She, “did not like him as much as a bride should like her bridegroom,” (Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm). This alone breaks the rules of the fairy tales we all know because there is a mention of whether the girl likes her suitor or not. In most fairy tales marriage is a prize, not something that has to do with actually liking someone. The girl then goes to her fiancé’s house and hears a bird screeching that she should turn back because she is in a murderer’s house. After exploring the dark home, the girl discovers and old woman.
Despite the warnings that she should go straight to her Grandmother’s, Little Red Riding Hood becomes distracted by feminine pursuits, portrayed through the compound sentence “…gathering nuts, running after butterflies, and gathering bouquets of little flowers.” This emphasises her age and vulnerability as she isn’t aware of her surroundings and the danger they can impose. Her naivety is further displayed through the present participle ‘believing’ in relation to the sound of the wolf’s ‘big voice’ being her grandmother’s, despite noticing many ‘odd’ features such as “Grandmother, what big ears you have!” and
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).
‘In The Bloody Chamber, childhood fairytales become the stuff of adult nightmares.’ With close reference to at least two stories from the collection, say how far you agree with this comment. Angela Carter’s decision to subvert the classic fairytale genre with twisted parodies of the original was shocking to readers at the time, and her stories certainly reveal more sinister and perverse depths of these fairytales – depths which the original authors surely did not intend on existing with their target audience of children in mind. Fairy tales are typically very non- realistic with phrases such as ‘Once upon a time’ - immediately implying a fantasy era and setting, being their famous opening lines. As with fairytales, nightmares are of course always fiction. They can be seen to be the predictor of future events and to say something about your life.
Lucinda was one of Ella’s fairy godmothers who actually started the story of Ella of Frell. Like every fairy, she liked to go to weddings and births of babies. Lucinda was known for her spells she casted on the married couples and new born babies she met. She called her spells gifts. Everybody thought her gifts were terrible.
The Rose-Scented Edith Mikaila Smith In today's world, "image" seems to be the most important element that impacts our lives. Often, when we attempt to portray someone or something we are not, we are faced with misunderstanding and failure. In the short story, "Anointed With Oils", Alden Nowlan, introduced Edith, who was ashamed of her past. Trying to escape the disgrace of her family and her home, Edith moved to a boarding house, where she attempted to conform by dressing and acting like royalty. Despite her efforts to blend in, she went too far and other people saw her as being conceited.
Literary Analysis: “Barbie Doll” Today’s women hold themselves to unreachable and unreasonable standards of beauty. With media and social networking on the rise, the standard of beauty is skewed to what others portray it to be. Girls and women of all ages and diversity have self-esteem issues due to the “beauty myth”. Naomi Wolf, author of The Beauty Myth, defines it as an obsession with physical perfection that traps the modern woman in an endless spiral of hope, self-consciousness, and self-hatred as she tries to fulfill society’s impossible definition of ‘the flawless beauty’.” In Marge Piercy’s poem “Barbie Doll”, the deadly effects of the beauty myth are revealed. It all begins with a young girl being born into the world of judgment.
But according to the article, "Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior" by Elisabeth Panttaja, the author tells us that the sweet-tempered, motherless young woman that we read about as children was an imposter. Panttaja opens her article with Cinderella's mother on her death-bed, advising her that if she is "good and pious"1, that she, the mother; "shall look down from heaven and take care of you"1. She explains that this opening scene in Cinderella sets forth the central problem that she must overcome; which is that her mother is absent. The arrival of a strong stepmother and stepsisters', and their unification to subjugate her, makes Cinderella appear weak. And the stepsisters' power is manifested because the stepmother is present.
As Peggy Orenstein’s three year-old daughter entered the “princess phase,” Orenstein became increasingly frustrated. As a feminist, she worried about the negative effects the princess obsession would have on her daughter and other young girls in their futures. In “Cinderella and Princess Culture,” Orenstein sets out to discuss these effects. She discovers that although it seems as if this princess craze is creating negative gender stereotypes at an early age, maybe princess enthusiasts are really benefitting from their obsession. Orenstein has gotten accustomed to adults assuming her daughter likes pink and princesses.
Daisy shows her materialism by getting overwhelmed over Gatsby’s personal belongings, “[Gatsby] he took out a pile of shirts and began throwing them… [Daisy] she sobbed… ‘it makes me sad because I’ve never seen such-such beautiful shirts before’”(92). To Daisy, objects are more valuable than her own happiness; therefore, Gatsby uses his wealth to get close to her. Also, Daisy does not spend time with her daughter and she teachers her the wrong things, “‘I’m glad it’s a girl. And I hope she’ll be a fool--that’s the best thing a girl can be in this world, beautiful little fool’” (17). Daisy has the wrong ideas because she has already been corrupted by the power of materialism.