Think of a work of literature that reflects a fairy tale. Discuss the parallels. Does it create irony or deepen appreciation?
Think of a “baptism scene” from a significant literary work. How was the character different after the experience? Discuss.
All that I can say is that I have read no works that directly reflect a fairy tale in a way that I can see but it just so happens that the book wood pushers has some reference to that of peter pan which is based on several fairy tales and the way that wood pushers is reflecting on peter pan is that a whole tribe lives in a tree using the wood and supplies the tree offers as food, weapons, transportation vehicles (skateboards), and also shelter same as the tribe of children in peter pan. Also the occurrences of Faeries throughout the book make it pretty obvious that it reflects on fairy and Faerie tales. Even though they are different and meaning most people think of them synonymous.
ReplyDeletePost by : Dalton Harmon
I'm confused by your post.
DeletePlease use periods.
Posted by: James Lynn
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of fairy tale references or reflections, I think of one anime that I watched (with a really long Japanese name, shortened to "Mondaiji Tachi") that references to the "Pied Piper of Hamelin." In the real Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Pied Piper is paid to play music to lead rats away from the town of Hamelin. The mayor of Hamelin, refuses to pay him the full amount, so the Pied Piper exacts his revenge on the town by leading the children away. Where the Pied Piper lead the children is unknown.
In the anime, this is referenced by having the main group of characters, along with the world, challenged by four demons. The challenge is to solve the mystery of the tale, "What happened to the chidlren?" Each of the four demons represent multiple parts related to the tale. One demon, named "Weser," who represents the Weser River, represents the idea that the children were drowned in the river. Another demon, named "Ratten," represents how the Pied Piper was capable of controlling the rats and the children with music. I cannot remember the other two demons. Due to spoilers to anyone who may plan on watching that anime, I will not say the answer.
In my opinion, I believe it deepens the appreciation of the anime and the tale. The Pied Piper is one of the few fairy tales that I can recite from memory, and it's one of my personal favorites. I knew very little of it before I watched the anime; after I watched it, I learned more about the tale, and I grew a fondness of it.
Wow, that is an unusual but cool connection you made.
DeletePost by: Sofia Ricra
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of fairytales the first one that comes to mind is Cinderella. A classic fairytale, one of the first I kne. One work of literature that stands out for me, based off Cinderella, is the film Another Cinderella Story. It has a modern twist to it, but it still has similarities to the original. In the film Mary takes on the role of cinderella, an aspiring dancer, Tami is seen as the godmother, she’s one of the only friends Mary has. Dominique is the evil step mother, but she’s only Mary’s legal guardian, who took Mary in after her mother died, only for her to later become her sort of “slave”. Britt and Bree as the evil step sister, and finally Joey Parker as the charming Prince.
I loved this movie as a kid because it incorporated my childhood movies into a movie I could watch at the time.
Delete-Piper Colangelo
I guess I'm weird but, I still love this movie, lol! Nice job!
DeleteI felt so smart when I was little and got the connections between Cinderella and Another Cinderella Story.
DeleteThis movie was one of my favorites when I was a child. I love the connection.
DeleteI totally agree with Piper. Cinderella was my go to movie as a child.
DeleteSomething I have seen that reminds me of a fairytail, is Ella Enchanted. It's been a while since I've seen this, but it is a crazy movie where a girl goes on an adventure through many magical places to defeat an evil man and get a woman to take a spell back. Ella, the main character is similar to Cinderella because she is cursed with a "gift" of always doing anything she is ordered to do. This is the same as Cinderealla being forced to do everything for her stepmother and stepsisters. I feel that this movie really deepens our appreciation for Cinderella because we see what she really has to go through from a different point of veiw. The point of view of Ella.
ReplyDeleteLove that movie
DeleteI love this movie and the plot behind it. I never thought of it as similar to Cinderella, but your post really identifies the connection.
DeleteI never seen the connection between Ella Enchanted and Cinderella. You have a good explanation and I love you gave another point of view because I like to look at stories from different points of view to better my perspective.
DeleteAnna K-S
I love this movie
DeletePost by: Alanie O’Dell
ReplyDeleteWhen thinking of literature in relation to fairy tales, especially Hansel and Gretel, a work of literature that instantly stood out in my mind was “Flowers in the Attic” by V.C. Andrews.
In both the book and the movie adaptation, Flowers in the Attic is the story of a seemingly perfect family of 6. A physically beautiful couple have 4 seemingly perfect children- Christopher, Cathy, and twins, Cory and Carrie. However, when the father dies a sudden death the family goes bankrupt and is forced to move back to Foxworth Hall, the home of their mother, Corrine, and her unforgiving parents.
There, the children are forced to live in the attic while their mother tries to get herself re-written in her dying father’s will. Christopher and Cathy, the two oldest children, are a lot like Hansel and Gretel. They are forced to their wicked grandmother’s care, locked in a home they don’t want to be in, with no one to save them. In an attempt at killing the four children, their grandmother continuously brings them “sugar coated doughnuts” with the sugar actually being rat poisoning. Eventually, Christopher and Cathy escape the attic along with their sister Carrie and leave Foxworth Hall.
