Jannie Britton ENGL 1102/TR8 14 October 2014 Character Comparison of Gertrude and Ophelia In the play Hamlet, Gertrude and Ophelia have some similarities and differences. Gertrude, the queen, the mother of Hamlet, is a protective mother, but I also feel like she is wicked person. Ophelia, Hamlet’s love interest, is young, foolish, and underestimated. They both love the handsome Hamlet. Gertrude and Ophelia both love Hamlet, although, they love Hamlet in different ways.
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.
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 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).
Prosser’s life came to a tragic halt, leaving the world wondering what she could have accomplished had she lived longer. Prosser was an inspirational figure for siblings, as well as for the people who she came into contact with in her career. Inez Beverly Prosser, born Inez Prosser was born to parents Samuel Andrew Beverly and Veola Hamilton, in the small town Yoakum, Texas. (Benjamin, Henry, Mcmahon 2005) Due to lack of public record her year of birth is not verifiable by any one specific source. Prosser is the second oldest of eleven children but the first to go to college.
This is because Anne wouldn't promise to speak to the King for him. The source says, "...not promise to speak to the king for you...". However she isn't directly saying she won't speak to the king, she is saying that she isn't making any promises that she will. However the source also disagrees with the statement to. This is because it isn't only Anne, no one would dare talk to the king for Wolsey.
She falls in love with a prince who breaks her out and the ogress is killed chasing after them. Disney’s film, Tangled, twists up the titles of the characters to make Rapunzel the kidnapped princess by a witch, and her rescuer a peasant thief. The witch stole her because of her magic hair with the ability to heal and make the old look young. On her 18th birthday, he helps her escape the woman she believes to be her mother and amidst it all, discovers she is the lost princess of the Kingdom. The first difference in Basile’s story is the fact that she is really just a peasant girl.
While the plot markers are indeed a Cinderella story, this version contains a girl’s journey that resembles Sleeping Beauty’s. The parallels between Cinderella and Ella Enchanted are easy to point out. They are crude surface likenesses, the generic characteristics one always attributes to Cinderella. A cruel stepmother and two nasty stepsisters replace Ella’s mother. They treat her very poorly, having her serve as a scullery maid.
It becomes clear that Hamlet did truly love Ophelia, yet hid it because he was a coward. The “ White Lie” is not only depicted through Hamlet denying his love but also putting a front up for the selfish betterment of his life style. After his outrageous lecture on self worth that Hamlet gives Ophelia, she grows incredibly mad, which ultimately leads to her death. Although the intentions of his lecture were clearly to hurt Ophelia and gain power over her, once he realizes she is dead he feels the need to express his actual love for her. His change of attitude grows confusing as he professes his dear love after her awful death, “ I loved Ophelia.
Her love is pure and sweet and nothing that happens in this play sways that love. Even when Othello accuses her of adultery she still loves him and tries to make things right between them. This character is opposite of two other female characters in this play. Emilia is not as pure as Desdemona is and Bianca is a female who is a complete opposite of the sweet and demure Desdemona. Emilia is Desdemona’s maid and she has a mind of her own.