumpelstiltskin”, “Cinderella”, “Snow White”, “Li Chi Slays The Serpent”, and “The Maiden Without Hands.” These fairy tales show that good treatment from the parent results in the child being superb and doing good deeds. However, parents abandoning,…

Throughout literature, the number three is everywhere. From the Bible to fairy tales, the number three is a common theme universally. The number three can represent color, time and even magic. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, translated by Burton Raffel, the number three is used many times in the book amid Sir Gawain’s journey to find the Green Knight. The author uses the number three in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight to help Gawain learn to resist temptation through animals, Lady Bertilak,…

Mackenzie Myers Stephanie Webster ENGL 240 8 November 2014 The Disneyfication of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales The topic of this research paper is to explore the Grimm Fairy Tales in pop culture, the disneyfication of the Grimm’s Fairy Tales as well as feminism of princesses in modern adaptations of the tales movies. The authors were two brothers from Germany, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm. The brothers are well known for their collection of fairy tales but many people don’t know the origins of the…

In Grimm’s Fairy Tales, one of the most obvious aspects reproduce in fairy tales is masculinity which then triggers gender inequality. Gender equality is very important in a society because it allows for people no matter what gender to have access to the same rights as each other. Majority of Grimm’s’ fairy tales contain male characters which are heroes with characteristics of being strong, intelligent, handsome, hardworking and brave; which help the females defeat the villain. For instance in…

My Epic Hero Journey In this essay I will be deliberating my threshold transition when I am thirty years. I will include five to seven decisions that will change my perspective about life. My five to seven decisions will include me making good grades, A friends death, moving out, marriage, college, and having children.Buy the time I am thirty I hope to wake up in a nice modern house in the suburban part of Charlotte or Raleigh. I will wake to see my husband who is probably getting ready for…

There are several elements from fairy tales that exist in the novel. Margaret Atwood has received a fantasy award for her pieces of work honoring her for her writing that makes it interesting to read. Similarly, after reading just a few pages of the novel, I see how elements of fairy tale are used in order to create a motif or morals like a fairy tale does. For example, as the author states, “…some fairy-tale figure in a red cloak, descending towards a moment of carelessness that is the same as…

his wife that wishes to have a child soon, Cinderella, Jake in the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel. They all wish for something but what they don’t understand is that some wishes might not really be what they want in the long run. With this production everyone wishes for something; for example, the baker and his wife wants a child, Cinderella wants to go to the festival, Rapunzel wants a prince, Little Red Riding Hood wants to go to granny’s, and Jack doesn’t want to sell his…