To me, the storyline has a lot in common with the fairytale of Hansel and Gretel. In both stories, brother and sister are abandoned by their parents in some way and find home in a dangerous place. For Christopher and Cathy, it was their cruel grandmother’s attic and for Hansel and Gretel it was the home of the witch who was trying to eat them. Christopher and Cathy were fed doughnuts in an attempt to kill them, whereas Hansel and Gretel were fed sweets to fatten them up for being eaten. Flowers in the Attic is a modern twist on a classic fairy tale with a lot more to it than just the story of Christopher and Cathy or Hansel and Gretel. The parallels between Flowers in the Attic and Hansel and Gretel are not ironic, and bring more appreciation for both works out of readers.
I never would have thought to compare "Flowers in the Attic" to "Hansel and Gretel," but it makes sense now that you mentioned it.
Delete-Piper Colangelo
Isn't flowers in the attic like a kind of creepy/scary series? You made is sound interesting and connected them well, I will have to check it out.
DeleteThat is something I have never heard of but I think Jessica might be right about it being a scary movie.
DeleteA really crazy but unique fairytale I have seen recently is called Over the Garden Wall which involves two brothers who travel through woods called the Unknown. On their adventure they find long forgotten stories and all they are trying to do is get home but they keep stumbling across obstacles. It is similar to Hanseldee and Greteldum because these two boys are lost from home and are trying to find home and come across obstacles in their journey. This story would deepen appreciation, because the boys are welcome to come home at the end after the scary and questionable people they have encountered that would make anyone choose home any day of the year.
ReplyDeleteHanseldee and Greteldum is not the name of a fairy tale.
DeleteSorry, I did not mean to refer it to a fairytale but just the boys and them wanting to get home.
DeleteOne of the fairy tails I grew up with is the story of King Arthur and his backstory “The Sword in the Stone.” The story of Camelot has many reworkings, especially for one member of it. Merlin’s story has been remade and retold thousands of times and my favorite is the Merlin saga by T.A.Barron. In the version of the story of “The Sword in the Stone” known by me, there isn’t much you learn about him except that his is a powerful wizard. Lacking much information to compare until book 4, The Mirror of Fate, I feel a deepened sense of appreciation for both stories and a small bit of irony from a contradiction occurring between the stories as well as a small paradox occurring in the Merlin saga.
ReplyDelete-JWG
Post by Jared
DeletePost By: Kayla Shannon
ReplyDeleteOne form of literature that I feel reflects somewhat of a fairy tale is "A Series of Unfortunate Events." I feel like this can reflect to Cinderella. Once her dad dies, she is forced to live with her horrible step-mother. Once the Baudelaire parents die, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny are forced to live with the horrible Count Olaf.
Another similarity is how they were treated. Cinderella was treated like the lowest of lows. Cleaning every waking moment and never getting to have any fun. The Baudelaire orphans life with Count Olaf wasn't very different. He was a mean person who gave them chore after chore and when they were done, he would always find something for them to do to ensure they never had fun.
To me, this is ironic. When you think of Cinderella, sure it starts of sad, but it won't always be that way. The title of this series lets you know how it is going to be. It is ironic to me that two stories with completely different settings, characters, and situations can have such great common aspects.
I never noticed the relation between the two literary works because I always thought that to relate to Cinderella, it had to be one, female character. The Baudelaire's are 3 brothers/sisters, so I never caught it. Good job catching that allusion, very clever!
DeleteGreat comparison! I never noticed this.
DeleteThis is a really good example, I never thought about that.
DeletePosted by: Hannah Cribby
ReplyDeleteOne of the most known fairy tales would have to be Cinderella and a work of literature that reflects it would have to be 'a Cinderella story'. This movie is a about a girl who has an evil stepmother and stepsisters who are getting in her way and trying to keep her away from her prince. In the movie she is an employee at her mothers diner and has to do as she is told, but she ends up falling in love and disobeys her stepmother. In 'Cinderella' her stepmother is constantly telling her to do stuff and tries to keep her from the prince. Those are all the things that I believe reflect 'Cinderella' in this movie and I think it deepens the appreciation.
Feminism and gender equality have been popular topics in recent years. The more recent fairy tale movie, She's the Man, is about Viola Hastings. She is an all star soccer player that wants to be on the soccer team at her high school. When her brother is accepted into a boarding school to play soccer, she uses a wig and goes in her brother's place. She is one of the best players on the team and in the end, falls for Duke Orsino.
ReplyDeleteIn the Shakespearean play, Twelfth Night, Viola disguises herself as Cesario. Cesario falls in love with the Duke and Olivia, the Duke's love interest, falls in love with Cesario. The Duke asks Cesario to get Olivia to fall for him but Cesario professes his love for the Duke. Sebastian, Viola's twin brother is mistaken to be Cesario by Olivia and they marry. In the end, the Duke ends up with Viola after she revealed herself.
Since the movie and the play are so similar, I believe that the appreciation for both pieces of literature is deepened. I like to make connections with movies and books/plays and I think that these two forms of entertainment are well complemented.
This seems like a very interesting movie that I will have to check out. I like literature like this, two that are the same that are very similar. Great connection!
