...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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...1. Levine, G. C. (2017). Ella enchanted. New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins. Award & Year Received: Newbery Honor (1998), Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children's Literature (1999), Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (2000), Grand Canyon Reader Award for Teen Book (1999), Maryland Black-Eyed Susan Book Award for Grade 6-9 (2000) Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (1999), Iowa Teen Award (2000) ISBN Number: 9780590920681 Place: Pre-owned Summary: Ella is cursed by a young fairy named Lucinda who grants her the “gift” of obedience. Anything that anyone tells or asks Ella to do she must do. When Ella’s mother passes away, Ella is left in the care of her absent father and later a horrible stepmother and two stepsisters. Ella decides to set out on a quest for her freedom and self-discovery as she tries to track down Lucinda to undo the curse placed upon her. Along the way, she must fend off ogres, befriend elves and she falls in love with a prince....
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...Enchanted Kingdom: The Magic is Here I. POINT OF VIEW The point of view of the marketing manager is the one taken since he is the one responsible on situations concerning demands. II. MARKET SITUATION ANALYSIS SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths • It is the pioneer theme park in the country boasting seven fantastic theme zones and imported rides and attractions. • Aside from its 21 rides and attractions, all of which are imported from the United States, Germany, and Japan, there was a wide variety of food outlets, specialty shops, and video game centers in Enchanted Kingdom. • Enchanted Kingdom has some musical entertainment too. Visitors could also swing to the beat of live-wire musical entertainment from popular guest bands and in-house bands, performing regularly at the bandstand. • To cap the magical experience, there was also a spectacular fireworks display every weekend which gives them an edge among competitors. • It is accredited by the International Theme Park Inc. • All its crew members received “service” training from Disney, USA. • Its 16.6 hectare land was not only spacious but also accessible. Weaknesses • EK cannot add new rides and attractions to maintain the charm and to sustain the viability of the theme park because of tight financing and weak demand. • Theme parks are easily affected by economic conditions. • Enchanted Kingdom and other theme parks experience seasonal demands. Opportunities • Despite the high admission price and with barely...
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...Aaron Jordan English Language September 15, 2015 The fiery red velvet flames came bursting in full effect all of a sudden catching each person off guard. The dark cloudy sky raced into the city showing no mercy, leaving each person clueless, stranded with no where to run. Had we known this fire was coming our way, we would’ve made other plans. July 8, 2013 was the day my family lost one of our prized possessions. We were on our way to the movies, eager awaiting for the time to arrive. As we drove to the movies it became hot, hotter and extremely hot. Even with the air conditioning on there was a massive heat wave spreading in the air, as the sweat drained down each of our faces. We finally entered the movie theatre and shouted, “Hooray” and started jumping up and down, simultaneously hitting our hands against each other. My family consisting of 4 members tried to enjoy the movie, but found it difficult because of the oppressive heat in the miniature room. When the movie finished, we raced outside to catch some fresh air, but we were surprised by the fiery red flames in the cloudy jet black sky. We had no idea what to do but run to our vehicle. There was one huge problem the fire blasted into flames by the parking lot. We all panicked and followed the crowd. They then led us towards the mall’s entrance. We stood there until the massive fire had been extinguished. In conclusion, this was the first fire experience my family and I experienced. It gave us quite...
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...Maus I and II have became two very impacting pieces of works that I’ve read about. Before reading, I was under the assumption these pieces wouldn’t be so detailed and realistic. Turns out I was wrong because the stories by Art Spiegelman in these two volumes were very dramatic and made me so intrigued to continue reading. A lot of this book has a whole lot of symbolism going on, simply because it’s in cartoon form. I thought it was a really creative way to tell a story by doing so in this type of book. It grabs the reader’s attention with the pictures, while also keeping their attention with the detailed story line. How I went about analyzing these books was to read a little, then recap and think about the exact emotions and what went on. It gave me a sense of having a second thought to make sure I understood what was going on. I realized that both Maus I and II were overall similar yet still had different themes some how. Maus I gave me a great detailed background of what Vladek had went through during World War II. During these chapters I was exposed to how the Germans were treating the Jews, and who the army would treat them so unfairly and racially. During the second book it was more of the actual story of Vladek’s experiences during the Holocaust. When he got taken and imprisoned in Auschwitz his real ‘troubles began’; which is an obvious title for the second volume because I agree, his troubles were just starting. I’ve always known about the Holocaust and how/what happened...
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...In The Enchanted, by Rene Denfeld, the lady, an unnamed death-row investigator, is looking into the intricacies of the case of York, a man convicted of raping and murdering several women. At first, these two characters, the inmate and the investigator, seem to be foils of each other due to their roles and their actions throughout their lifetime. York is a lawless criminal and has no regard for human life, and the lady on the other hand, must work closely with the law in order to save York’s life. However, as the story progresses, the author reveals more and more similarities between the lady and York. Thus, the author could be suggesting that perhaps, convicted criminals don’t have to be so different from normal people. While The Enchanted is a fiction novel, Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson is a memoir that describes his career representing wrongly convicted criminals some of whom are on death row. In this memoir, there are many cases where Bryan also finds relatability to the inmates and...
