A fairytale analysis of 'The Little Match Girl' story by Hans Christian Andersen should take into consideration the fact that many grim fairytales were originally written or narrated for adults, as folk tales representative of various cultures. This one begins with a little girl who appears to be a street urchin alone at night. The weather is also against the ’ little “maiden.” It is snowing – the sort of sub-zero weather where even the poorest person would not have dared to lose precious body heat by venturing out unprotected. Furthermore, no self-respecting mother would have allowed a fragile child outside without some protection from the cold. Yet The Little Match Girl‘s golden tresses are uncovered, her head unprotected from the bitter excesses of the icy blasts.
In this story Panttaja says it is both mothers that are wicked. Panttaja states the real mother “plots and schemes, and she wins” (Panttaja 660) when it comes to fulfilling the wishes of Ashputtle. But actually the two mothers have the same goal in mind; to have their daughters married off and have a joyful life. To be able to do this, the real mother puts a charm on the prince to make him fall in love with Ashputtle instead of anyone else. The prince did not dance with anyone else all night and would always say “she is my partner” (Grimm 630).
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
As she refuses to talk to anybody, the child created her own imaginary world being unwilling to look at the reality: “Why couldn't he understand that if he kept quiet, if all of them kept quiet, her parents would hear her and come to take her home?” (47). Through the story, her illusion state changes and tend to become a realistic one. Step by step she has no choice but to find in herself enough courage to accept and to surpass the situation. Nandana can be considered a hero because, as it painful, she finally accepts and begins to talk. Secondly, there's Nirmala, Nandana's grandmother, who was binged back to reality.
When she marries John Wright, he isolates her on their farm, refusing even to obtain a telephone and kills the one possession that is precious to her - her little singing bird. 2. The men in both plays tend to devalue the intelligence of the women. Ophelia * In Hamlet, their view of women is perhaps slightly more warranted because Ophelia's inability to stand up for herself or voice her thoughts causes the audience to view her as unobservant and unthinking. Mrs. Wright/Other Women in the play * In Trifles, the county attorney and the other men see no harm in leaving the women downstairs to roam around the crime scene because they do not believe the women are intelligent enough to hinder or help their case.
She does not show the relationship from a patriarchal view, as with her other stories. In ‘The Erl-King’ the female is the one taking the active role pursuing the male. Traditionally, an erlking is a mischievous sprite or elf that lures young people with the intent of killing them. The narrator of The Erl-King is aware of these stories as she quotes "The Erl-King will do you grievous harm." This shows that the girl is aware of the dangers of going to see the Erl-King, yet she keeps returning.
It is no news, yet still interesting to consider, that myths and fairy tales are complex reflectors of the conscious and unconscious concerns of their readers. A case in point is the story of Snow White. In the familiar version collated and edited by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, a young girl flees from the murderous intentions of her wicked stepmother, finds shelter with the seven dwarfs, undergoes three trials or temptations, succumbs to the poison apple, and is rescued from her death-sleep by a charming prince. A close readings and interpretation – psychoanalytic – suggest that the structure of Snow White completely conform to Freud’s personality development phase. Part one: Personal growth stage of Snow white “Once upon a time in midwinter, when the snowflakes were falling like feathers from the sky, a queen was sitting and sewing at a window, with a black ebony frame.
Snow White Essay: A critique on the dangers of a woman In Josephine Poole’s Snow White, woman like the former queen, Snow White, and her stepmother are presented throughout the story. Although each woman contains characteristics that differentiate from each other, they all share a commonality that they are all dangerous characters. The very first woman that appears in Poole’s Snow White is the former queen, . She reigns as queen until she dies at Snow White’s birth. Due to the queen’s death, the king becomes “distracted with grief (13)” and “shuts himself up in his wild kingdom (13)”.
Miranda Rubio Rubio 1 Mrs. Lynsey Barry American & British Literature & Composition 11 September 2013 Mistress Hibbins Mistress Hibbins is a symbol of the hypocrisy in the puritan life-style. The Puritans believe in a simple way of life, yet they call Mistress Hibbins a witch for preferring to be in the forest. Though she is merely a “bitter-tempered (Hawthorne 113)” woman the townspeople are afraid of her. “The crowd gave way before her, and seemed to fear the touch of her garment (Hawthorne 236).” Mistress Hibbins should be considered an excellent example of a good puritan woman. She shuns the luxuries of her brother’s mansion, for the quiet comforts of Gods creation.
When having heard an owl, she cries ‘Hark, Peace!’ This remark shows you that she is jittery, as on a normal occasion she wouldn’t have even noticed the owl because based on what we know of her character so far she isn’t the jumpy type of person. It’s also slightly ironic how she calls out for ‘peace’ because you automatically make the connection to god’s peace: whereas the audience all knows she is damned. You also surprisingly see a psychological vulnerability in Lady Macbeth. She tells Macbeth that Duncan ‘resembled my father as he slept,’ and if it weren’t for that she would have murdered him herself. This is wildly contradicting her cold persona.