DeleteAleigha
I also noticed the connection between the two. The appreciation was truly deepened by making a modern tale of the classic, Twelfth Night.
DeletePosted by: Caleb Costner
ReplyDeleteA piece of literature such as "The Notebook" by Nicholas Sparks, reminds me of the fairy tale "Rapunzel" by The Grimm Brothers. How? Well in "The Notebook" Noah and Ally meet during the summer and it was love at first sight. Just like when the prince finally saw Rapunzel in the tower. In both stories there were many obstacles that separated the love that they had for each other. In "The Notebook" their love was forbidden because they were from two different worlds, and their distance played a part to keeping them apart. While in "Rapunzel" she was forbidden to leave the tower which kept the prince and her apart until fate took place. In "The Notebook" the power of fate brought Ally back to Noah after 14 years of living different lives to the actual place that they fell in love. In "Rapunzel" the way of escape brought her to the the love of her life.
From a fairy tale to real life it can deepen appreciation by realization that the power of fate can reunite true love. So never give up on your hearts desire.
I love The Notebook! After realizing the connection between the two literary works, I have a deeper appreciation for both of them.
DeleteThis is a very interesting comparison. I would have never thought of this before.
DeleteI like the movie"The Notebook" and I would not have realized the connection until you did it.
DeleteI love the fairy tale Rapunzel! I would have never noticed the two connections!
DeleteI remember a movie a few years Called "How to Train Your Dragon" which seemed to heavily take fairy tell aspects. To begin the setting relates to a lot of old fantasy back drops where dragons fights humans, he world is still young and technology is developing but mostly absent, and the vast majority of humans are putting more emphasis on living rather than improving. Let us start of with the protagonist, a young doing something that others disagree with that is reminiscent of "Jack and the Bean Stalk". In both stories, kids disregard there parents, do something stupid, incite action, and change the normal way of life for their people. Jack buys magic beans against his mother's advice, angers a giant, kills it, and then gets a golden goose that brings wealth to his family. Hiccup does not want to be a viking, trains a dragon at the risk of his life, some how gets a giant dragon to almost kill everyone in cold blood, and then ends it all by advancing society with everyone riding dragons themselves. Not so different are they? The plots are pretty much a vague retelling of each other that swaps off a lot of the details to make it all seem like a completely different story. At one point Hiccup even imitates the bow that cries wolf. Rather than killing the dragon like he was told, he lies to all of his friends and family. rather than ending up eaten, he loses a foot later on rather than a life. For a third and final example, I want to loosely relate this to King Arthur. Both stories represent a young man who does a great act in order to rise to power in their respective homeland. while this movie relates a lot to fairy tales, some key details change from normal standards. Rather than being a rowdy child who seeks to please, Hiccup is independent and pursues his own interest for what he believes is the betterment of everyone; not to mention rather than being omnipotently strong, he relies on his mind and friends and even shows weakness at points. Most portrayals like to put dragons as a main antagonist rather than man's best friend. Thinking about "Jack and the Bean Stalk" reminds me how much that weird "Attack on Titan" thing resembles it. We have titans that despise humans to a point of cannibalism, live in a region where humans have no power, and seek to establish an animal-like dominance over lesser creatures. To me this screams out like a modern day Jack that has been rip apart and re-pieced. These examples do not at all stir up a feeling of irony in me, but rather, I appreciate those old original stories more so for having a sense of innocence that our world as a whole nowadays seems to have lost its grip on.
ReplyDeleteI love the movie 'How to Train Your Dragon' and I agree that it is very much like a fairy tale. It creates a deeper appreciation of a literary work when it has some similarities to popular fairy tales that we all know and love.
DeleteGreat connection with Attack on Titan and I never looked at it that way. It's great you made connections with other pieces of literature to furthur the understanding of another work, great job.
DeleteI like your connections. I can see all of the examples kind of having similarities.
DeletePosted by: Aleigha Letterman
ReplyDeleteFairy tales are a large part of every persons childhood, and even adulthood. Although we may not realize it there are many modern day fairy tales. Cinderella doesn't have to be a girl who looses her slipper, and snow white doesn't have to talk to animals. Cinderella could simply be a girl treated unfairly by her stepmother who rebels against her wishes and goes to find her true love. Snow White could be a girl who volunteers at an animal shelter that falls while cleaning the animals cadges falling into a coma. My point, fairy tales are everywhere, even in The Longest Ride.
In the movie The Longest Ride Sophia is talked into going to a rodeo by her friend, where she meets Luke. Luke loses his cowboy hat while riding a bull, but Sophia returns it to him. When their eyes meet it's like magic, so Luke turns the hat around and places it on Sophia's head, and when this happens Sophia receives glares from girls in the audience. Luke has to leave, leaving Sophia there wondering who the mystery prince was. Later in the day the two run into each other and exchange numbers. Long story short, Luke and Sophia have some fights, but end the end spend their lives together.
This movie is similar to the classic fairy tale Cinderella. but instead of Sophia losing her slipper Luke loses his hat. Instead of stepsisters in the movie, there are girls in the audience envious of her because she got Luke's hat, and they didn't. Prince charming didn't know who wore the slipper, and Sophia didn't know who wore the hat. In the end of both stories both princesses ended up with their prince charming.
