splinter of flax
the Disney story was based off a prick from a spinning needle
splinter of flax
the Disney story was based off a prick from a spinning needle
Talia
The meaning of name Talia is " Dew Of Heaven. "
Then she was forced to put on the red-hot shoes, and dance until she dropped down dead
where did the shoes come from in this story
But the young queen is fairer by far as I trow
despite her best efforts, Snow White still lives and is fairer than her
even if it costs me my life."
foreshadows the end, the queen will die because of her pride and envy
But over the hills, where the seven dwarfs dwell, Snow White is still alive and well, And none is so fair as she
the mirror told the queen where snow white resided
"If you will take care of our house, cook, make the beds, wash, sew and knit, and if you will keep everything neat and clean you can stay with us and you shall want for nothing."
the deal that is Made in a lot of fairytales. something u want with conditions
for she did not wish to take all from one only
this way it seemed like she wasn't taking a lot
but did her no harm.
was it because of her beauty?
The cook had to salt them, and the wicked queen ate them, and thought she had eaten the lung and liver of Snow White.
very gruesome and disturbing
she was so beautiful the huntsman had pity on her
we like to keep pretty things, preserve them, prevent them from dying
bring me back her lung and liver as a token
she took reward out of this, wanting a token meant she wanted to relish her death
turned yellow and green with envy.
green goes with envy but what does yellow go with/ represent?
she was seven years old she was as beautiful as the day, and more beautiful than the queen herself.
despite her very young age, she was extremely gorgeous
Looking-glass, looking-glass, on the wall,
mirror mirror
red looked pretty upon the white snow
contrast between the colors.
the Grimms worked in the hope that their tales would benefit us in unimaginable ways
bring us into a new light and makes us think about things we prefer to ignore
but mainly from literate people whom the Grimms came to know quite well.
wasn't interpreted in a different way, was kind of like it was collected from the source itself
Snow White’s mother, not her stepmother, wants to kill the beautiful girl out of envy
many different variations of tales
Once upon a time
how most Disney tales start
not realizing that these tales would assume relevance in all cultures.
it was universal, ubiquitous themes
to salvage relics from the past
preserve as much as they could
not to be classified as children’s stories
they are extremely gory and gruesome
those people who should be preserving them are becoming more and more scarce
does he mean this as they no longer are being listened to or that all those who would tell the stories have died now?
to publish their collection
made them into who they are known as
philology
the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages.
They grew up quite fast
experiencing certain things can make you mature fast
inspired folklorists in Europe and Great Britain to gather tales from their oral traditions to preserve as part of their cultural heritage
without them, basically folklores wouldn't have been recorded as they are now
they wanted to preserve them before the tales were lost forever
our memory only serves us for so long before we begin to forget certain things or forget something in its entirety
“fairy tales.
when we think fairytales we think Disney happy endings
each one different from the last, until the final, best-known version barely resembled the first.
as time goes on, the changes made to the stories become more and more, resulting in the stories seeming so different
I never knew how much I loved you till just now, when I feared I was too late to save your life.
you never realize what you have until it's almost gone
"Yes, dear Beast."
after much refusal, she finally agrees
, it was only a dream
she keeps repeating its a dream, but dreams have meaning and truth behind them
don't desert me till you have saved me from my cruel misery.
his fate as appearing as a beast
and don't trust too much to your eyes.
looks can be deceiving and not everything is what it seems
But as I did the mischief it's only just that I should suffer for it
even though this went really her fault, she's willing to suffer for it because of the guilt she feels
you little know what it has cost
he was letting his daughter know there is a cost to be paid
fatal rose
is it fatal because it may lead to the mans death ?
splendid
the word has been used multiple times, putting emphasis on how beautiful the place is
Bella.
means beautiful
"The only thing I wish for is to see you come home safely,
the daughter was less materialistic than her sisters, her beauty was not only on the outside but inside too
I beg that you'll bring me a rose.
rose represents beauty, but it's also that beautiful things are dangerous or can cause harm, such as the rose having thorns
showed no intention of offering them any help
they weren't her true friends, they were only friends with her because she was rich like them
he fell into the direst poverty.
your life can be turned upside down, and you would have never expected it
this was only the beginning of their troubles.
series of unfortunate events. one event led to another then another
Their house caught fire
very typical
a most unexpected misfortune befell them
the change that's seen in many Disney stories that leads to the protagonist going on a new journey
He felt so very happy, but he wasn't at all proud, for a good heart never grows proud. He thought about how he had been persecuted and scorned, and now he heard them all call him the most beautiful of all beautiful birds.
he left his old life and came into a new one where he was appreciated but instead of letting it go to his head he seemed humble
clumsy, dirty, gray bird, ugly and offensive
he's starting to see himself the way others see him
"You don't understand me," said the duckling.
he's realizing that what he wants is different from what others want
"I'm so ugly that the dog won't even bother to bite me."
he admits that he's ugly
I'm sure he will amount to something.
the mother believes that looks don't equal good skills and that her son is just as capable as the others
what an ugly-looking fellow that duckling is! We won't stand for him.
they're ready to throw one duck out and use his appearance as an excuse
red rag around her leg?
caused by pollution thrown in the lake?
