The Friar's Tale

Millhauser already introduces us to a dream-like story, to a tale from the very beginning since the title is Flying Carpet. The reference is taken up on Aladdin's tale where the character rides a so-called flying carpet. However, Millhauser transforms this element of wonder into something that will later bring the character's resignation. The oxymoron "Flying carpet" is interesting considering that "flying" corresponds to the air and therefore to dream and wonder whereas "carpet" embodies the…

1 Introduction “No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be a heroine”. These are the words Jane Austen chose to introduce the protagonist of her novel “Northanger Abbey” and they seem to give the impression of Catherine being “desperately naive, dangerously unsophisticated, and frequently slow to comprehend“(Kindred 196) right from the start. This impression seems to be confirmed as soon as the reader notices Catherine’s disability of…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream is about 2 lovers Hermia and Lysander that run away into the woods. They run away because Hermia’s dad wants her to marry Demetrius who follows them into the woods, but Hermia doesn’t want to marry Demetrius. Helena, Hermia’s friend loves demetrius into the woods. Fairies see the arguments and stuff and try to fix it but make it worse by making the wrong people fall in love. They end up fixing it and get who wants to love each other, to love each other. I think that…

My name is Shiro, I got this weird name from my parents who are just infatuated with Japanese culture. They say they named me after the snow that fell the day I was born. I also have a white cat who so happens to have the name of Shiro. What are the odds? Considering the cat is older than me by a year, I often wonder with their terrible naming sense if they named me after a cat. Of course they franticly insist that I was named after the pure white snow on that day and by no means after a cat. I…

Wicked, by Gregory Maguire, explores the life of the infamous “Wicked Witch of the West,” formerly known as Elphaba. Elphaba is born green. On top of that, she is almost completely/entirely unloved by her parents. Elphaba must navigate through life in Oz, facing the challenges of her appearance, an unjust government, racial injustices, life in society, and a world that seems like it’s out to get her. Slowly and steadily, Elphaba begins to tumble down farther and farther away from her reasonable…

According to Disney, and many people in society, Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and Pocahontas along with many others are all considered princesses. The glamour and beauty these princesses depict in their movies can be defined as princess culture. As young girls grow up it is not uncommon for them to admire this princess culture. However, in today's society the stereotyping of young girls is recurring and sometimes considered discriminatory. Some feminists may argue that young girls…

Belle first song- The first scene in the movie and musical is in a small French Village far in the past. The little town has lovey one minded people singing the first song “Belle.” This is the first time the audience meets Belle as she is going to get another book from the bookshop. The audience sees the Disney basic princesses as “she is fair skinned with straight long hair and wide eyes. She is skinny, with a tiny waist and delicate hands. Her voice is charming and she sings beautifully,” (An…

The story of The Three Spinners is a well-known Grimm fairytale. Number 14 of 211 stories and legends, and only three pages long, it is often overlooked. If you have not heard this story, it goes like this: a lazy girl was beaten by her mother for not spinning flax. The Queen took notice. Her mother lied to the Queen saying the girl wouldn’t stop spinning. The Queen took the girl to her castle where she gave the girl three rooms full of flax to spin. Then told her when she spins it all she will…

Literary Analysis Essay The Handmaid’s Tale It is scary to think of a government that exists only to serve a specific group of citizens. However, this story contains such a government. In The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian novel written by Margaret Atwood, she demonstrates that some ideologies lead to the suffering and oppression of others as shown by the beliefs and practices of the Republic of Gilead. The main protagonist, Offred is forced into procreating due to falling birth rates in the…

“Words can lie.” It is unknown who said this quote. Mare Barrow the main character arrives at the Silver Palace, the Silvers Palace is for the people whose blood is Silver. Mare meets Cal the first silver prince and Maven the second silver prince, Mare has to marry Maven because she is the Red princesses because Mare has red blood. Maven tells Mare lies and when she finds out it is far too late, Mare and Cal then have to fight for their lives. In the novel Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard, a theme…