This connection that I have made defiantly deepens my appreciation for Cinderella because I love The Longest Ride, and Cinderella clearly had an influence of the creation of it.
DeleteThis is a great connection that I didn't catch when reading the book or watching the movie. That's a wonderful take of the whole idea and I wouldn't have thought of it. Great job!
DeleteI really love the connection between these to! I now have a deeper appreciation for both of these stories after seeing the connection between them.
DeleteI love the movie and how you made the connection between the two. I would have never thought about it.
DeletePost by: Tiffany Weresow
ReplyDeleteA work of literature that reflects a fairy tale to me would definitely be "Harry Potter," as it has many connections and similarities to "Cinderella." Both of these stories share a very similar plot structure (and key elements that tie into their plots).
Both Harry and Cinderella are non-biological children to the evil families that basically enslave them. Cinderella's stepmother treats her like a maid and worships her own children, while the Dursley's treat Harry like a maggot and act as though their son Dudley is a king.
Cinderella is eventually taken into the caring hands of her Fairy Godmother, while Harry Potter is taken under Hagrid's wing, who informs him that he is a wizard and should be living on a golden pedestal as "The boy who lived."
The parallels in these two works definitely creates irony because Cinderella eventually meets her prince and lives happily ever after (as most fairy tales tend to do). However, Harry Potter (most likely because it is a series of novels), continues to face the forces of the evil Voldemort who will stop at nothing to destroy Harry once and for all after being wounded from his previous attack on Harry as an infant.
Perhaps if Cinderella was an ongoing series, there would not have been a happy ending and she would continue to struggle in order to find true love and happiness as Harry did, but unfortunately we will never know how that story would have ended.
This is genius! I've never considered Harry a form of Cinderella, but now that you've said it, it seems blatantly obvious. That was a great connection! I grew up with these books and movies, I cannot believe I didn't see that before.
DeleteAmazing interpretation and its just a continued struggle with the antagonist compared to Cinderella where it stops there which who knows what might of happened if Cinderella just continued, no happy ending.
DeleteFantastic, I did not see this coming. With what the movie possesses, I could not see a continuing series of Cinderella without the introduction of more plot elements.
DeleteI've read and watched the Harry Potter series millions of times and not once noticed it related to Cinderella. It seems like such an obvious thing now though.
Delete-Piper Colangelo
Many books, movies, and television shows have some part of a classic fairytale in them. The movie “Maleficent” is one that reflects a “Sleeping Beauty.”
ReplyDeleteThe movie starts out in a way that you wouldn’t even think of relating to “Sleeping Beauty.” There’s an innocent fairy who lives in a magic forest and a boy from the village that meet and instantly become great friends. As they grow older their friendship starts to grow into something more. The village boy is named Stefan, who later becomes king and has a daughter Aurora. To become king he cuts off Maleficent’s wings and marries the princess. This causes Maleficent to become vengeful and a war between the forest and kingdom starts. Somewhere in between this war Maleficent gets Aurora and brings her to the woods to avoid the curse she put on her at her christening. The curse was the same exact curse used in “Sleeping Beauty.” Stefan gets his daughter back, but she still manages to prick her finger on the spinning wheel. Maleficent visits Aurora to apologize and kisses her forehead before leaving, which ends up breaking the curse.
The movie adds a twist to the original story and it isn’t necessary to know the story of “Sleeping Beauty” when watching it, but can make it a much more appreciated movie.
-Piper Colangelo
I love both movies and I like how 'Maleficent' has all the ideas of 'Sleeping Beauty', but changed it in a very unique way. It is kind of similar to how 'Frozen' changed Romeo and Juliet.
DeletePosted by Maria McDonald:
ReplyDeleteMuch of modern literature is based off of something so simple like kiddie stories, fairy tales. Fairy tales typically have the same elements such as a good character, an evil character, and the conflict between the characters. A film that I have seen that reflects a fairy tale would be "Edward Scissorhands". It follows a "Beauty and The Beast" structure because there is the good guy who had defects, Edward, the character who wanted to put down the "beast", Jim, and the conflict to be with the maiden, Kim, despite her initial fear of him. I think this deepens appreciation because it shows that any story can take on the structure of a fairy tale.
I love Edward Scissorhands, and I would have never thought about how the structure parallels with The Beauty and The Beast. So great example.
DeleteI didn't ever think that these two movies were linked together.
DeleteThis is such a great connection! Both movies are lovely and I never thought of the similar structure, great job.
DeleteOkay, so this is absolutely perfect, and I know you did this to get a laugh out of everyone present during THAT conversation. Love the connection you made too.
DeleteAleigha
Post By: Karmen Scruggs
ReplyDeleteA very distinct connection that I have found between a work of literature and a fairy tale is that of The Wizard of Oz and the classic fairy tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. In both of the stories, the main characters, Dorothy and Alice, escape the reality of their world, that aren’t pleasant at the time, to go to an imaginary other place. Dorothy escapes to Oz and Alice escapes to Wonderland. This is a distinct relationship that I have come to realize is more important than I originally believed.
