...Fairy tales bring dreams and memories to most children during the time of growing up, as what Serger mentioned, “Whatever out culture, there are universal stories that form the basis for all our particular stories”, fairy tales are usually made up according to these universal stories which include archetypes that have typical characters and give us particular impression. In the fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, the protagonist Maria, the beauty, is a typical innocent archetype at the beginning, because she is young, inexperienced, and abducted by the beast; however, this story does not simply describe the protagonist into a single archetype, but gives her the characteristics of a hero as well, because she is brave, willing to leave to a strange...
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...Fairy Tales, a modern staple of the nursery, represent much about the culture which tells them, for in fairy tales we find not just the fantasies of childhood but the realities of society. So much more than just nursery stories, fairy tales provide the backdrop for the development of a child’s psyche by simultaneously stimulating his imagination and “at the same time suggesting solutions to the problems which perturb him.” (Bettleheim in Tatar 270). Just as Oedipal conflicts and narcissistic dilemmas are navigated amid the fantasies of these tales, it is in the same manner that fairy tales till the soil on which the budding individual develops as a gendered and socialized member of the culture in which he lives. Folk stories, and more modernly, fairy tales, serve to influence the collective and individual unconscious in gender roles and gender identities. In examination of the various treatments of classic tales we can identify a running theme of subjugating the feminine in the service of patriarchy. Fairy tales are a specialization of folk lore, similar to myths and quests in that each subclass identify and reinforce gender roles. Hero stories accentuate the bravery and skill of the young boy who identifies with them but simultaneously reinforce that boy’s understanding of how to relate to the feminine (in many such tales the feminine is relegated to a helpless beauty he must rescue). Similarly, fairy tales, “by producing the female subject as complemented and completed...
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...Whether it was reading the classic Grimm Brothers tales of Snow White and Sleeping Beauty or idealising the lives of Disney Princesses, fairy tales are a major part of any child’s life. However, as we began venturing out of childhood and into adolescences the realisation of the narrow-minded patriarchal views every one of them has sunk in – but what if I told you a new fairy tale promoting female empowerment is just on the horizon? From fairy tale remakes such as Maleficent to popular television series like Once Upon a Time, our Western Culture has never been more enamoured with fairy tales. While these modern tales may remove an array of sexist ideologies and interject female empowerment, whilst still captivating audiences with cliché plotlines we’ve all known since the age of two, we still must...
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...In the movie, Shrek, there are several characters that may represent the different familial archetypes: Shrek, Fiona, Lord Farquaad, and the mirror. Shrek represents the hero because of the heroic actions he partakes in to save the princess. Fiona is portrayed as a pure maiden because of her desire to find true love and her innocence. Lord Farquaad acts as a trickster because of the evilish acts he tried to play on other characters throughout the movie. Lastly, the mirror acts as a wise figure because the the dependency the other characters have on him and the knowledge he possesses. Shrek represents the hero in this movie. Shrek possesses this archetype because he acted as the rescuer of princess Fiona. Shrek uses his determination,...
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...GEEK________________Author_____________Nicole Etolen_______________URL_http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-archetypal-patterns.htm _Title_____What Are Archetypal Patterns? _ Last Updated_______July 25, 2015___________ __ _|· Archetypal Patterns are essentially a typical way of doing things across differents forms of films and literature· Applied to works of fiction· The most common archetypal pattern is "Hero vs. Villain" as examples of this can be found in almost every culture. Both the hero and villain heavily rely on one another, in other words, one cannot exist without the other. This is where's the Hero's Journey falls in· Another fairly common archetype is "the...
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...In-Class Exercise: Discovering the Structuralist Framework at the Heart of Texts and Interpretation Identify the common conventions and text organization of narrative writing in the context of traditional fairy tales. I invite you to pretend that you have just read a hundred fairy tales (you may also consider films – contemporary or dated – that embody the fairy tale paradigm). Jot down a few characteristics you would find in more or less all one hundred tales. Do not worry about odd or uncharacteristic features, which we will get to momentarily. Synchronic features: archetypes (characters, symbols), binary oppositions, plot conventions, tropes/motifs, etc. For example: A character is jealous of another’s beauty or goodness Main character is a virtuous woman who is put to a test (she is helpless in the face of external predicaments, setting up the need for a “knight in shining armor”) Heroine is afflicted by evil female (archetypal “bad mother”) Heroine is helped out by magical creature(s) – Godmother as archetypal “good mother” Heroine is poor, both defined by and imprisoned within the domestic space Because of her virtue, she is rewarded Goodness is always rewarded; foolishness or evil are punished Lessons are learned therefore Heroine marries into royalty Heroine is transformed into something better Good characters live happily ever after Heroine...
