Once upon a time lived a beautiful princess kidnapped and brought to a weird castle. She married the weird princess in a weird kingdom. Although this was
Evelyn Duron Period 3 9/22/12 “Cinderella: Not so Morally Superior Critique” Cinderella is a story most of us know. The story of Cinderella has been retold many different ways in countries all around the world but the one we frequently think of when it comes to Cinderella is Disney’s rendition. In Elisabeth Panttaja’s critique, “Cinderella: Not so Morally Superior,” she critiques “Ashputtle,” the Grimm’s version of Cinderella. Although Panttaja argues that Cinderella triumphs in marrying the prince because she uses magic, there is indications that magic did not place the prince under a spell. In the Grimm’s version of Cinderella (628-633), the day of the wedding Ashputtle begs to go.
Sexton targets this concept of inequality--especially in the enormous gulf between female and male roles--to illustrate how fairy tales are far from “happily ever after.” In the introductory section of “Cinderella,” Sexton derisively conveys formulaic examples of “once upon a time” fairy-tale success stories. She generates humor by creating an outrageous disparity between the before and after in each case. For example, Sexton tells of such improbable transformations as “From toilets to riches,” “From diapers to Dior,” “From homogenized to martinis,” and “From mops to Bonwit Teller” (Sexton 1). Nevertheless, this humor mocks the perception that to be successful, a person must start out as dirt poor and by a stroke of luck, shakes the hand of Midas. Because Cinderella matches this model perfectly, it is, therefore, used as a stereotypical standard.
He tells this story to Becca and her guide Magda. Josef holds the key to Gemma’s past. Josef gives Becca all the information that unravels the secrets of Gemma’s origin. Gemma is a survivor of the Holocaust and she tells her story of the horrific events she went through by telling it as if it is the story of sleeping beauty, Briar Rose is a metaphor for Gemma’s life. “I was the princess in the castle in the sleeping woods… we all fell asleep, but the prince kissed me awake.
Both stories,Aschenputtel and Yeh-Shen shares the same sad background. Both stories are about two young maiden with beauty anf grace. They both lost their mother when they were young, raised by their evil stepmother and stepsisters. Just as Aschenputtel her dream of going to the prince’s ball, Yeh-Shen also had her dream; she “longed to go to the Spring Festival,” where young women met their husbands They both weren’t allowed to go to the festival but they got help and support from their Magical friends. At the end of the festival they both lose a golden slipper and later married a royalty.
During a meeting with the Wizard, Elphaba discovers he is from another world. Not only has she discovered he is from another world, but he might be her real father. Elphaba begins to become obsessed with Dorothy shoes and slowly loses her grasp of reality. In the end, the Wizard directs Dorothy and her traveling companions to go to Elphaba's house and kill her. After a short battle, Dorothy kills Elphaba by drenching her with water.
After this occurrence, Dorothy ends up in a new world full of all good things, except for the evil witch that wants to capture her. All Dorothy can think of is how badly she wishes to go home. The characters are ambivalent because Dorothy knows straight away who is good and evil. She must go on a journey to find her way back home. Throughout the quest, Dorothy realizes how much she misses her family and wants to go home.
Orenstein has gotten accustomed to adults assuming her daughter likes pink and princesses. For example, at Longs Drugs, the woman gives Orenstein’s daughter a pink balloon rather than letting her choose the color she wants, and Orenstein lets it slide. At the dentist, Orenstein is so fed up, when the dentist asks her daughter to “sit in the princess throne” so she can “sparkle her teeth,” she finally snaps (326). Her daughter, surprised by Orenstein’s reaction, wonders what is wrong with princesses. Orenstein then sets out to explore the possible answers to her daughter’s question.
Gretchen and Karen are Regina’s faithful minions who will do whatever it takes to stay in her good graces. They sabotage Cady’s Halloween party; bleach Janis’ hair and destroying the infamous burn book. By going through all Regina’s tasks it gives them dominion over other girls in their school. Yearning for Octavia’s luscious locks, Arnetta possesses power over the other Brownies since Octavia and Arnetta are friends. Octavia’s mane makes her envied because it opens the door for her to become a part of the white girl’s world that is televised.
Andrew Rawlins Mrs. Bonham English 12 ACP 12 October 2012 Too Much Princess In both The Princess Paradox by James Poniewozik and Cinderella and Princess Culture by Peggy Orenstein the authors suggest that there is an over exposure of princess themes to young children and that they have many different effects. Poniewozik offers evidence from Hollywood and different movies that have been released with an underlying princess theme to them. Then, Orenstein takes the approach from the social aspect stating that young girls are thought of being “princesses.” Although both of these authors have the same underlying claim, their approaches are very diverse and one author is much more effective in supporting their claim than the other author. Poniewozik,