Who knows the world at its core, knows what moves the rain and earth, has the face and mind of a god, but is a giant at his birth. Proud, Egoistic Loki knows what you envision in your petty little mind, he can work you…
The story of The Thousand and One Nights, translated by Dawood, is a tale about a clever woman who saves herself, and other women in the kingdom, from being killed by a vengeful king. She tells him a story that never ends for a thousand…
How would you feel if you were replaced by a cheap clone and be considered less relevant in society? You wouldn’t? Traditional fairy tales are stories told to children for entertainment purposes, usually about magical beings, queens, kings, dragons and magical settings. Currently there has…
The fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood” has been around for years, and throughout these years has been twisted into various interpretations. We of course have the ‘Red Riding Hood’ we all have familiarization with, by Charles Perrault, which tells the tale of a young…
In addition to power and domesticity, power and misery are also interconnected throughout Rapunzel. Although wandering is mostly seen as a fear, which is negative and frightening because it lacks support from family, it can also be viewed as a positive experience. For instance, when…
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Analyzing the Tale of “Rapunzel” by the Brothers Grimm: A Feminist Perspective In this essay I aim to deconstruct the classic folk-tale, “Rapunzel/Rampion”, with specific attention to the Brothers Grimm iteration from their seventh version of the Kinder- und Hausmärchen. I am focusing particularly on…
The End of Fairy Tales? How Shrek and Friends Have Changed Children’s Stories, written by James Poniewozik, provides criticism on how children are exposed to fairy tales in today’s society and how they are not being presented in the traditional storyline. In particular, Poniewozik uses…
You probably know the innocent fairy-tale of Peter Pan where he takes children at night to a land called Neverland where all young one’s dreams come true defeating Captain Hook every step of the way. The story was originally written by James Matthew Barrie in…
Pan’s Labyrinth is one of Guillermo del Toro’s masterpieces. This contentious film juxtaposes the colorful world of fantasy and the harsh world of reality that is set in the aftermath of the Spanish civil war. Upon watching the film, viewers would argue whether the film…
Fairy tales have evolved over time: narratives that were originally full of harrowing violence have been adapted into bedtime stories. As time goes on, more and more versions of each tale appear, in print or else on film. But why do we bother using the…