I've never seen those two connected before! Good ideas!
DeletePosted By: Anna K-S
ReplyDeleteGoogle states a fairy tale is “a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands”. “Sleeping Beauty” and “The Little Mermaid” are two fairy tales with a couple parallels that make the reader and/or viewer appreciate the stories more.
Parallel number one is both, Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) and Ariel (Little Mermaid) are princesses. The next couple of parallels are “Sleeping Beauty” and “The Little Mermaid” containing an evil witch that doesn’t want the prince to be with the princess and a prince charming. Another parallel is both text incorporate some type of magic, “Sleeping Beauty” containing fairies with magic powers and “The Little Mermaid” contains Ariel's father King Triton’s staff which embodies magic powers. Most importantly both “Sleeping Beauty” and “The Little Mermaid” involve true love's first kiss, in “Sleeping Beauty” Aurora needs true love’s first kiss from Prince Philip to be awaken out of the deep sleep the evil witch Maleficent put her in and in “The Little Mermaid” Ariel needs a true love's first kiss from Prince Eric to get her voice back and stay human forever.
I agree that these are parallel to each other. I never would have made this connection of how they are similar.
DeleteElizabeth Suarez.
ReplyDeleteThe moment I think of fairy tale, my mind goes to cliches, but after thinking for a bit I found one that I absolutely love. The fairy tale about the frog being a prince and that the only way to become a human again is very similar to the movie Ponyo. The movie Ponyo has very similar aspects. There is a child who finds a fish that is made from magic. The fish tastes the humans blood when he gets a smal cut on his hand which causes the fish to slowly form into a human child just like the boy. Over the rest of the movie, there is a bond forming between the two as they have to rescue the boy's mother and find each other when they get seperated. At the end of the movie, the father of Ponyo says that the boy must truly love Ponyo in order for her to stay human. This is like The Prince Frog because the frog needed a kiss to be human and Ponyo needed love to stay human.
I have never seen Ponyo but I have a small understanding of what it's about. I agree with the connections that are present.
DeleteI would have never made the connection but I understand now and it make more sense.
DeletePosted By: Adison
ReplyDeleteWhen I think of a fairytale the first thing that comes to mind is “Snow White”. To me the movie “Enchanted” reflects Snow White.
These two are parallel to each other by having the plot. Both of them have a evil old woman that tries to kill them. The women wants them dead so that way she can't take her place as queen. So she gave them a poison apple, trying to kill her. After they bite into the apple they fall over into a deep sleep and the only way to wake them is if her true love kisses her. So of course the prince swoops in and kisses her but soon realises that he was not her true love. Then the real person that she loves kiss her and she wakes up. Then they all live happily ever after.
I really like both movies, and how you compared both.
DeleteGreat job. I love them both and I never thought about these two.
Delete-Kalynne H.
After realizing this post the connections between the two I now have a deeper appreciation for both of them. ~ Caleb C.
DeleteI love both movies and I always admired Enchanted for its fairy tale structure.
DeleteYour example was very good.
DeleteI don't remember the title or author of the book, but the book is about a girl who likes to read a lot and doesn't go out much. She finds this book about a fairy tale much like Rapunzel. Books don't have characters that come alive once the books is closed, but this book does. Somehow the hero of the book makes it noticeable that the characters are alive and want out. The girl who is reading the book then tries and get the hero out of the book.
ReplyDeleteI don't know any fairy tails that could parallel with this book, but in the story the book that the characters was in was much like Rapunzel
Post by: Grace Deaton
DeleteWorks of literature are derived from previous works, such as classic fairytales. By reflecting fairytales, an author can enhance the meaning behind the tale and produce a similar story with a deeper appreciation. I have observed this process through the literary works of Coraline and Alice in wonderland.
ReplyDeleteIn both stories, a young girl is introduced to another universe. In Alice in wonderland, Alice undergoes a sleep where she experiences a dream. In the dream, she encounters a hole where she enters a whimsical universe. This is very similar to the newer film, Coraline. In the film, Coraline finds a small secret door that has access to a parallel universe, where her life is much more happier.
In these universes, both protagonists are held hostage by a strong villain. Alice is held by the Queen of Hearts and Coraline is held captive by the Spidery woman. Both female villains prevent the protagonists from leaving the universe. This leads both protagonists to find a way to defeat and escape the villains, adding drama to the plot.
While Alice in wonderland has a plot that does not make sense, Coraline is more structured. Coraline follows the story of a little girl unhappy with her life. She encounters a small door that leads her to parallel universe of a life she wishes to have. However, she realizes that this universe is corrupt and she is happier with her normal life. By the end of the tale, she earns a new sense of life and gains self knowledge, that is not found in Alice in wonderland. With the creation of Coraline, the creators create an appreciation to the classic, Alice in wonderland. They also provide a deeper meaning with the idea of self knowledge. The dream of Alice could have given her self knowledge just like the parallel universe experienced by Coraline.
