The Friar's Tale

Toni Morrison 's The Bluest Eye and Margaret Atwood 's The Handmaid 's Tale are novels that include many instances of violence in order to demonstrate how brutality informed the ideas and lives of their characters. The Bluest Eye introduces the character of Pecola Breedlove, a young girl whose life has been characterized by habitual exposure to violence. Pecola develops and maintains the idea that she is unworthy of better circumstances and the frequency of violence throughout her life foster…

From the fairy tales of princesses and dragons by Charles Perrault to the mysterious tales of Hansel and Gretel and Red Riding Hood by the Brothers Grimm children 's stories have taken many forms over the years. The question that is always asked today about children 's media is if parents should allow children to view certain media because of some possibly suggestive themes. When trying to protect children from suggestive themes some of the value of the story is lost and the moral of the story…

are influenced to become dependable individuals by demonstrating fantasized rewarding conclusions, and if not they will suffer the consequences. This is best demonstrated in numerous of Jacob and Wilhelm’s (the Grimm Brothers) princess-finds-prince tales, such as the fairytale of “The Frog Prince,” where a princess promises a frog to allow him to drink from her glass, and sit and sleep beside her for three days if he retrieved…

The Canterbury Tales: Nun The Canterbury Tales is one of the most famous stories written by Geoffrey Chaucer. It was written between the 13th and 14th century. The tale consists of a collection of stories that transition into one big piece of work. The Canterbury Tales is about a group of thirty pilgrims traveling to Canterbury also known presently as England. We experience many different tones from every pilgrim throughout the story. The stories told by these pilgrims are introduced…

Fairy God Medium: Gender roles through shifting adaptations of Cinderella Once upon a time, there lived a story told far and wide. This story goes by many names, but we best know it by the name Cinderella. The Cinderella story is a truly inter-medium story. Its basic structure can be found in books, comics, television shows, the news, and movies. A Cinderella story needs three features: a slipper, an ill treated heroin, and a fall from grace followed by the rise to a greater positon after some…

A fairy tale many of us know is Cinderella, but what many of us don’t know, is the drastic changes the fairy tale went through to become the story it is today. Focusing on the revised original tale from 1857, written by the Grimm Brothers, Cinderella is a darker, more realistic tale and the newer version of the tale, a movie produced by Disney in 1950, is more magical and happy. The two tales have similar story lines, but the Disney version has changed to fit a different audience compared to the…

discrepancy. There is still an argument that women’s bodies should be monitored and controlled, such as in the argument for pro-life. In some countries, there are laws against a woman driving or leaving the house. Margaret Atwood wrote A Handmaid’s Tale, which exemplifies how a society ruled by men can also mean a society that oppresses women so harshly so as to take away their wages completely, control their bodies with monthly pelvic exams, and where they are not allowed to leave the house at…

Great writers create great stories. In The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer writes about the different classes of pilgrims. He has a narrator, Harry Bailey, who speaks highly of the knight but does not care about the Summoner. Bailey tells all the pilgrims that each will have the opportunity to tell a story of which they desire and whoever has the best story will get a dinner paid by the pilgrims. Throughout the stories, women are described as men’s pleasure. Chaucer uses characterization and…

Folklore is an important theme in ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’, shown by the fairies who are integral to the plot. There are various types of fairies that appear throughout the play, some of which fit in with the typical portrayals of fairies found in traditional folklore. Oberon and Titania are often found within traditional folklore as they are the King and Queen of the Fairies, and are very much portrayed as being quite powerful and in control as they are human sized rather than being…

Ever heard of melodramatic stereotypical song of the classic Romeo and Juliet play. Well the song is "Whiskey Lullaby" by Brad Paisley (Featuring Alison Krauss) paints a story perfectly in a sweet, sappy country manner. The southern charm of Paisley's voice to this song is the icing on the cake so to speak. Many things about this song make it worth listening to such as, the message as well as the smooth rhythm of the soft melodies. Love is a strong and wonderful thing that cannot just be…