... Generall Historie, Pocahontas then saved his life a second time, when she warned Smith and his men that her father was plotting to kill them. "Pocahontas [Powhatan's] dearest jewel and daughter, in that darke night came through the irksome woods, and told our Captaine...if we would live, shee ... first work that reshapes the history of Pocahontas, however. Artists and authors have been doing so for more than four centuries. Through the numerous stories, Pocahontas came to be seen as the mother of all Americans. Her role of the good Indian, savior of the early colonists, and ... the India...

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... as men, at every age and in every class. Gretel, not Hansel, defeated the witch; and for every clever youngster son there was a youngster daughter equally resourceful. The contrast continued in maturity, when women were often more powerful than men. Real help for the hero or heroine came most often ... under restrictive conditions. Two fairytales that offer this slightly alternative view of women are Hansel and Gretel and Beauty and the Beast. In both these stories the heroine doesn't fit into the traditional mould, and are actually fairytales that have survived through the years, not mo...

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