...Kirsten Yu – March 5th, 2014 Reading the Brothers Grimm to Jenny Context Response As I read this poem the first time through, I assumed that whoever was talking was a male. The reason I believe that it is a man retelling this is because the title of the poem says “Reading the Brothers Grimm to Jenny”. However, no matter the gender, it is someone that Jenny looks up to. It is evident in the line “you insist I have the golden key” that Jenny admires the author. However, the author believes that he hasn’t done a good job of preparing her for the future. The author believes that they’ve forced her in to thinking of a pleasant and fantasized world where nothing can go wrong. However, she will eventually have to understand that life is not so and has to face reality. The author understands that she has to “live with power and honour circumstance[s]”. Jenny’s heart is pure, and the author is afraid of how she will react when she is exposed to reality. She’s been penetrated with thoughts that life is perfect, and when mistakes are made, they are fixable. Some examples of tales that have been told to Jenny include: “birds speak the truth”, “beauty proves a royal mind”, and that “death is a small mistake, where [a] kiss revives”. At the end of his list of tales, he says “Jenny, we make just dreams out of our unjust lives”, which clearly means that we only make up fantasies to fulfill a bit of hope and happiness because we suffer through stressful lives. Overall, I...
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...There are many fairy tales that we have heard as children, but as society is changing so are those fairy tales. Cinderella as so happens to be one of those fairy tales that has been changed over the years. Now in days there are many versions of Cinderella. Almost every culture has their own version of Cinderella. All the Cinderella stories have a similar plot, but all still share some differences. Differences such as who helped Cinderella, how she was helped, what cloth she wore, and the ending are different as well. Charles Perrault and the Grimm Brothers both wrote similar versions of the famous Cinderella story it is the differences in each story that make each of them a masterpiece. In each story of Cinderella...
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...Peoples 1 Tashana Peoples Professor Johnson English 201- 9E3 February 1, 2012 Short- Writing Assignment The symbol I chose to write about from Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s “Godfather Death” is the highway. According to Merriam-Webster, a highway is “a main road that connects cities, towns, etc.” Literally it serves as an essential road, or a main route to someplace available to cars, people and animals. People go there for many things, and usually everyone or everything that travels to a highway has one specific goal. That goal is to get somewhere else. Some might go there to look for help but still, they are trying to get past their current situation, whatever that situation may be. Therefore, they are trying to go somewhere; from one situation to better one. The symbolic meaning for the highway is a troubled time, or a time of conflict, or struggle. The story first opens up by describing the father’s struggles pertaining to taking care of all of his kids. It goes on to say that he is confused and doesn’t know what to do, so he goes to the highway. In this piece the highway is used as a place where the father turns to because he’s desperate. He feels as if there is nothing else he can do and goes there in his time of need. There he meets three people on his quest to give his child a better life. During hard times, these “people” or beings are who/what people eventually turn to during hard times. In this story the symbolic meaning of the highway is ...
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...Slipper” and “Cinderella- Brothers Grimm” are two stories about a girl who meets a prince at the ball. The main plot of the story is very similar but they do have their twists. Both stories have a girl with evil stepsisters, they both go to an event where they meet the prince, and each story has trouble finding the real Cinderella. But they also have several differences, “The Little Glass Slipper” had a godmother to grant her wishes and “Cinderella-Brother’s Grimm” had a tree on her mom’s grave that granted her wishes. Both “Cinderella- Brothers Grimm” and “The Little Glass Slipper” have many similarities and differences in the setting, characters, and plot. In “The Little Glass Slipper” it says, “It happened that the king's son...
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...An Analysis of the Symbolism in Brothers Grimm “Godfather Death” In literature, symbolism is used to suggest an underlying meaning in a story. In the story of “Godfather Death,” a quite ironic title, the Grimm brothers used a multitude of symbols to convey the story’s moral value. The Grimm brothers used seven symbols in this story. All of them play a part in conveying the message that death cannot be defied, death is constant, and death is fair. The father in this story searches for a godfather for his thirteenth child, a son. The first person he comes to is God. He sees God as unfair and biased toward poor people. He states he does not want him as the godfather because he feels God does not disperse wealth equally; this stems from him being poor and having twelve and now a thirteenth child. As the father comes across the Devil as his next choice, he discredits the Devil by saying “you trick men and lead them astray” (Grimm 12). To speculate on this, the father may have had an experience with the devil himself, or his beliefs may stem from biblical readings. The next possible suitor is Death. The father accepts Death as the god father; Death treats all people equally and does not discriminate. Poor and rich alike are taken without biases by Death. The father thinks this is Hunt 2 the one to be the godfather based on his own opinions of how good, evil, and death are represented. There are several noteworthy symbols in this story. To...
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...the ashes to get her meals. With Miss Mary Mack it’s believed it was an African-American spiritual for children and in The Little Mermaid every step she takes it feels like walking on glass. So now people will know the true meanings and stories they thought they knew, and will never tell their kids again. First off is Cinderella and Snow White, these stories were both written by the Brothers Grimm and later published by...
