Beauty and the Beast and Other Tales Essays

Durfee AP LIT 4th 19 sept 2012 Achilles Mythological Allusions BartleBy. com Achilles story begins when a prophesy is made about Troy. The only way to capture it, would be if the Greeks had Achilles’ help. Thetis, Achilles’ mother knew that if Achilles went into this battle, he would die. So she dipped him in…

Frankenstein, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and The Island of Dr. Moreau are excellent examples of Gothic fiction. These stories deal with the forces of good against evil. The good forces are the family, social conscience, religious belief and moral judgement, all constituents of a civilised society. The evil side is…

In ‘The Company of Wolves’ the distinction made between man and wolf is based upon, ‘the wolf is the worst for he cannot listen to reason. ‘(p. 111) The forest the wolf inhabits represents an intermediary between the natural and unnatural worlds and it is ‘between the portals of the great pines’ (p. 111) that…

Donkey annoys Shrek on their journey but when they are near the castle the lighting changes quickly as one minute there is a beautiful blue sky with lush green lawns surrounding it, while the next black clouds appear with smoke spreading across the planes. There is a slight change in the music as it changes…

Delicious, eccentric, opulent, cruel corrupt: all of these adjectives appear in the story ‘The Bloody Chamber’, which do you find helpful in describing Angela Carter’s style? In the order of the above title the words valorously mean; “appealing to the senses”. “Deviating from convention in bizarre manner”, “abundant and plentiful”, “causing pain without pity”, “morally deprived…

Len a faraway castle, there I live. I have a huge house but Is filled with loneliness and dejection. For a long time, I am living alone. Yes, I am alone. I do not consider having a family with those talking teapots, mirrors, spoon and forks and so on. No one wished to be with…

Throughout all types of mythology, spoken, written, performed, or otherwise, by all types of people, similarities between myths always occur. These similarities are evident in the love stories Eros & Psyche, a Greco-Roman myth, and Beauty and the Beast, a motion picture by Disney Pictures Inc. in their themes and the actions and emotions of…

Sleeping Beauty Literature Review The story of Sleeping Beauty has evolved over time and has been changed slightly throughout the different versions. It has changed in order to fit social norms for the time and context has been altered to appeal to the current audiences. The three main versions of Sleeping Beauty are the Charles…

-She defines myth in ‘a sort of conventional sense; also in the sense that Roland Barthes uses it in Mythologies’. Barthes states that ‘the very principle of myth’ is that ‘it transforms history into nature. This process of naturalisation transforms culturally and historically determined fictions into received truths, which are accepted as natural, even sacred….

“The Philosophy of Composition” is an 1846 essay written by American writer Edgar Allan Poe that elucidates a theory about how good writers write when they write well. He concludes that length, “unity of effect” and a logical method are important considerations for good writing. He also makes the assertion that “the death… of a…

Animal Farm Characters Old Major is the inspiration which fuels the Revolution and the book. According to one interpretation, he could be based upon both Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin. As a socialist, George Orwell may have agreed with much of Marx, and even respected aspects of Lenin. According to this interpretation, the satire in…

Allegory Definition: An allegory is a symbolism device where the meaning of a greater, often abstract, concept is conveyed with the aid of a more corporeal object or idea being used as an example. Usually a rhetoric device, an allegory suggests a meaning via metaphoric examples. Example: Faith is like a stony uphill climb: a…

Define Traditional Literature 1. Includes ancient stories and poems preserved through time by oral tradition of storytelling before eventually being written down. 2. Has no known authors 3. Is attributed to entire groups of people or cultures 4. May have originally held elements of truth Define Monogenesis Theory One beginning. Historically speaking some theories hold…

Colonial New England period is also known as what? Puritan Era When was Jamestown established? 1607 When did the Separatists come to the New World? 1620 When did the Puritans come to America? 1630 When the Puritans came to America, where did they land? Massachusetts Bay What are the literary characteristics of the Colonial New…

The Disney industry began in the 1930’s with a simple drawing of a mouse which emerged slowly and to this day is a household name. It was started with the purest of intentions; to bring joy and happiness to children everywhere. But as the technology developed, so did the tastes of Disney’s audience. They started…

In traditional fairytale stories, ogres are man eating beasts and the prince usually rescues the princess. How do the makers of Shrek use presentational devices to reverse this tradition to reveal the ogre as good and the prince as evil? ‘Shrek’, although a fairytale, does not possess the characteristics and techniques which a traditional fairytale…

Family Love Prose “All these young souls were passengers in the Durbeyfield Ship- entirely dependent on the judgement of those two adults for their existence”-Tess, 19th “Tomorrow I will do something that will damage and scar them” “Our last evening as an innocent, complete, ideal family”- Intimacy, Hanish Kureishi, PM “I’m not going to have…

Boxer Strong, hardworking and believes in Animal Farm Boxer “Napoleon is always right” Boxer “I must work harder” Boxer Is betrayed by Napoleon who sells him Benjamin Old wise donkey who’s suspicious of revolution Benjamin Thinks “nothing ever changes” is right. Benjamin His suspicions are true, about Boxer and sign changes Napoleon Not a good…

Allusion A reference to something literary, mythoglogical, or historical; e.g., reference to something as “the forbidden fruit” which alludes to the Biblical Genesis story Anticlimax A rhetorical or literary device which shows a disappointing situation or a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a ludicrous or trivial one. It is when at…

The Castle of Otranto Horace Walpole, 1765 (Enlightenment) C LIST A Vindication of the Rights of Woman Mary Wollstonecraft, 1792 (Early Romantic) D LIST The Monk M.G. Lewis, 1796 (Early Romantic) C LIST Gothic Novel. Songs of Innocence William Blake, 1789 (Enlightenment) C LIST Songs of Experience William Blake, 1789 (Enlightenment) C LIST “Marriage of…

Chapter 1: Every Trip is a Quest (Except When it’s Not) 1. What five things does a quest consist of? • A “Quester” • A place to go • A stated reason to go there • Challenges and Trials • The REAL reason to go there 2. What is the real reason for a quest…

This essay explores the relationship between authorial strategy and the strategy and defence of the narrator within the book Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. It also considers how the discourse between these two elements affects the reader’s perception of the narrator and our judgment of his crimes, coming to the conclusion that we must consider the…

Yeats, a somewhat eclectic poet, explores, throughout his work, a wide range of themes and ideas. He reflects on his nation’s politics, Irish mysticism, the afterlife, love, and his own past. While each set of his poems share many recurring images, however, it is Yeats’ examination and opinions of the gyres of time and history…