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...friends, Telemain, Cimorene, Brandel, Killer, Scorn, and Trouble go on an adventure through and beyond the Enchanted Forest to find Mendanbar’s, the King of the Enchanted Forest’s, sword. They find that the sword is missing when they first go to figure out what caused Killer, a rabbit, to turn into a seven foot, eleven inch, blue donkey with large wings. When they found that Killer had eaten a clover patch that had been invaded by wizards, they decided to inform the King and Queen about it. Starting from the beginning, knock! Knock! Knock! Morwen encounters a visitor. It was Chairwitch Archaniz. She came to tell her about the complaints the Deadly Nightshade Gardening Club has been getting...
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...I. Title of the Case Enchanted Kingdom: The Magic Lives On and On II. Executive Summary of the Case Enchanted Kingdom (EK) is the pioneer theme park in the country, boasting seven fantastic theme zones, and imported rides and attractions. Ideally, new rides and attractions should be added annually to maintain the charm and sustain the viability of the theme park. However, due precarious economic conditions prevailing in late 1997 onward, the company deferred its expansion plans. It has been almost four years since it last introduced a new major ride or attraction for the theme park. Against the Asian currency crisis backdrop, management must identify strategies to eliminate seasonal demands and boost its guest attendance and profitability. III. Background of the Case Enchanted Kingdom opened to the public on October 19. 1995. It was and still is the Philippines' first world class fixed and themed amusement attraction on a scale never before seen in the country. It had 16 rides and attractions most of which were unique to the Philippines during its introduction while the rest were in size and capacities that had never experienced in the country before. Locating these rides and attractions within seven meticulously themed zones interspersed with food and merchandise outlets and kiosks as well as various game stands also added to the “experience” in a totally “enchanting” environment, away from the day-to-day realities of life. In 1996, answering the...
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...The film takes place presumably in the late 18th century. In the film's prologue, an enchantress disguised as an old beggar woman offers a selfish young prince a rose in exchange for a night's shelter from the extreme cold, as a test of his heart and emotion. When he turns her away, repulsed by her old and ugly appearance and sneering at the simple but lovely gift, she turns into an Enchantress and punishes him by transforming him into an ugly beast and turns his servants into furniture and other household items. She gives him a magic mirror that will enable him to view faraway events, and also gives him the rose. He must love and be loved in return before all the rose's petals have fallen off, or he will remain a beast forever. Years later, the film's beauty queen, young and enthusiastic lady, a hopeful dreamer, called Belle, is the smartest, best-read person in a small provincial French town. As such, she is hotly pursued by Gaston, the lantern-jawed man. Wandering through her village while reading a book, Belle becomes the focus of a spectacular opening number that captures the atmosphere of the whole film. Bit by bit, the population trickles out to greet Belle and gossip about her, while she herself bemoans the small-mindedness of the place. This beautiful girl is the daughter of Maurice, who is an old inventor, still trying to rise as a phoenix and turn his dreams into a beautiful reality, that offers a better future for his family. Maurice's latest invention is a...
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...Merie Lee Manio November 23 2015 * Entrepreneur A person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. * Entrepreneurship It is the process of designing a new business, i.e. a startup company offering a product, process or service. The entrepreneur perceives a new business opportunity and often exhibits biases in her perception and subsequent decision to exploit the opportunity. The explanation of entrepreneurial opportunities may conclude design action such as to develop a business plan, acquire the human, financial and other required resources, and to be responsible for its success or failure. Entrepreneurship may operate within an entrepreneurship ecosystem which includes government program and services that promote entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship resources, (e.g. business incubators and seed accelerators) entrepreneurship education, training and financing (e.g., loans, venture capital financing, and grants). * Innovation It is a new idea, more effective device or process. Innovation can be viewed as application of better solution that meet new requirements, inarticulated needs, or existing market needs. This is accomplished through more effectives products, processes, services, technologies, or ideas that are readily available to markets, governments and society. The term innovation can be defined as something original and more effective and, as a consequence new, that “break...
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...SHAKESPEARE COMPARISON PRESENTATION PLAY SYNOPSIS A Midsummer Night's Dream" deals with the universal theme of love and its complications: lust, disappointment, confusion, marriage. The plot focuses on three parallel stories: * The trials and experiences of two sets of lovers camping in a magical forest * The world of the Fairy King and Queen and their elves * And a group of amateur actors attempting to stage a production of "Pyramus and Thisby" for the wedding of the Duke of Athens. Hermia is in love with Lysander, but her father wants her to marry Demetrius (who is loved by Helena). Hermia has to choose between marrying Demetrius, death or becoming a nun. To escape the arranged marriage, she and Lysander elope into the woods followed by Demetrius and Helena. While there we have the two male characters in love with Hermia, while Helena is trying to win the heart of Demetrius back. With this going on in the ‘main plot’ we are re-introduced to the fairies who try to ‘help’ the situation by using a love potion. The whole thing goes completely wrong which adds to the comedic elements of this play and ends up with Lysander and Demetrius now loving Helena and they find themselves in the same situation that they were already in before. "The course of true love never did run smooth" comments Lysander, uttering one of A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s most important themes. The theme of love’s difficulty, which is explored through the motif of love out of balance. The...
