Sleeping Woman

Bruno Bettelheim and Jill P. May view the illustrations of “Little Red Riding Hood” differently due to their different ways of looking at things. Bettelheim looks at the illustration through a psychoanalytic view while May observes through a critical theorist viewpoint. Since Bettelheim approaches “Little Red Riding Hood” in a psychoanalytic way, he believes the key moment is when Little Red Riding Hood is in bed with the wolf. Bettelheim looks at the fairy tale through a psychoanalytic view…

For the presentation, my group decided to discuss the question, “Do Carter's fairy tales challenge or reinforce patriarchal constructions of female sexuality?” - a question stemming from Dunker’s remark that “Carter is rewriting the tales within the straitjacket of their original structures. [She merely] reproduces the original, rigidly sexist psychology of the erotic”. This question interested us as it allowed my group to further explore Feminism, a subject matter that we studied in our first…

In the fairy-tale story called Snowdrop written by Jacob and Wilhelm, the protagonist’s name is Snowdrop. She was born into royalty, as a princess whose beauty and grace was known throughout the kingdom. She is described in the story by her mother, as having skin “as white as snow, [lips] as red as blood, and [hair] as black as [the] ebony window frame” (Grimm 10). However, her beauty was the very source of tragedy which awaited her. By the age of 7, “she was as bright as the day, and fairer…

Disney Princesses Doom Young Girls Stated in the article This is The Latest Evidence That Disney Princesses Are Hunting Young Girls, “we know that girls who strongly adhere to female gender stereotypes feel like they canʻt do some things” Coyne said in a statement. The effects also extend to body image. The girls that engage in the “princess look” were the ones with low self-esteem. Also making the “girly-girl” culture. Girls’ self-esteem is greatly influenced by the media in general. However,…

Most people have read or heard of the stories of Cinderella or saw a movie of the traditional princess story which always seems to have the same cliché “happily ever after ending.” In the poem “Cinderella,” written by Anne Sexton, she switches up the old-fashioned mythical story by adding in a touch of mockery and telling the story with her sense of reality. Sexton’s sarcastic tone being used in the poem causes the readers to identify and get a sense of the message the version of her story gives…

public, or wear fantasy or sexy clothes or find a male mate. We know it’s too young for any girls, under the age of 3-14 years old. As for, some parents believe that the Disney Princess are the purpose to demonstrate little girl into being a mature woman with beauties and intelligences of themselves without be crying or yelling. Some parents push pressure on their daughter to into a “Toddler model” at ages of 2 to 5 years old. This article that…

Little Red Riding Hood by Thompson, is a European based fairy tale that revolves around a Big Bad Wolf and the young girl (Red Riding Hood). The girl walks through a forest to deliver some snacks to her grandmother. A Big Bad Wolf accosts her and makes attempts to kill her, but she outwits him. The wolf stealthily goes to the girls’ grandmother and swallows her. He then puts on grandmother’s clothes to mimic her so that he could lure the girl into his jaws. The girl is however wise enough to…

Since the début of the first Disney princess movie, Snow White, some sexologists have criticized the film for its theme of male dominance present throughout the scenes. Disney’s adaptations of the Brothers Grim stories of folktale such as Cinderella and Snow White, are the perfect depiction of patriarchal ascendency anticipated. The female heroines were being treated as if they were objects by the men protagonists. They were visually designed by men, both in the director perspective and the…

“ Good evening your highness, can you hold my broom?” “Fold the washing, scrub the floors do the dishes”. A slave in her own home Cinderella is forced to live the life of a maid. In the 21st century it is expected of a woman to go to school and get an education. They are expected to go to university to get a degree then to get a job so that her and her husband can equally support their family. With Disney how ever, this is not the case. Women are shamed for being intelligent or speaking up.…

Although happiness has countless contrasting thoughts by many writers, a key point made by Waterman and Ryff & Singer is eudaimonia, and it’s correlation with self acceptance/realization. Activities to reach eudaimonia are based around one reaching their potential whether they are pleasurable or not. Disney’s film Frozen(Chris Buck,Jennifer Lee) unveils the story of a character named Elsa,who has a power that she conflicts with, and instead of accepting and using her so-called ‘burden’, she…