As a child, Halloween was always my favorite holiday. It gave me the chance to dress up and be whatever I wanted to be, kind of live out my deepest dreams. From the ages of 4 to 7, I dressed up as the same thing: a princess. As little girls, we grew up to the stories of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and Beauty and the Beast. We based our dreams on these tales of love at first sight, being swept off our feet and falling for our Prince Charming on a white horse; we dreamed of our first kiss being the most memorable moment of our life; we dreamed of being so beautiful that when our prince looked at us, he couldn"t look away; we dreamed of being saved. But did we ever dream of love? As we began to grow older, we came to the realization that life is a lot different than any of these fairy tales, and we claim that we know things are much different in the real world. But do we? Sometimes, I think that these fairy tales have a bigger impact on our distorted view of love than we think. Is love what fairy tales are really all about, or are they just about being saved from our own reality? These are questions that can only be answered after careful analysis of said tales of "true love," and after putting them into a context outside of "happily ever after." When fairy tales are looked at through the glasses of a bitter, cynical love-obsessed teen, these stories can take a large twist. In this paper, I will attempt to expose the true meaning behind fairy tales such as Cinderella: all the secret meanings and misconceptions that have been misread by children and adults alike all over the world. And so, without further ado, I give you my version of the Disney classic, Cinderella.
Happily Ever After.
Once upon a time, there lived a young girl named Cinderella, who loved her father very much. But after her mother died, her father remarried a horrid woman who only married Cinderella's father for his money.
Fairy Tale Love What is love? ... I was taught by fairy tale's that love was a completely different world. ... Love in today's world has been strongly affected by fairy tales. ... Women don't care though; we flock to these movies because they are modernized versions of the fairy tale romance we long to find. ... The originators of these fairy tales made it up. ...
It is the "Fairy Tale" Romance Courtly love is a fairy tale idea displayed during the medieval times. ... The movie, "The Knight's Tale" is a strong example of courtly love. ... "The Knight's Tale" also displays courtly love because the lady is of higher social status than the knight is. ... In Geoffrey Chaucer's, The Canterbury Tales the "Wife of Bath's" tale exhibits courtly love in more of a female's perspective. ... Every lady dreams of this fairy tale love that makes her sigh. ...
In Briar Rose, Jane Yolen uses the tale of "Sleeping Beauty" as a point of reference for a haunting Holocaust mystery - within a romance - within a compelling fairy tale - within a novel which will fascinate young as well as adult readers of all ages. ... But it is also said the book itself is a fairy tale in that it uses fairy tale logic and has a fairy tale at the core since no women actually escaped from Chelmno as recorded in Author's note. ... Briar Rose evokes all of the emotion that a true fairy tale should. ... The contrast between the fairy tale and Becca's visit is startlin...
Once Upon a Time, fairy tales weren't written for children... In spite of their name, the popular fairy tales usually have very little to do with fairies. We took the name from the French "contes des fee", and the French literary fairy tales of the 17th century do feature far more fairies than the tales which are best-known today. The Grimm brothers collected the folk tales of the German people to make up their volume, but fairy tales are more than just folk tales. ... The Not-So-Chivalrous Prince Marina Warner traces the origins of the Sleeping Beauty story to a tale which a...
"Fairy Tales: A Closer Look at Cinderella" "Ever After: A Cinderella Story," is an updated version of the famous story of "Cinderella" in which Drew Barrymore plays a pro-feminist Cinderella. ... An updating of one of the world's best-known fairy tale, this retelling has marvelous twists and creative alterations that bring the story in line with more modern thinking about gender roles while staying loyal to the spirit of the story of "Cinderella." ... Drew Barrymore's character does not conform to fairy tale conventions. ... Although the plot still involves romance with a hands...
The colors red and green give the viewer a sense of fantasy and fairy tale. Fairy tales are usually connected to big luscious green woods and beautiful princesses dressed in red. ... As the camera tilts the viewer can see that Amelie is wearing a red dress like the princesses in the fairy tales. At the end of the shot, Amelie is shown touching green beans that represent the fairy tale world she reaches for after her life is turned around. Amelie straightened people's life by making their lives like a fairy tale where everything is perfect and happy. ...
Kelley explains in her article that women are somewhat brought down in fairy tales. ... Pretty Woman is a more modern romance story. ... Ruth Bottigheimer, the author of Grimm's Bad Girls and Bold Boys, explains how fairy tales affect women, "Fairy tales are not beneficial to women" (Behrens and Rosen, 649). ... I don't agree with Kelley's point about fairy tales being harmful to women. ... This is what I meant in the earlier paragraph about fairy tales being for kids. ...
Sexton is essentially returning to the true purpose of the fairy tale. Fairy tales originated as oral traditions and were passed along and sculpted by thousands of storytellers. ... Sexton's poetic transformation of the popular fairy tale Cinderella is a blend of her own life experiences, as well as her view of contemporary culture. ... Anne too, longed to be instantaneously successful, to be wealthy, and to live a "fairy tale" life. ... In this final stanza, Sexton "crashes" the dreamy romance of the more common versions Cinderella with the mundane realities of marriage. ...
Throughout life, it is safe to say that on occasion, everyone imagines what his or her lives might be like in a fairy tale, where everything comes together, and true happiness is attained. ... In Flaubert's Madame Bovary, the main character, Emma Bovary, truly believed that her real life would turn out like a fairy tale, with she finding the perfect husband, and generally living the "perfect life."" ... However, it does not take very long before she begins to grow bored of Charles and look for romance elsewhere. ... If she did love in this manner, she would have no interest or amb...