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...A hero in disguise Shrek Intro: Shrek is directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, staring Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy and Cameron Diaz. This fantasy, adventure comedy film tells a story of an Ogre whose swamp is suddenly shattered by an invasion of several overbearing fairy tale characters. They were all banished from their kingdom by the evil Lord Farquaad (John Lithgow). Determined to save their home and his Shrek makes a deal with the evil king Farquaad and sets out to rescue Princess Fiona (Cameron Diaz) from a tower protected by a dragon and surrounded by lava so that she can be lorde Farquads bride. After rescuing the princess Shrek discovers she is far different than he imagined and begins to have a connection with her and it is soon revealed that she too...
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...Stereotype Archetype Every human being has called for aid at least once in their lifespan. So why is it that, in literature, the female character is the most often the one in need of the most help? Women are so stereotypically needy that the origin of the first word that is selected in the archetype of the damsel in distress is another word for woman. Yet, as represented in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, a man can be the character in anguish. This unique book was written by Robert Louis Stevenson in 1886. The iconic plot, inspired by the fears of the Victorian era, has served as a template for modern books and films. The novel is about a man, Dr. Jekyll, who becomes addicted to transforming into a new persona, Mr. Hyde, and...
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...Unit 2 Narrative Assignment Lourena Dent Kaplan University HU300 – 10 The Tortoise and the Hare: Slow and Steady Wins the Race Steadiness, although progress may be slow, will eventually be more beneficial than being rushed or careless just to get something completed. Mythical stories, fairy tales, and fables have been among the collective unconscious told and passed down for generations to teach the listener/reader morals. The link between the stories and person being told help them understand situations that can lead to a victorious outcome. With determination, one can succeed at almost anything. Our earliest encounters with literature, the stories told or read to us, probably influenced our expectations of later life (Janaro & Altshuler, 2012, p. 56). A well known fable by Aesop, “The Tortoise and the Hare”, is a story that supports the importance of consistency and consequences of arrogance. The fable tells of a hare that boasted about his speed to others. There was a wise tortoise that he repeatedly teased about being very slow. The tortoise became fed up with the hare’s arrogance and challenged the hare to race against him. Both animals agree to a race, and at the start the hare races ahead while the tortoise slowly plows forward. With the tortoise moving so slow the hare was sure a nap wouldn’t jeopardize his chance to beat the tortoise. Waking from a short nap, the hare begins running while leaving the tortoise behind moving at a slow but steady pace. Observing...
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...Iconic figure Walt Disney once stated, ‘Reality and fantasy often overlap’. Disney’s ‘Enchanted’ explores this intriguingly through the development of characters, incorporating Disney references in both worlds and comparing the contrast between the different views of love from all the characters. The film begins with a lovely opening sequence in hand-drawn animation set in the fairytale land of Andalasia. It’s a perfect summary of the classic Disney fairy-tale motif, capturing everything great of the old approach. The audience is first introduced to the fairytale stereotypical characters: joyful princess-to-be Giselle, lunkheaded Prince Edward, comical Nathaniel, malicious Queen Narissa and feisty Pip the chipmunk. Giselle serenades her fellow woodland creatures yearning for the arrival of a handsome prince to deliver her ‘true love’s kiss’, a reference to the only way Snow White and Aurora could be awakened from the curses that were put upon them. Prince Edward is your typical charming knight in shining armour and declares his love for Giselle instantly after hearing her sing. His stepmother, Queen Narissa, is the antagonist and does not want to step down from the throne so she banishes Giselle from the idyllic kingdom and into the not magical, unforgiving live-action world of New York city. What better purgatory than the place where, as the stepmother puts it, “There are no happily ever afters”. The characters of the reality world are: cynical, non-nonsense Robert, fairytale...
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...It meshed together many of my childhood fairy tales and stories, creating an unique plot for the musical. The main theme that stood out, in my opinion, was greed. The musical shed light on how many people have selfish tactics and will do anything in their power to get what they want. Jack wanted gold, the married couple wanted a baby, and Cinderella's husband wanted a beautiful woman. Each person did what could to get what they wanted, and everything seemed fine. Just like in reality, everything that glitters isn't gold. Once each person had what they wanted, things started to backfire on them because of the way they recieved these different wishes. Everybody still wanted more than what they had, or at least wanted to add to what they already had attained. The musical also showed how easy it was to lose things, once you have taken them for granted. Jack's mother died, the wife of the married husband died as well. If I had to create an alternate ending, I don't think I would have had anyone die. I did appreciate how the musical was shedding light onto great values and life lessons, but I would have altered death being involved. When I think of my favorite fairy tales, they all ended with happy endings. I wanted the musical to end that way, maybe the people could have been punished for their wrong doings. I would have maybe had everyone lose their prized possesion, but not their family member or spouse. It is still supposed to be a fairy tale. The musical did not end with a happily...