One book that reflect the fairy tale Cinderella is "Just Ella" by Margaret Peterson Haddix. The reason why they are parallel to each other is because in both of them, they had an evil stepmother and two evil step sisters. Both of them wear a gown and glass slippers to the ball expect in "Just Ella" Cinder Ella got her gown from a trunk belonging to her mother and the glass slipper are from a bet she made with a glass blowing guy unlike the story Cinderella. They both ending up meeting the prince and leaving the ball at 12:00 even though Cinder Ella left with a different reason. The prince eventually find her and take her to his castle. I think it deepen my appreciation because I see how Cinderella in different ways. One is in a fairy tale, the other one show how Cinderella can actually be real.
ReplyDeleteLing
DeleteYou made some significant connections. It is interesting to see how they could make a fairy tale into a real story. This makes the viewer realize that dreams and fairy tales can come true.
DeleteGreat way of thinking!
DeleteI know many movies that relate to the original Cinderella movie, but the one I am going to use as my example is Another Cinderella Story (2008). Like the original Cinderella the main character is a girl whose dad has died leaving her in the care of her evil stepmom and stepsisters who are mean and make her their servant. Like the original one there is a “prince”, in this case a famous celebrity who dances and the girl is attracted to him, but knows it is never going to work out. Like the original one her “fairy godmother”, also known as her best friend helps her sneak out and go to a masked ball, as long as she leaves by midnight. At the ball the prince is amazed by her, but sadly doesn’t learn her identity before she leaves. However, like Cinderella she leaves something behind, no not a glass slipper, but instead a zune (something that holds music, like a CD). The prince of course goes on a rampage to find the girl from the ball. Her evil stepmom forbids her to enter the dance competition of dreams, but in the end she does, where she learns she had already gotten into the dance school. So, she rides off into the sunset having reached her dreams and found the guy of her dreams. Tada, if that isn’t Cinderella I don't know what is.
ReplyDeleteComparing Cinderella to Cinderella. Nice.
Delete-Kalynne H.
This Cinderella movie was by far my favorite one. And I agree with Kalynne. What better thing to compare Cinderella to other than Cinderella?
DeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
DeleteThis comment has been removed by the author.
ReplyDeleteI know of many different works of literature that reflects fairy tails, however, there is one that stands out. While watching the film "The Hunger Games" I automatically thought of the fairy tale "Jack and the Beanstalk". They both have a similar story. Both stories a child that lives with their widowed mother in a family that doesn't have much to offer. Then, in "Jack and the Beanstalk" Jack sacrifices his cow in order to get magical beans. In the film "The Hunger Games" instead of sacrificing a cow, Katniss sacrifices herself to fight in the games. Both characters end up being known as murderers and obtain nicknames such as "The Giant Slayer" and "The Mockingjay". For me, knowing this information deepened my appreciation for “Jack and the Beanstalk” because I have such a love for “The Hunger Games”.
ReplyDelete-Alex Salce
Never thought of it that way; the comparison of sacrifices makes a lot of sense.
DeleteI never thought of The Hunger Games as a fairy tale but it makes sense! Good job.
DeleteBy:Kalynne Helms
ReplyDeleteOne of my down right favorite movies is Grease because I think it is a very good love story. I think it is a good movie because Sandy and Danny both change for one another and I think it is so great but that isn't what I am going to talk about. I think Grease should be a fairy tale because the characters in the movie fall in love and they all have a happy ending but what fairy tale does Grease relate to and how does it relate to it? That is the question. All fairy tale movies and stories usually have singing in them.The movie Rapunzel, Snow White, Cinderella and many other fairy tales have singing in them. That is one way Grease relates to fairy tales but it really relates to two specific tales, Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. In Cinderella, there is the prince and the princess. In Grease, there is Sandy and Danny who play those roles. So in Cinderella, there is a carriage and a dance or ball that takes place. In Grease, everyone has a car and there is a dance that the whole city can watch. The cars would represent the carriages and the dance would represent the ball in Cinderella. The one thing that really sticks out to me is how Grease relates to Beauty and the Beast. Throughout Grease, Sandy and Danny try to hide their affections for one another from everyone else. They weren't supposed to be together. Well, Sandy is the good straight A student that doesn't do anything bad, while Danny is the bad boy. In other words Sandy is Belle and Danny is the beast. See how it relates? Belle the sweet and innocent falls in love with the mean beast. The next time you watch Grease, think about how it relates to Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast. It will help you understand it better and deeper. Everything will come together and you will have a better understanding of the story.
I am really impressed with the connections between Grease and the fairy tales. I really like how you explained everything and brought them together.
DeleteI really like both of these literary works you choose, and how you compared both to each other. ~ Caleb C.
ReplyDelete
ReplyDeleteA work of literature that reflects a fairy tale is Shrek. Fiona is almost like a reverse Cinderella, she is a beautiful princess by day and an ugly ogre by night. Fiona is also not allowed out of her tower until she is rescued, like Cinderella isnt allowed to go to the ball until she finishes her chores. In the end both Cinderella and Fiona find their prince charmings and live their lives opposite of how they were at the beginning of their stories. This is a very ironic play on Cinderella because in Cinderella she is ugly and poor and becomes beautiful and rich, while Fiona is beautiful and rich and she ends up an ogre and living in a swamp
One Fairy Tale that has elements in modern literature is Jack and the beanstalk. In Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack’s family is running out of food, so he goes and trades the family cow for some magic beans, later leading him to rob and murder a giant, but as the giant stole a goose, it’s all okay, and the family lives happily ever after.