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...Good vs. Evil The Brothers Grimm in their story, “Little Red Cap,” teach their audience that it is good to obey the rules one is given. For example, the main character, Little Red Cap, was instructed by her mother to bring cake and wine to her grandmother’s house and to not stray from the path. However, she meets the wolf who convinces her otherwise, “As soon as she picked one she saw an even more beautiful one somewhere else and went after it, and so she went deeper and deeper into the woods,” (Grimm 14). This example illustrates the claim that it is good to obey because if she would have listened to her mother and stayed on the path straight to her grandmothers house, the wolf wouldn’t have been able to beat her there to quietly eat her grandmother. Therefore, it’s good to obey ones orders to ensure the safety of oneself and those around them. This version of the tale by the Brothers Grimm was specifically written for an audience of German children in the 19th century. The claim that it is good to obey is very important to the audience because it taught children to listen to their parents so that they would not get in trouble or harm, which was very important during that time period of authoritarian culture in Germany. It’s important because parents would use these stories in order to teach their children lessons in an entertaining manner that would help them understand its importance. The Brothers Grimm use the bad character in the story to teach the lesson that it is bad...
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...getting into the bed. So when Red arrives, the wolf is pretending to be her grandma. Despite all of the observations that Red picks up on, she still does not realize that it is not her grandma, but the wolf. The Grimm brothers’ write that as “she went to the bed and pulled back the curtains. Grandmother was lying there with her cap pulled down over her face and looking very strange.” This, along with the other signs of “Oh grandmother what big... ears... eyes... hands... mouth you have!” Surely this should have been enough for Red to recognize the wolf and leave before getting eaten. Yet, she still fails to identify him, making this use of pathos extremely successful in setting off a feeling of complete frustration inside me. Perrault's version of the story is almost identical in this sense. Red’s initial thoughts are similar because Perrault writes that “She was greatly amazed to see how her grandmother looked in her nightclothes.” Additionally, the whole incident of “Grandmother, what big arms... legs... ears... eyes... teeth you have!” Once again Red is unaware of the signs that should have made it clear to her that it was really the wolf in her grandma’s bed. Perrault’s element of pathos is similar in these ways, but what sets his usage apart from the Grimm brothers’ is that in the end “Little Red Riding Hood took off her clothes and got into bed” with the wolf. This image is not only disturbing, but frustrating more than anything because in order to ignore all of the clear...
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...Grimm Vs. Disney “Then she was forced to put on the red-hot shoes, and dance until she dropped down dead,” (Grimm). The original Grimm stories are often forgotten as Disney takes its glory. Grimm stories show more of the truth in real life as Disney fills the story with false hopes and often misleads people to believe in happy endings. Disney is far more popular for their musical themes and happy endings. This, however, gives false belief and rips off the original stories by the Grimm Brothers which are more relatable standards from that point in time. Disney and Grimm's stories go back and forth, although Grimm gives more real life expectations, Grimm stories are better by the differences with Disney, and Disney ruined the Grimm stories. One...
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...y the side of a wood, in a country a long way off, ran a fine stream of water; and upon the stream there stood a mill. The miller's house was close by, and the miller, you must know, had a very beautiful daughter. She was, moreover, very shrewd and clever; and the miller was so proud of her, that he one day told the king of the land, who used to come and hunt in the wood, that his daughter could spin gold out of straw. Now this king was very fond of money; and when he heard the miller's boast his greediness was raised, and he sent for the girl to be brought before him. Then he led her to a chamber in his palace where there was a great heap of straw, and gave her a spinning-wheel, and said, 'All this must be spun into gold before morning, as you love your life.' It was in vain that the poor maiden said that it was only a silly boast of her father, for that she could do no such thing as spin straw into gold: the chamber door was locked, and she was left alone. She sat down in one corner of the room, and began to bewail her hard fate; when on a sudden the door opened, and a droll-looking little man hobbled in, and said, 'Good morrow to you, my good lass; what are you weeping for?' 'Alas!' said she, 'I must spin this straw into gold, and I know not how.' 'What will you give me,' said the hobgoblin, 'to do it for you?' 'My necklace,' replied the maiden. He took her at her word, and sat himself down to the wheel, and whistled and sang: 'Round about, round about, Lo and behold...
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...some examples of work and explain how the Bardic Tradition affects the content and nature of contemporary arts practices Word Count: 1563 AMAN 1010 Perspectives in the Arts Amy Wright P11248462 Seminar Tutor: Maurice Maguire Select some examples of work and explain how the Bardic Tradition affects the content and nature of contemporary arts practices This essay considers how the Bardic Tradition affects the content and nature of contemporary arts. This will be carried out by selecting some examples of work and describing in more detail the process and influence of the Bardic Tradition on contemporary arts practices and how this is narrated and interpreted today. The examples of work that this essay will look at are The Brothers Grimm and Fairy tales, Pantomime and how stories are told through re-enactment and Paula Rego’s art exhibition of 30 Rhymes and Tales. With these examples we will explore how the Bardic Tradition has stood the change of time and progression of technology and aims to achieve to show if and where it still exists and is relevant in today’s society. The routes of the Bardic Tradition travel back to Stonehenge and the Bronze Age originating in middle England, Ireland and Wales. Bardic Tradition is a Celtic culture which incorporates Gaelic tradition and is an oral tradition of preserving and sharing culture and histories. Amy Wright P11248462 “The earliest historical records of it were made by the Romans who invaded Britain...
