Cinderella succeeds through her mother’s magic, deceit, lies, and disguises. In terms of the prince, it is Cinderella’s mother who ultimately decides which girl in the kingdom he should choose. He does not marry Cinderella out of love, her pity or her true beauty; for he never experiences these things. The prince only witnessed what Cinderella’s mother had made her; love plays no part in his choice. Panttaja believes that marriages in fairy tales are based more on power, and the ability to manipulate others by disguise, than on the actual love and affection one has toward other
In my opinion, the Gibson Girl is equivalent to the models young girls and women look up to in today’s time as inspiration to be strong-willed, confident, and free. This “new woman” image set a bit of fear in some for they feared this new ideal would disrupt the social order. Isadora Duncan is an example of one of the women who became a real-life example of these ideals. She was a popular entertainer and dancer and boldly undermined gender norms by dancing in bare feet and wearing short Greek-inspired tunics (Bowles, 2011 Sec 2.3). Duncan’s message was that she could achieve success without the help of a man.
Both stories lack the fact the everyone is unique. In “Number 12 Looks Just Like You,” Marilyn states “Mother don’t you understand? They don’t care if you’re beautiful or not, they just want everyone to be the same.” (part 2) Marilyn does not want to be the same, she likes being who she is and doesn’t understand why all people want to be the
Dee (Wangero) is the exact opposite to Maggie, she is lighter in complexion, looks down on the place where she was raised, spoiled, and well educated. The mother sees Dee’s attitude as a negative trait that she has acquired from the “city” and Maggie as a more positive example despite her shyness. I agree with the narrator on the perspective of both daughters. Dee’s arrogance is shown over and over by the way she dresses, hairstyle, and the fact that she has taken another name because she believes her given name is a slave name. In actuality this name was passed down from generation to generation, her aunt was named Dicie.
They were part of the women life cycle, since many stated that they quit when they find a "beau" or get married. The dance hall culture changed by making "unescorted" women admission fees lower so to attract single women. In addition, the dance halls were a gathering of people looking for amusement and pleasure, so most "new" things in entertainment were tested there or developed there. On the contrary to many assumptions, the charity girls were not prostitutes since they didn't want money, but they wanted presents, attention, and other things that gave them pleasure. Some of them do it just for pleasure and others for financial support in the short term.
Not only does she try to impress everyone with her appearance but she also goes along with Char, and gets in trouble because she has no ability to say no and walk away. Maleeka takes the blame at first, but towards the end of the novel she gets her courage and tells on Char. She finally finds herself and realizes she is beautiful without Chars expensive clothing. She also realized she doesn’t need to stick out; she just needs to be herself. In the end Maleeka and Caleb are backed together and Maleeka is friends with Miss Saunders.
The first stanza abruptly ends with “You have a great big nose and fat legs.” (6). This is stated in a factual tone in order to portay the girls low self esteem and acceptance of these false attributes. The young girl enters adulthood and the tone shifts into a more positive light. The young girls positive qualities are introduced when Piercy says, “She was healthy, tested
Lieberman’s point is that fairy tales make beauty the basis for which reward is given, not intelligence, work ethic, or anything else a radical feminist would see as an asset. Lieberman also stresses that in popular fairy tales, beauty is associated with being kind and well-tempered whereas ugliness is associated with being ill-tempered and often jealous. This can be easily shown in one of the most popular fairy tales of all—Cinderella. In this, Lieberman argues, Cinderella is oppressed by her cruel, ugly stepsisters and stepmother who force the kind, beautiful girl to do all the chores in the house. Cinderella ends up getting the prize (marriage to the prince) based on looks alone.
Then there is Dee, the older sister, which is out spoken and thinks she is the best looking girl in the world. As for Maggie, she is ok with the way they live, however Dee does not understand why they still live the way they do. The older sister thinks she can take and do as she wishes, as Maggie lets everything go without a fight. If they could just get along, they could change a whole lot in each other’s lives and be allot more understanding of each other. If every person in this world would stop judging, and start listening to each other, there may not be as many wars and deaths.
According to psychologytoday.com, Kate Roberts Ph.D states that parents can use Miley’s performances to “generate discussion about the importance of expectations and being cautious decision-makers” (psychologytoday.com 2). Miley’s decisions to dance provocatively on stage and wear skimpy outfits does not mean she is making bad choices, she is just using her actions and words as self-expression, which parents of the older generations do not understand. Kate goes on to say that kids should change their image “effectively and with self-respect, not just as a reaction to someone or something” (psychologytoday.com 2). Dr. Roberts has the wrong idea on Miley because Miley is not trying to influence girls how to grow up and act, she is wearing the clothes and doing the performances she is doing because it makes her happy. Any interview or documentary a person watches about Miley will understand that her self-confidence is at an all-time high and everything she does makes her happy and love