no better descriptions of people than in the general prologue of Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. Every character so perfectly profiled. Much was told about appearance, dress, habits, backgrounds and stories. He distinguishes each character by his/her profession. This makes us curious as to how he would describe many of the modern professions in his same unique manner. In Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales it will be interesting to include three modern characters, an astronaut, an elected politician
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The three poems “Cinderella” by Sylvia Palth, “Snow White” by Andrea Budy, and “Cinderella” by Anne Sexton are all infused with twisted fairy tale characters, feminist themes, dark emotions, and death. Each of these poems contains literary devices that construct and present the overall meaning and characterization of the fairy tale characters. The poems are distorted versions of the original fairytale stories in which the authors attempt to portray as dark with haunting tones of sorrow and desperation
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with the prince and princess getting married and living Happily Ever After. These tales teach kids the behaviors expected from them and expose them to an ideal life, in other words, a gender-conforming heteronormative world. A feminist appropriation of folklore would add a much-needed twist to the stereotypical narratives, creating an alternative route, one which subverts gender stereotypes. Exposing children to tales with diverse characters and varying storylines would allow them to live their best
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The story of Rapunzel and Mother Gothel has been told many times since its publication in 1812, and has been utilized by numerous writers of various genres to reflect the changing culture and values of the corresponding audiences. From the original publication by the Grimm Brothers, to the graphic novel entitled Rapunzel’s Revenge by Shannon and Dean Hale, Rapunzel’s story has certainly proven to be malleable in nature, and provide for the opportunity to analyze the differences between these texts
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Once upon a time there was a village of people. They lived in a utopia, everything and everyone were the same everyday, forever. Within that village lived four young girls who really wanted a change. Their names where Autumn, Summer, Spring, and Winter. One day they decide they couldn't except that everything was going to be the same for the rest of their lives, so they decided to set out on a quest to find a new change. A couple of days into their journey they were beginning to be discouraged.
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The original Snow White is a centuries old, German fable titled Sneewittchen. It gained notoriety after its publication in the first edition of The Brothers Grimm collection “Grimms' Fairy Tales”. Many believe the character of Snow White was based on the life of Margarete von Waldeck, a German countess born to Philip IV in 1533. When Margaretewas 16 she was forced by her stepmother, Katharina of Hatzfeld to move away to Wildungen in Brussels. There, Margarete fell in love with a prince who would
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A heroine, a woman who is admired for great or brave acts or fine qualities, this is according to Merriam-Webster Dictionary. Offred is presented as our protagonist in The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. Atwood presents Offred as a air head who goes through the motions. No where close to what we consider our typical literary heroine. Throughout the story she seems to space out and not understand her situation very well. However, if Atwood were to try and portray her as what we consider a typical
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“As a child, I always knew that I wanted to be a princess. I wanted to travel to a different world, have a beautiful dress for every day of the week, and most of all, I wanted to meet my Prince Charming. I loved fairy tales, and Cinderella was my favorite story and my favorite character of them all because she was so beautiful and elegant. For Halloween one year I begged and pleaded with my mother to get me the Cinderella costume worn by the princess in the movie Cinderella (1950) that all the girls
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I like the moral of the Cinderella fairy tales. The story emphasizes the importance of inner beauty of women. In all versions of the story, Cinderella was not only beautiful but also had her inner charm. In the story written by Charles Perrault, he portrayed her as a women who had good sense of beauty to consult her stepsisters’ clothing. She was also so generous to share the oranges, and lemons with her stepsisters who insulted her, and to take them to live in the palace with her. Although the
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The main character of the story is Offred, who is a handmaid. She swears to never say her former name, as that is something that doesn’t matter anymore. She’s lost her husband, Luke, as well as her daughter, who we don’t know the name of. Offred has been assigned to a new commander, because the last one didn’t work out. She seems to always follow the codes set into place, but she starts to realize that everything is completely disastorious and she speaks out against it. Her only real job is to bear
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