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...Hair Extensions Won’t Save The Modern Rapunzel Hair extensions and expensive shampoo might not find your man, but Austen will writes Alex Simmons As I once again retire to my ivory tower, or rather my apartment on the fourth floor, I look out my window to see but another possible suitor across the street. Why he doesn’t look up at me, I wonder, as he strolls casually by. Is it because of how I look, I question, as I survey myself in the mirror with a fine toothed comb. Or is it because of where I live, in average furnishings and a moderate city block? And now I think to myself, is the modern world so frustratingly bound to physical appearance rather than personal depth? Or is it my reclusive nature and timid personality that restrains me from racing down the stairs and potentially entering into my own fairytale? For the adult population of the modern world, in particularly males, the possibility that fairytales and happy endings still exist seems to be a fanciful notion. Perhaps I am a child at heart or more likely delusional in the hope that such “fabrications” of reality that struck a par with me as a young girl do exist in the contemporary world. And whilst years of seemingly perfect yet failed relationships, contradictory evidence and vindictive and damning opposition stack up against me, I still earnestly believe in the literary complex of Prince Charming sweeping me off my feet and into my happy ending. But what if there is the possibility that simply waiting...
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...Title: Varying Interpretation of Fairy Tales in real life and The effects when introduced early in childhood. Justin L. Soriano Vincennes University Abstract This paper explores published articles that report studies done from research conducted upon observation of young children by Bettelheim (The uses of enchantment, 1976). The articles however vary in their definitions today. Bettelheim suggested that fairy tales have an emotional and symbolic importance especially those traditional stories that included abandonment, death, injuries and evil witches. These tales allowed children to cope up with their fears and understand moral values in their own terms. This paper also examines how preferred relationship traits are created based on stories like Cinderella or Snow White and how it affects us in choosing an ideal suitable partner. Varying Interpretation of Fairy Tales in real life and The effects when introduced early in childhood. Everybody as children has been read or told a version of “ Cinderella” at one point in their lives. They were recited to us by out parents and grandparents, aunts and uncle, older siblings or other relatives and of course our dear teachers at school when we were young. We can’t help but feel enthralled as our imaginations transport us to the enchanted time and place. But what really draws us to be so interested in fairy tale stories like these? How does these stories affect us or the children exposed to it in the long run as we...
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...of storytelling. One folk-art in particular, fairy tales, seems to be quite affected by this transition. Although the mass printing and marketing of fairy tales as reproduced books, movies, and other media has increased availability of the public like never before in history, there also seems to be a “cheapening” of the art itself, as well as art in general, as the role of the storyteller has been removed. Once only heard if one were to run into a skilled storyteller, fairy tales with the help of printing and mass marketing are now available to everyone able to buy an inexpensive children’s book. This simple fact cannot be overlooked as the whimsical tales that define childhood imagination are now readily available to all that seek them. Previously, if a child did not have any storytellers in their family or, let’s say, their village- then they may never have heard certain tales that other like-aged children would. This is just simply not a problem anymore, and is a testament to the benefits of mass printing fairy tales- though one would still be wise to realize what has been lost in the process. The commercialization of fairy tales has removed the role of the storyteller which directly affects the ability of fairy tales to be modified by the storyteller to reflect current socio-trends and concerns as they once did. Fairy tales are now sometimes referred to as “timeless classics” which in a way is quite different to fairy tales of old which while always taught a certain lesson...
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...Women in our society Engineer Patricia Galloway believes that serving as the first woman president of the 151-year-old American Society of Civil Engineers - a historically male bastion if there ever was one - makes her a role model to women in the industry. It's high times for women leading construction-related engineering groups, with three others currently in high office. The same goes for construction organizations. Nova Group's Carole L Bionda is chairelect of Associated Builders and Contractors. Meanwhile, the US House Education and Workforce Committee last month passed the Family Time Flexibility Act (H.R. 1119) which could undermine workers' most basic rights by altering the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which currently requires employers to pay overtime to certain employees when they are required to work beyond the normal 40 hour work week.( Peterson 98) At home, we're aware (perhaps painfully so) that men and women often have different communication styles. But it's easy to forget that such differences can show up at work, too. To do an effective job of communicating, keep in mind gender-related communication styles. Young boys are socialized to give an immediate answer or solution to a problem. Young girls want answers, too, but tend to talk things over to solve problems. So while a man might prefer to work things out for himself, a woman is more likely to want to discuss them. According to researcher Deborah Tanhen, author of Talking from 9 to...
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