ReplyDeleteIn the book The Hunger Games, Katniss Everdeen’s family has run out of food and money, so she takes more Tessera, meaning that her family gets food in exchange for her having a greater chance to go to the Hunger Games and murder other teens. She has to do this and her family gets more money and food than they need for her murdering.
By: Aaron N
That's a good connection. I never would've seen The Hunger Games like that.
DeleteThe work of literature I feel that reflects a fairy tale is "Phantom of the Opera." This relates to Beauty and the Beast because the men in both of these stories have traits about them that make them beastly creatures (One of them is actually a beast though, the other isn't). In both works, the men are hidden from society due to these imperfections society has ridiculed them for. Christina is much like Belle. The beautiful lover interest of these "hideous" creatures. Like Belle, Christina isn't the slightest bit afraid of the Phantom, so she kisses him and opens his eyes to show that someone cares about him. The whole plot is already worthy of appreciation, but I appreciate it more so because it shows that it only takes one to change a stone cold heart into one that can love again.
ReplyDelete-Laurie Ricardo
I now see the connection between the two examples.
DeleteWhen I think of fairy tales I always think of Cinderella. This story relates to A Cinderella Story staring Hilary Duff as Sam. Sam is a California teenager that is made to obey everything that her stepsisters and stepmother tells her to do. Her stepmother made her work as a janitor and dish cleaner at a local diner and she starts talking anonymously to a guy. They eventually decide to finally meet at a party. Little did she know that she was talking to the most popular guy in school. She instantly start finding ways to make herself cooler but she soon finds out he likes her for herself. They eventually become a happy couple in the end.
ReplyDeleteBy: Haylee Franckewitz
DeleteThe movie series "Shrek" contains all kinds of fairy tales. Throughout the movies you see fairy godmothers, a princess in a castle, the Three Little Pigs and even the Ginger Bread Man. There are plenty more examples, but all of them have a twist. In the first movie Shrek is hired to go to to a castle to get a princess so Lord Farquaad can finally become king. Instead of her Prince Charming, Shrek arrives at the castle. Instead of a mighty steed, he has a donkey as his companion. When it comes to the fight with a dragon, instead of the heroic fight Donkey swoons the dragon, later marrying her. After rescuing the princess Shrek is saved by her multiple times. He then gives her to Lord Farquaad only to get her back and marry her. It has all kinds of other fairy tales throughout the movies, but almost all of them end up being the opposite of the original fairy tales.
ReplyDeleteBy Noah Wollin
DeleteA work of literature that reflects a fairy tale for me is the The Fault in Our Stars by John Green. Hazel Grace, the main character, is an unhappy teen with Stage 4 Thyroid cancer. She goes to a support group and meets an attractive boy, Augustus, and a new friend, Isaac. Together they have adventures, they have their good moments, and their scary moments. Hazel Grace would be the princess who isn’t happy with where she is in life, Augustus would be the prince charming who sweeps her off her feet and saves her from her unpleasing life, and Isaac would be the sidekick who has a separate storyline underneath the main one. More like a Grimm fairy tale, then a Disney one, the story doesn’t end completely happy.
ReplyDelete- Olyvia Knight
I don't really see it.
DeleteA work of literature that reflects a fairy tale is the novel Coraline. The novel is very similar to the tale of Alice in Wonderland. In Alice in Wonderland Alice is bored with her typical life.She then finds a rabbit hole that takes her to the exciting world of Wonderland. She finds all the adventure she had been wanting, but soon runs into the evil Queen of Hearts. The Queen does not let Alice go back home and then tries to kill her. Fortunately Alice wakes up in time to realize it was all a dream. In Coraline she feels left out by her working parents. She then finds a hidden door that leads to the inviting Other world. She finds all the attention she ever wanted but soon discovers the evil Other Mother. Other Mother does not want Coraline to leave Other world and tried to sew buttons on her eyes. Fortunately Coraline escapes and destroys the entrance to Other World, returning to her real family.
ReplyDeleteBy: Parth
DeleteI never would've thought of this before, but this is a great connection.
DeleteThe story of “Ariel the Little Mermaid” strikes me as a fairytale. In The Little Mermaid there are many points of fairytale like traits including the fact that there are mermaids, lots of magic, and talking animals. We can conclude mermaids as part of the fairytale because there is not adequate proof that they exist. The only thing close to magic is a miracle and the only one that has miracles on demand is Jesus which is not in The Little Mermaid. Finally there are talking animals, the only place I will find talking animals I can understand are in fairytales.
ReplyDelete~Christopher Johnson
The story that I think of that reflects a fairy tale is the movie “Pretty Woman.” This is one of my favorite movies and is the story of a prostitute that is picked up and dressed up by a rich man and eventually wins his heart. This is a classic rags to riches story and has an obvious similarity to the fairy tale “Cinderella.” Cinderella is a girl who is mistreated by her family until her fairy-godmother gives her new clothes and a chance to have a better life with the prince of her dreams. Both are stories of a woman down on her luck who is given a new set of clothes and wins the affections of a very rich and important man who can give them a better life. This deepened my appreciation of the story and how much it really changed each of these girls’ lives.
