When the fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, is mentioned, most people instinctively think of Walt Disney's animated movie, since it was probably pounded into their brains as a young child. ... In the Grimm brothers" versions there are only twelve out of thirteen fairies from a kingdom which are invited to the christening of the princess, so the thirteenth fairy shows up disgruntled and puts a curse on the baby that she will die at age 15 by pricking herself on a spindle, though the other fairies change the curse to only one hundred years. ... Disney makes the Prince a lot more gallant and stu...

• Word Count: 1999
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

One story that is an excellent tale on the forces of good versus the forces of evil is the popular fairy tale Cinderella. ... Also, described in warm terms is the fairy godmother, and with her "sweet, kind face- (ibid) becomes seen as a kindly soul who likes to help others. ... However, again contrasting with the overly-simplistic "Walt Disney's Cinderella'-, the main character, Ashella, is "astonishingly beautiful- (Lee 609), an odd occurrence indeed because Ashella is conspiring and scrupulous, personality traits usually not seen in the protagonists of fairy tales. ... Campbell...

• Word Count: 1670
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this interesting collection of short stories we see Angela Carter alter our perceptions on otherwise innocent fairy tales. ... Throughout this story death is foreshadowed on numerous occasions, as with many other tales in the "bloody chamber". ... Her mocking yet seductive technique has us hooked and demonstrates her ability to take that of a well-known tale and retell it in a fashion that both shocks and attracts us. ... "Carter manages to write in a such prose that lends itself to magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality dreams, myths, fairy tales, metamorphoses, the unruly uncons...

• Word Count: 1311
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What do you see as the social function of literature? Your discussion should address ideas presented in this course (and other sources as you prefer) and the essay should include attention to at least two set texts. The social function of literature takes on many forms. Literatures main function is to inform, arrange words into a meaningful format, yet the social function has far greater implications. Mythology can be defined as the study and interpretation of myth and the body of myths of a particular culture. ...

• Word Count: 1933
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In this passage, the Fairy Lady unmistakably expressed her expectations of Sir Lanval, and also the repercussions that will follow if the rule is broken. ... By saying; "I admonish, order, and beg," the Fairy Lady is exuding power over Sir Lanval, which indicates that a lady is held higher than a man. ... In other words, after Sir Lanval agreed to the terms of secrecy, the Fairy Lady provided Lanval with anything his heart could desire. ... In addition to providing Lanval with all of his wishes, the Fairy Lady also supplied Lanval with enough riches to share and spread among anyon...

• Word Count: 1257
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Child abuse was only such as thing as heard in fairy tales. "Abuse and neglect by one's own parents is so macabre that until recently [1980] these practices had been relegated to the realm of folk tales, under the guise of wicked witches, cruel stepparents, and terrified children" (Williams and Money). ... The awareness of child abuse has gone through drastic changes, since the forties when abuse was only thought to be in fairy tales and otherwise virtually nonexistent. ...

• Word Count: 1423
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John Stuart Mill essay Thesis: The argument in favor of the legislation is that the Anti-Semetic, neo- Nazi, white supremacist literature is invalid in beliefs, morally reprehensible in brainwashing children, bigoted in nature, and present great danger to society and must be stopped. Conver...

• Word Count: 1507
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John Stuart Mill essay Thesis: The argument in favor of the legislation is that the Anti-Semetic, neo- Nazi, white supremacist literature is invalid in beliefs, morally reprehensible in brainwashing children, bigoted in nature, and present great danger to society and must be stopped. Conver...

• Word Count: 1507
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Examination of fairy tales, folklore and nursery rhymes will graphically illustrate that a variety of media has for many years supported intimate violence, abuse and neglect. For example, wicked stepmothers in children's fairy tales, "the old woman who lived in a shoe-, beat her children. ...

• Word Count: 2032
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Labyrinth is a multifaceted movie that uses symbolism and fantasy to tell the tale of a young girl's journey from childhood to adolescence. ... Henson uses this colorful storyline to tell the tale of a young girl, not yet a woman, who must make her way from childhood to adulthood. ...

• Word Count: 2010
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The book, Immortalis, by R.A. Salvatore is but one of the works in his impressive library of works and, my personal favorite. Immortalis takes place in an alternate world in a time period equivalent to that of our middle ages, but the world is more similar to a fairy-tale land than an actual place...

