Sleeping Beauty

Men and woman today do not always follow their “designated” gender roles as they have in the past and this causes skepticism in the way society views them. This is represented In the story where there is change surrounding the innate nature of men to showcase violence, and unclothed women to stray from innocence. The first example is in this quote when Carter displays the man’s attempt to remain inconspicuous, “The sticks twitched in the grate, the clock ticked and the young man sat patiently,…

An English author and illustrator of children’s picture books, Emily Gravett, brings a fresh outlook to the children’s books where she won Kate Greenway Medal and the Nestle Children’s Book Prize Bronze Award for Wolves and Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears, Book Trust (2015). Again! is another brilliant of Gravett. A little green dragon wants his mother to read a bedtime story of a bright angry red dragon name Cedric who causes havoc every night, repeatedly that it sends her to fall asleep…

In the retelling of Snow White called “Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman, the author reversed the good and evil characters of the story. The stepmother queen is now the heroine and Snow White is now this evil bloodsucking vampire. The story is in 1st person being narrated by the Queen who is afraid of Snow White which shows in the quote “I had been frozen by her, owned and dominated.” (Gaiman). The sad part of this story is how it all comes back to this quote at the end with the stepmother…

Have you ever heard of the story of “Cinderella”? Most of you most likely have, probably because of the Disney film that was created of the “Cinderella” stories, but there is more of the “Happily ever after” of these stories. The popular princess has been recreated thousands of times in many differents countries like Germany (Aschenputtel) and Ireland (The Irish Cinderlad) which have many different changes. “Aschenputtel” and “The Irish Cinderlad” are very different from each other, but they…

If I ever got a ticket to visit any place I wanted, I would immediately use it to travel to a site called Palooza. It was created by me when I was eight years old. At that age, I was very much into fairy tales, so I constructed like a city where fairy tales weren’t exactly legends. The only way to get into that place was through a very powerful ring. Three taps on the center of the ring and a magical portal would appear to take you to any desired location. Two taps and it would show you either…

If until now you have associated braids with plants and romantic style like a princess boho ingenue image, boxer braid forces to rethink the image that you have about braided pigtails. The trend is raging departs from usual weaving femininity and bring to the fore their functional side that will shape the image of the best bad-girl of the urban landscape. From the boxing ring to the dancefloor, or you’re planning to go to the gym or club, boxer braid hairstyle is unreliable. In addition, it’s…

Back in the times when public beheadings were merciful and the least barbaric execution method, the people loved gory stories filled with extreme emotion, but now in the twenty-first-century things have changed greatly. Shakespeare was famous for his comedies and tragedies, however, as morals and practices have developed the stories have had to develop too. To allow the modern audience to admire his creative ideas, adaptations were mad. The lion king is one adaptation targeted to children.…

In the little red riding hood the wolf played a trick on the little riding hood.Goldilocks was walking in woods and saw a house.She walked inside the house and destroyed.One day when they left the house a goldilocks walked into their house.The bears had made porridge but it was freezing.But she tried the wee mans wee mans porridge and it was just right then she ate it all.Then then she sat in all of their chairs but the wee bears chair was just right. The bears came home and realized someone…

Amelia. Princess Amelia was a beautiful and graceful young lady. She had long brown hair and hazel eye. Everyone in the kingdom adored Princess Amelia, except one named, Merbeth. Merbet was a cold-hearted witch who was jealous of Princess Amelia’s beauty. One day the King and the Queen invited the entire kingdom to a gigantic ball to celebrate the Princess Amelia’s engagement to Prince Carlos. Prince Carlos loved Princess Amelia deeply. He had light blond hair that glistened in sunlight,…

versions was immediate. For my semester project I would like to explore the evolution of the fairytales from the original tale to modern day adaptions and how they transformed to fit the changing times. The first fairy tale I would like to cover is Beauty and the Beast. The earliest version of tale is from the second century and is known as “Cupid and Psyche. However, the most widely know version is La Belle et La Bete, published in 1756, by French novelist, Madame Jeanne-Marie Leprince de…