Even
As if the one that wasn't as nice to look at wouldn't be able to do the same job
How wide the world is
When we leave home, we finally realize how small a world we live in and that it's actually much bigger than we could have thought
green is good for the eyes.
green is translated to be good in general in society. red is bad and green is good
It was so beautiful out on the country, it was summer- the wheat fields were golden, the oats were green, and down among the green meadows the hay was stacked.
very descriptive imagery, paints a picture in the reader's mind
The Ugly Duckling
A well known childhood book that teaches you to embrace who you are
Farmer Bland,
bland could foreshadow a turning point in the story where the pig outsmarts the farmer
“I thought I’d better eat him first.”
eat or be eaten. Survival of the fittest, i think Darwin would be impressed
“That is the reason for my life!”
he finally realizes his purpose is to be consumed by humans. He was brought onto earth to serve others
What LIFE was really all about.
A question everyone asks themselves but nobody truly knows. Even the pig is having an existential crisis
big
there is rhyme for every two lines. AA BB CC DD so on
By Roald Dahl
famous children's book author
In the afternoon, when they began playing, one child said to the other, "you be the little pig, and I'll be the butcher." He then took a shiny knife and slit his little brother's throat.
Shows how children imitate what they see, no matter what it is, because they don't know the difference of right or wrong until taught
for they realized it had all been part of a children's game
It should not matter if it was just a game, but the thoughts going forth into playing the game. The children understood what was going on and i believe it shouldn't be taken lightly just because they're young
threw him to the ground, and slit his throat open with a knife
It's hard to tell whether the kids are just imagining the scenes or if they no longer are playing a game and are in fact killing others
They chose one boy to play a butcher, another boy to play was to be a cook, and a third boy was to be a pig
definitely strange for children so young to be playing a game like this where they role play the slaughtering of a pig for food.
"How Some Children Played at Slaughtering" [Children's Literature]
i find this to be an odd title because you wouldn't have the children playing at a slaughtering, but the brothers grimm are known for their gruesome tales
Brothers Grimm stories
known for their gruesome tales that are very different from the fairytales we often think of with a happily ever after ending
The Story of Grandmother
why did it used to be called this and why do we now shift the focus onto the girl instead of the grandmother?
The fairy way creates sense. Creates logics. Creates feeling. Creates time and space.
The separate sentences for each creation emphasizes what the fairy way can do. Shows each separate thing is important.
the fairy way bars no one from entry, education, or vital assistance.
It is used as an all inclusive way of teaching
shine and shadow
Interesting word choice as I feel the shine represents the heroes in the fairy tales and the Shadows are the villains
They seem happy about this and their work flourishes
This is because it's open to interpret any way you'd like so there is no right or wrong thoughts. Because of this there is a positive impact on the students since now they can do what they'd like and be as creative as possible.
there is no predetermination as to how they will perform this assigned task
This is because everyone thinks differently and therefore they interpret things differently and want it to be done in a specific manner. You can never be sure of how someone will react to the task until they actually show you
allows the artist and reader room to experience – to invent – new ways of sensing primal and inexplicable wonder
It now becomes open to interpretation
avoid representation of a three dimensional world in order to reach a pure state
This is done in order to take the abstract into something more clear and simple
From this sort of story no reader can escape unchanged back into the world outside of the story
It's like in Alice in Wonderland, where Alice falls down the rabbit hole and when she escapes she has a completely different outlook; she's changed
The fairy way does not represent a world. The fairy way is a path to a world.
there are multiple ways to reach a destination, but the fairy way is one invented by the author as a short cut because they create their own path
if there are such Beings in the World, it looks highly probable they should talk and act as he has represented them.
It's interesting to think about how when we aren't exposed to something, and someone informs us of it we have no reason not to believe them so we automatically go with what we’re told
Frauds were made use of to amuse Mankind, and frighten them into a Sense of their Duty.
Fairy tales are fiction and a lot of them are used to teach children how to behave or scare them into listening
We are pleased with surveying the different Habits and Behaviours of Foreign Countries,
Is this because we grow tired of what we're used to? To this day we love looking at other cultures and observing them, to see what differences can be found and what we can adopt
we cannot look upon the Representation as altogether impossible; nay, many are prepossess with such false Opinions, as dispose them to believe these particular Delusions
the text gets hard to read at some parts because the language used is different from modern diction
make his Fairies talk like People of his own Species, and not like other Setts of Beings, who converse with different Objects, and think in a different manner from that of Mankind
In order to make a well written fairytale, the author must first have a good background knowledge to go off of so that his supernatural characters behave in a manner different from how we do.
because he has no Pattern to follow in it, and must work altogether out of his own Invention.
A fairytale is completely based on the author. There is no structure to it, no guidelines to follow which makes it difficult not only to create but to follow because you must be able to understand the author's creation.
the Poet quite loses sight of Nature, and entertains his Reader's Imagination
Instead of saying a truthful story, the author creates a mythical realm with magical attributes given to the characters to entertain the audience