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...A Comparison of the tale of “Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp” and the Disney Movie Aladdin: A Cultural Study According to N. J. Dawood, the translator of The Thousand and One Nights, “Aladdin has been retold or presented to so many different generations all over the world that it can perhaps be rightly described as the most renowned story invented by man”. Interestingly enough, “Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp” was not part of the original collection of stories that composed The Arabian Nights. No one knows exactly when a given story is originated, but it is obvious that some stories circulated orally for centuries before they actually were collected or written down. The story of Aladdin appeared for the first time in Antoine Galland’s (1646-1715) translation of the Thousand and One Nights, the first major European version. Before Galland, there was no known Arabic version of Aladdin and his lamp. The first Arabic version showed up after Galland’s version and very well could have been translations of Galland’s French version. One of the more recent and most popular versions of “Aladdin” was an animated feature produced in 1992 by Walt Disney Pictures. Aladdin made over $217 million in revenue in the United States, and over $504 million worldwide. Even though the American film and the medieval Arabian tale share common elements and are both plotted around a young impoverished boy named Aladdin, the moral lessons they offer differ in ways that can be described through the values...
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...I. Enchanted Kingdom: The Magic Is Here II. Executive Summary An “imported” image it got accredited with the International Theme Park Inc. was the primary marketing point in the conceptualization of Enchanted Kingdom that complied with international safety standards, With AB social class as its target market to reach in line with their goals. It invested heavily on resources to make it meet international standards, rides were imported from abroad and crew are trained from Disney, USA. Initially, the admission price was at high end as it was catering to the high social classes in the country but after economic crisis it adopted marketing strategies that cater to other social classes. III. Background Enchanted Kingdom is the pioneer theme park in the country, boasting seven fantastic theme zones, and imported rides and attractions. Enchanted Kingdom economic conditions prevailing in the late 1997 that the company deferred its expansion plans, facing problem like how to even out demand throughout the year?, how customers avoid spending too much time waiting for the major rides and how the park boost park attendance. IV. Review of Related Literature Enchanted Kingdom is the pioneer theme park in the country, boasting seven fantastic theme zones and imported rides and attractions. It is located in Sta. Rosa, Laguna, Philippines. It is 26 kilometers away from Makati, It is a proud member of the International Association of Amusement Parks...
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...The Fisherman and His Wife [calm water, the fisherman arrives] One morning, as a fisherman was fishing in the sea, he caught a golden flounder. [the fish rises from the calm water] This flounder was actually an enchanted prince, so the fisherman granted his request to be released back into the water. [the water goes away and is replaced by a small house] Upon returning home that evening, the fisherman told his wife about the magic flounder. [enter the wife] WIFE You just let him go? FISHERMAN Well, yes. I could not kill an enchanted prince. WIFE He would have granted any wish you had! Go back and catch him again. This time, when he asks you to release him, ask him to grant you a wish. FISHERMAN Alright. What should I ask for? WIFE Ask him for a grand house. We have lived in this hovel for too long! [exit wife and hovel. The water returns, but the waves are turbulent] The fisherman caught the magic flounder yet again. FISH I am an enchanted prince. Please release me back into the water. FISHERMAN First, you must grant me a wish! FISH Sure. What is your request? FISHERMAN I would like a bigger house. FISH Release me and return home. Your wish has been granted. [exit the fish and the waves] Upon returning home, the fisherman is greeted with a grand mansion. [the hovel with the first larger overlay] WIFE Oh, it’s exactly what I’ve always dreamed of! FISHERMAN It is truly grand. Now we can live comfortably instead of in that hovel. WIFE ...
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...ILOILO CITY as a Tourist Destination I. Executive Summary Iloilo City which is also one of the major urban centers in the Philippines, is a fast-growing modern city but has kept its old charm and unspoiled environment. Iloilo’s rich heritage is showcased in many festivals celebrated in the city and various towns of the province. Dubbed as the “Province of Festivals”, Iloilo is proud of its nationally acclaimed Dinagyang Festival. Iloilo City is indeed a repository of ancient and historical heritage. Every visitor can not miss-out the iconic imagery on the structures found in the city impose on the viewers’ perception. The mixture of its colonial past and western influence is a unique feature of Iloilo City’s line-up of cultural and artistic treasures. The glorious and colorful history of Iloilo City is more vividly preserved in the monuments of heritage that continue to amaze visitors who come to the city. Written historical records may only possess the informal on of the past but they can never take the place of living heritage as undying testimonies of a people, their struggles, aspirations dreams and their cultural uniqueness. This is the living testimony of Iloilo City’s ancient and historical heritage. Today, it is a popular convention and meeting destination, with its many first class accommodations and an airport of international standards. Iloilo also serves as the gateway to the region and a favorite stopover for tourists heading to the beaches of Boracay...
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