Twice-Told Tales

Joseph Campbell, in his book chapter “The Self as Hero,” argues how all heroes go through similar, if not the same, stages on the way to complete their journey. He supports his claim by citing evidence from classic literary tales like “The Princess and the Frog” and “When the Two Came to their Father” and appealing to pathos and logos. Campbell’s purpose is to educate readers on how most hero stories follow the same path and can influence and be influenced by the public, who can learn from the…

Whether the reader is aware of it or not, abnormally long sentences such as the one written above capture attention and inform the reader that there is something here that they ought to pay attention to. In contrast, Link uses short, simple sentences in the vernacular to get the same point across. She writes, “’You need to come at the house from between the trees,” Fran said. ‘Right on the path. Otherwise, you don’t get nowhere near it. And I don’t ever use but the back door’” (Link, 29). These…

My first experience with fairy tales is at a young age. I ran to my bed excited for that nights new book before bed; which was always a fairy tale. These stories gave me hope for happily ever after’s and dreams of fantasy as a would be swept off to sleep with snow white, Cinderella, and beauty and the best still fresh in my mind. Fairy tale have important conventions in them such as; to help with solutions to how to navigate through life, shows cultural differences, helps create an imagination,…

Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass, “Red Riding Hood,” and “Bluebeard” are all horrifying tales in their original standing as fairy tales. Yet, when related to this modern horror, The Shining, through the eyes of little Danny theses tales take on a new light…well more of darkness. Stephen King hints to other texts throughout this book, many are fairy tales. One of the deepest and eerie moments in relation to the tales is the chapter titled “Inside 217.” In this section, Danny betrays his…

Many of the stores were modified later for polite company, such as Hardy Hard Head, which originally had the name Hardy Hard-Ass (McCarthy 10). An example of an adult version of a Jack tale most likely told when the men were gathered without women and children around was Jack and the Jar of Cream. A synopsis of the tale recounts Jack’s suspicion that his wife was being unfaithful while he was working. Jack, the ever creative fellow, devised a plan where he put a jar of cream under the bed, and…

James Joyce’s stories are based in Dublin, Ireland and depict the troublesome and dark lives the Dubliners lived. His stories are based in the times where Dublin was under English/Roman Catholic rule and under their control, their duty was to serve the church under every circumstance. Joyce describes this as if they were paralysed by their supermacy in which he calls it “hemiplegia of the will”. His stories strongly depict the entrapment they felt and how they lived in an oppressive environment…

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE As a child I remember watching an episode of ‘I dream of Jeannie’ which within the world of my childhood innocence brought about a spirit of magic. I recollect spurts of apparition amongst the characters, moving from one place to another in literally the blink of an eyelid. But what remained back in my head was the crux of the entire series where one can see the genie named ‘Jeannie’ living in a bottle with all her belongings and a room like structure all within that thin…

Hamilton’s best novels. It is rich and sensual tale that combines erotica, fantasy, thriller/suspense, and science fiction in an explosive narrative. The novel is an atypical romance set in a fantasy world where fairies are accepted and fashionable. The world is full of political intrigues and paranormal…

Modern Interpretation of Heroine’s Consciousness in Tales of Sleeping Beauty,” Seungyeon Lee, argues that there is a deeper meaning to the story of Sleeping Beauty. Lee explains how the sleep that the princess is forced to undertake is simply a metaphor for something else, in her opinion, it represents the…

toddlers, we're fed fairy tales that present a one-dimensional view of falling in love with your prince charming and everything naturally falling into place after that. As we grow up, social media continues to feed us the fantasy that it's an achievable goal. Lydia Davis' "Break It Down" utilizes money as a means of attempting to measure how much he's invested in romance. On the other hand, Anne Sexton's "Cinderella" puts a satirical twist on the age-old classic fairy tale that is probably one…