ReplyDelete- Sarah Macon
The first thing I thought of was “Supernatural” and one episode in which is literally just based off fairy tales and this episode was full of an bit of everything it had some irony yet it was very emotional.
ReplyDelete“Supernatural” is usually very scary and gruesome exposing it’s public to blood everywhere and things jumping out, but this time it reflected a bit more love and compassion. The episode is was about a father who’s daughter drank bleach at age eight, after years of being in a coma incidents started happening in the town. The victims were asked who else could've been there, they would always say a little girl. All the incidents were based off fairy tale.
The father talked to his daughter who was still in coma and asked her “Did mommy do this to you” her spirit later showed and nodded to him he disconnected her and let her die he assured her that he now knew the truth and her death was based off snow white because her mother was really her stepmother. This really gave off an message that people should always listen to what people have to say especially when loved ones are involved. -Stephanie Martinez
Post by: Kayla Williamson
ReplyDeleteA movie I have seen that reminds me of a fairy tale is, “Ever After”. It is a film inspired by the fairy tale Cinderella. Danielle is like Cinderella in many ways. The baroness and her step-sisters treat her cruelly for the next ten years following the death of her father. They are also similar in the fact that they deceive the prince into thinking that they have a higher status. In the end they both end up falling in love and living happily ever after. My appreciation has deepened because I can easily make connections between the fairy tale and the film.
Many movies reflect fairy tales in different ways, though they are not exactly, the same but more modern to what people “believe” in the 21th century. For example, “Warm Bodies” a vampire movie reflects “Beauty and the Beast” by both having a main character who is seen as an antagonist for the way the male character looks or what he is. An example of irony, is that in “Beauty and the Beast” the female character is a beautiful princess whose dad is a noble king and in the movie “Warm Bodies” the female character is the daughter of the leader of the zombie apocalypse. In both, story the female character and the “beast” both fall in love after having to spent too much time with one another. The setting of the story is very different through the setting of the fairy tale is a beautiful castle and the movie takes place in a city suffering a zombie apocalypse. In “Beauty and the Beast”, the fairy tale ends with the “beast” of the story turning into a handsome Prince Charming and in “Warm Bodies” the main male character turns into a walking zombie with a pumping heart, in a way it also a type of irony.
ReplyDelete- Alicia L. M. -
Beauty and the Beast = The Hulk
ReplyDeleteYou can’t deny that as soon as you read that first line your first thought was “True!”
In the popular Disney movie, Beauty and the Beast, the beast falls in love with Beauty. However, when the townspeople and Beauty's suitor (Gaston) find out they try to invade the Beast’s Castle. The Hulk, on the other hand, suffers from a very similar problem. Hulk falls in love with Betty but they can’t be together because the military is constantly trying to capture him to obtain his powers. Both sets of lovers can be together because of the physical appearances of both males. Another similarity between the two literary works is that both Beauty and Betty are close to the people who are causing the most harm to their partners.
I believe that this creates a deeper appreciation for literature. The reason being because this allows the viewer to realize that everything that has been talked about in the book “How to Read Lit. Like a Prof.” can be applied to one piece.
Post By: Cynthia Garcia
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorite shows is Once Upon a Time on ABC. In this show, the fairytales that have been made so popular, are brought to life. The Evil Queen, or Regina in the real world, has sent everyone to Storybrooke, Maine where only she and Rumplestiltskin (Mr. Gold) know what is really happening. However, when her adoptive son goes looking for his mother, who is named Emma Swan. Emma is the daughter of Prince Charming and Snow White. It is said that Emma will be the savior and bring everyone back to The Enchanted Forest. Emma ends up bring back their memories and goes into different universes like Wonderland, Neverland and Arendale.
I find it ironic that the worst world that the Evil Queen could think of was ours. There is no magic and most of the time, love breaks the spell, but this is a world without love most of the time. Emma was orphaned and later orphaned her own son. There is Cinderella and all these other fairy tales in this world that Emma has found herself in, but I think that her son Henry, is like Cinderella in a way. His adoptive adoptive mother is the Evil Queen, but he would have never known that and his real dad later dies. However, Henry never gives up and brings magic into our world.
Alana Williams
ReplyDeleteThe Princess and the frog
This reflects a fairy tale because it's a twist on the older story. The "newer" version shows a woman who isn't a princess, she's a African American girl, she's not rich, but she had dreams which makes her a princess in her own right. The frog is actually a prince, and when the two have to kiss nothing happens at first but them Tiana becomes a frog. This version has a lot of twists which makes it very different form the original but the theme still remains because in the end the prince does marry and princess and they live happily ever after.
Being a vampire is not what it seems like. It’s a life full of good, and amazing things. We are as human as you are.. It’s not what you are that counts, but how you choose to be. Do you want a life full of interesting things? Do you want to have power and influence over others? To be charming and desirable? To have wealth, health, and longevity? contact the vampires creed today via email: Richvampirekindom@gmail.com
ReplyDelete