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...* ------------------------------------------------- Into the Woods is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tales in a musical format that follows the classic tales of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Rapunzel-all tied together by an original story involving a baker and his wife, their wish to begin a family and their interaction with the witch who has put a curse on them. * ------------------------------------------------- A Baker and his wife live in a village were they all wish for something they can have. The Baker and his Wife wish for a child, but they soon find out that there lies a family curse and they can't have any children tell they find multiple things for the witch that cursed them in the first place. * ------------------------------------------------- A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree. * Into the Woods is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by James Lapine. It debuted in San Diego at the Old Globe Theatre in 1986, and premiered on Broadway on November 5, 1987. Bernadette Peters's performance as the Witch and Joanna Gleason's portrayal of the Baker's Wife brought acclaim to the production during its original Broadway run. Into the Woods won several Tony Awards, including Best Score, Best Book, and Best Actress in a Musical (Joanna Gleason), in a year dominated by The Phantom...
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...Symbolism in Godfather Death From a young age most children have heard or read fables, not just for entertainment, but also for life lessons that their elders want them to know. Symbolism in fables is not only a great way to keep readers and listeners interested, but also to teach a lesson in a not so literal and harsh manner. Symbolism is used to state an underlying meaning in a story. Readers and listeners learn the lessons from the mistakes made by the protagonist of the work. There is always a lesson to be learned in a fable, the lesson may not be clearly stated but the symbolism of the work makes the reader realize the lesson that is being portrayed. Fables often have characters that aren’t human but possess human traits. The Grimm Brothers perfectly included symbolism in the short story “Godfather Death.” A father had a thirteenth child, who he could not afford because he was already so poor to begin with. Thirteen is an unlucky number in a lot of cultures. This shows the symbolism right in the beginning of the story. The father of the thirteenth child chose death to be the godfather of that child; he chose death because death does not discriminate between rich and poor, religion, or race. The father surpassed God as the godfather because he doesn’t disperse of wealth evenly. The father also denied the Devil to be the godfather because the devil tricks men and leads them astray from the right things in life. Death ends up taking everyone in the end, this symbolizes that...
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...A fairy tale (pronounced /ˈfeəriˌteɪl/) is a type of short story that typically features European folkloric fantasy characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants, mermaids, or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy tales may be distinguished from other folk narratives such as legends (which generally involve belief in the veracity of the events described)[1] and explicitly moral tales, including beast fables. In less technical contexts, the term is also used to describe something blessed with unusual happiness, as in "fairy tale ending" (a happy ending)[2] or "fairy tale romance" (though not all fairy tales end happily). Colloquially, a "fairy tale" or "fairy story" can also mean any farfetched story or tall tale; it's used especially of any story that not only isn't true, but couldn't possibly be true. In cultures where demons and witches are perceived as real, fairy tales may merge into legends, where the narrative is perceived both by teller and hearers as being grounded in historical truth. However, unlike legends and epics, they usually do not contain more than superficial references to religion and actual places, people, and events; they take place once upon a time rather than in actual times.[3] Fairy tales are found in oral and in literary form. The history of the fairy tale is particularly difficult to trace because only the literary forms can survive. Still, the evidence of literary works at least indicates that fairy tales have existed...
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...Part 1 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. Based on the German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm, it is the first full-length cel animated feature film and the earliest in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. The story was adapted by storyboard artists Dorothy Ann Blank, Richard Creedon, Merrill De Maris, Otto Englander, Earl Hurd, Dick Rickard, Ted Sears and Webb Smith. David Hand was the supervising director. That was the ending scene of the movie that the prince is giving Snow White the “Kiss of True a Love” for waking up Snow White. This is because Snow White has ate the poisoned apple and the Prince was in ordered to kiss Snow White to revive her. The Prince succeed. Part 2 A week later and now, they are having their leisure on the beach. Unfortunately,the witch is finding some herb at seaside.because she want to recover her beautiful look,but negligent witch saw Snow White. She get very fury. Part 3 After witch ask the magic mirror The face appear on the mirror is snow white. Then, the witch start planing a plane to kill snow white. Finally, the witch get an idea which is make a call to her best friend that is joker. Part 4 Joker get a call from witch. Part 5 Snow white and prince hand in hand to take a walk at the small town, from their action could feel very romantic. Part 6 Now joker appear at the town, he purposely closing with snow white and hiding at the back of...
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