Rapunzel: A Fictional Narrative

In the essay “Fairy Tales and Modern Stories”, Bruno Bettelheim argues that fairy tales can provide children more reassurance than realistic stories. Bettelheim used examples like “The Little Engine that Could”,”The Swiss Family Robinson” and “Rapunzel” to show how realistic stories and fairy tales both affected children’s thinking. The author claims that modern stories don’t compare to fairy tales, because they can’t provide an outlet for children to work through their problems and emotions. Bettelheim

in ancient cultures, written in Sanskrit, Latin, Greek, Chinese, Egyptian and Sumerian. People in societies of all types weave narratives, from oral storytellers in hunter-gatherer tribes to the millions of writers churning out books, television shows and movies.” In his book The Triumph of Narrative, Robert Fulford writes about the historical significance of narratives and their impact on culture through time and generations. When ancient man’s crop failed, for example, he wanted to know why. To

as a lens through which they scrutinize and delineate society. The poet, Carol Ann Duffy, uses her anthology, “The World’s Wife” to portray her strong feminist views. Within this collection Duffy gives a voice to female historical, mythical and fictional figures, whose opinions have not been previously heard. A famous feminist author, Simone de Beauvoir, once said, "Representation of the world is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute

through which they scrutinize and delineate society. The poet, Carol Ann Duffy, uses her anthology, “The World’s Wife” to portray her strong feminist views. Within this collection Duffy gives a voice to female Biblical, historical, mythical and fictional figures, whose voices have previously not been heard. A famous feminist author, Simone de Beauvoir, once said, "Representation of the world is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth"

There are many interesting fictional TV shows, but in this case, I would like to choose the fictional TV series, “Sofia the first”, an animated TV program created by Craig Gerber. The show has been successful since 2012, with 3 seasons and 75 episodes aired on Disney channel. “Sofia the first” has a beautiful story about a village girl named Sofia that came from a poor family. She suddenly becomes a princess when her mother Miranda married the King of Enchancia, King Roland II. Sofia had the challenge

Narrative The Girl Against the Brick The scent of cigarette smoke and alcohol was overpowering. A group of rowdy university students crowded around the entrance of the pub, and slugged down beer and liquor. I worked at the café across from the pub and had seen this group there often. One student stood out from the rest. Standing tall, with watery blue eyes and dark blonde hair, a beautiful girl stood to the side against the crimson brick exterior of the pub in silence. “Elizabeth come take another

transformation, for example Hansel and Gretel which was recently made into a film broadcast.  Princes and princesses, heroes and heroines are often included in fairy tales as well as poor farmers, youngest sons, wise old women, beggars and soldier such as Rapunzel, Hansel and Gretel, The Fisherman and his wife, and The Frog

Poetry by William King, Martyn Lowery, Andrew Marvell, Liz Lochhead, John Cooper Clarke and Elizabeth Jennings Introduction. The hearts and partners theme contains the following poems: 'The Beggar Woman' by William King (Pre 1900) 'Our Love Now' by Martyn Lowery 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell (Pre 1900) 'Rapunzstiltskin' by Liz Lochhead 'i wanna be yours' by John Cooper Clarke 'One Flesh' by Elizabeth Jennings As the title suggests, hearts and