He was named Puck, in tradition to the fairies qualities and attributes. Puck was given a position in the fairy court, his job was to “jest to Oberon, and make him smile” (2, 1, 44). Puck also contributes a lot to the story line because he was sent by Oberon to fetch the flower that was hit by Cupid’s arrow, so he could make a love potion to distract Titania from the little Indian boy of whom Oberon was jealous of, and to also fix the four Athenian lovers who sort of formed a love square. But being the fool he is he accidentally puts the love charm on Lysander instead of Demetrius. He also turns another fool’s, of whom we will speak of later, Nick Bottom, head into the head of an ass, so that Titania would be distracted from the little Indian boy.
They are both imaginary figures which might be the reason why they are given the power to modify human’s fate and lifestyle. Titania evolves Nick Bottom’s life as she treats him like a king or her equal because of her husband and Puck’s prank. After Titania is released from her delusion, she is disgusted by Bottom’s visage and abandons him in the middle of the forest. On the other hand Bottom believes that all of the event was a dream and creates a ballad about his dream. Oberon who initiates the pranks not only changed Bottom and Titania’s lives but also Lysander, Hermia, Helena, and Demetrius.
Ophelia's Charater Ophelia enters the play almost as a fairytale figure. she is the poor or at least lower class girl in love with a prince. However, her story does not continue on these Cinderella-esque lines. Through no fault of her own,Ophelia is caught up in the courtly intrigue, and is one of the first victims of the corruption of Denmark occasioned by Claudius's murderous usurpation. Ophelia, as a girl of marriageable age would only have been a teenager.
At the very moment they hear the beautiful, seductive singing the Sirens have weaved their spell upon them. You can tell from the lyrics of the song, Go to sleep little baby; You, Me, and the devil makes three, that the sirens are devious and dangerously seductive, and they’re chugging the gang alcohol, which is slowing makes them fall asleep and turns Pete into a toad. That’s ironic to Circe from “The Odyssey” but instead of getting drugged, Pete was drunk, and not turning into a pig but a toad. The Sirens scene is obvious ironic to Homer’s “The Odyssey” because Odysseus had his men put beeswax in their so they wouldn’t hear the singing. So I think Ulysses and the gang falling under the Siren’s spell helps visualize the outcome if Odysseus hadn’t thought of that smart tactic.
One of Blanche’s first signs of fabrication comes into play at the start of Act II Scene I. In response to Stella’s question, “What are you laughing at, honey?” Blanche says, “ Myself, myself for being such a liar… How does that sound?” The lunacy in Blanche’s persona, while reading her telegram for an old flame Shep to Stella, illuminates how dried up she is becoming. Williams follows this scene up with an outburst between Eunice and Steve, symbolizing how easy it is for a dose of reality to overpower and diverge from the figments of Blanche’s imagination. A common tactic of straying away from present time is to do what makes one feel young again. In Blanche’s case, she makes use of boys who are much younger than herself.
Gender Identity and Children’s Films: A Post-feminism revolutionary depiction of gender identity in children’s films She was to be benevolently let off by a hunter who was supposed to gouge out her heart and present to her flagitious stepmother queen. Despite the lucky initial break, she was not able to escape from fate and eventually was poisoned to death only to be resuscitated back to life by a lascivious kiss by stranger who falls in love with her beauty on first sight. Does it seem like a spine-chilling horror-thriller? Not quite. In fact, this is actually the synopsis of Disney’s Princess Series 1937 animated movie, Snow white and the seven dwarfs.
Most people are unable to see it, but even in some songs, or movies, it is clearly shown that men are superior to women and that women will do whatever men want from them. An example of this is Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) because it is a story about a girl who is kicked out of her house because of her jealous stepmother who only cares about superficial beauty. Snow White then ends up having to cook and clean for seven men, while they are at work. After this, even though she is warned, she is easily tricked by a witch in a disguise, and then finally is, of course, saved by a man in the
Although it was Hamlet who wooed her, and with whom she was intimate it is Hamlet himself who later chastises her for her impious actions. “Get thee to a/nunnery, go: farewell. Or, if thou wilt needs/marry, marry a fool; for wise men know well enough/what monsters you make of them. To a nunnery, go,/and quickly too.” (III.i.131), he commands her, leaving her without a response. By saying these words to her he is crassly calling her a harlot, and making to appear that he never really loved her.
But lurking behind this pretty tale is a sinister twist. In the real version, the nasty step-sisters cut off parts of their own feet in order to fit them into the glass slippers – hoping to fool the prince. The prince is told by two pigeons about what the step sisters had done, so the pigeons pecked out the sisters eyes, making the step-sisters to become blind baggers. Anybody like sleeping beauty when they were little? Well, then as you know the lovely princess is put to sleep when she pricks her finger on a spindle.
During this process, she appears wearing her red dress and make up like a clown. For me, she is the most grotesque character because she passes to be a sweet lady to an old crazy lady. The movie tries to emphasize that, in an extreme, how elderly people are abandoned by their family and how desolate they can be. Marion represents the youth and the seeking for body perfection. At the beginning of the movie, I could see her to be like an angel.