• Word Count: 1403
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Allen and Hollander (2000) used a great example in their article, which stated: From childhood, fairy tales tell us that beautiful women marry handsome princes and live happily ever after and that the wicked are ugly, whether they be witches or stepmothers. ...

• Word Count: 1279
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George MacDonald's novel, The Princess and the Goblin, includes all aspects of your typical children's fairy tale fantasy, fused with various religious ideologies. Such Christian analogies can be found throughout the novel as seen in the development of some of the main characters, the symbolism of s...

• Word Count: 1315
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Within this tale, there is always the mention of the Native Americans, the ones who taught us to farm and understand the ways the North American lands worked in comparison to European ones most of the travelers had previously been accustomed. Here is one point where the ideal becomes fragmented and split:  some imagine Squanto, a savior who helped a group who were on the brink of death to survive, and then once the pilgrims had the ability to live on their own means of survival, it's almost as if he was some sort fairy godmother, waved a magic wand, things were better, then 'poofed&...

• Word Count: 1871
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On the contrary, those apocalyptic predictions will dwindle away and become nothing more than implausible fairy tales as Transhumanism will allow us to use nanotechnology to enhance our intelligence into super intelligence, so that we may interact with technology when the singularity occurs, to achieve peace, resolve problems, and prevent conflict. ...

• Word Count: 1467
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Traditional theatre that depends profoundly on flash lights, exceptional costumes, and extravagant masks and make up makes the performance look unbelievable, unrealistic and almost like a fairy tale. ...

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Desmond Tutu offers a great commentary on Mandela's authentic leadership style stating, "Nelson Mandela has a knack of doing just the right thing...it's not anything you can contrive" (Carlin, Playing the Game, page 224). Earlier, Mandela had displayed uncharacteristic emotion following the 1993 Nob...

• Word Count: 1429
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1776, written by David McCullough, studies the rich history of the American Revolution from multiple points of view of the war, weaving together an epic that has stood the test of time. Though the book flows in a chronological order, McCullough focuses mainly on General George Washington and his col...

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For children special processing abilities are needed to have mature understanding of advertisements. On the one hand, they must be able to make a distinction between commercial and non-commercial content, although, great number of studies examining young children (under the age of four) indicate t...

• Word Count: 1475
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The Holocaust Films: A Genre Analysis Introduction Over the last fifty years, literally hundreds of films have been created on the subject of the Holocaust. Numerous theories have been put forward to somehow explain the popularity and audiences' seemingly endless macabre fascination with, what were truly horrendous events in the course world history. Some theorists have put forward the notion that the genre has proven to be successful because film has become one of the more enduring and effective way of educating, and indeed, transposing facts and ideas to modern generati...

• Word Count: 1992
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The Wonderful, Warped World of Walt Disney When we think of the Orient', immediate images of exotic beings and places, fundamentalism, Islam, hookahs and pagodas come to mind. Western media and pop culture has influenced our idealistic misconceptions and the way in which we interpret and und...

• Word Count: 1953
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'You do not do, you do not do/ Any more, black shoe/ In which I have lived like a foot/ For thirty years, poor and white, Barely daring to breath or Achoo', is the opening description provided by Plath of her circumstances in 'Daddy'. In this opening stanza, the familiar image of a foot ...

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THE ARTS IN CONTEXT HISTORY OF The Arts covers a wide verity of professions from Theatre, Music to Literature and the of it goes as far back to the cave men in preastoric times to modern day and even now new ways are being thought of and old ideas have been changed. American Film In 1896, the famous inventor Thomas Edison won the patent for the Latham Loop, a device that prevented the film inside a camera from snapping. Thus ensued a series of conflicts, lawsuits, pirating, and armed confrontations, as would-be movie producers struggled to attain independence from Edison's attem...

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Discuss teaching and classroom management strategies to incorporate children with Asperger's Syndrome in Mainstream Primary Classrooms. I have chosen this subject because one of the pupils in my stage two, year four class, has been diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome and is treated by the school in accordance with that diagnosis. Since I have not encountered a student with this disorder before; I believe it would be a beneficial area for me to explore in depth and observe the relationship between theory and practice. In order to understand Asperger's syndrome a teacher mus...

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