The Paper Bag Princess In the book The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch, Princess Elizabeth shows just how courageous she is. After the dragon burns down Elizabeth’s castle, “Elizabeth [decides] to chase the dragon and get Ronald back” (Munsch 6). Even though Elizabeth could have decided to pout about everything being ruined, she decides to go to the dragon and save Ronald. She went to the scariest and fiercest dragon in the land just to save one person. When Elizabeth finally got to the cave she knocked and the dragon shooed her away, so Elizabeth, “grabbed the knocker and banged on the door again ” (Munsch 10). Elizabeth did not back down to the dragon and stays courageous throughout the interaction. Elizabeth is able to face her fears
" This shows great courage because she had to keep hiding knowing that she might get caught and tortured. If a person without courage would have broke under pressure. This trait is used by Lee to help overcome the dangers of being caught without she might not have survived without
Dealing with Dragons In the novel Dealing with Dragons by Patricia C. Wrede, the main character Cimorene is a princess that doesn’t pursue the quintessential princess role in the kingdom. Cimorene’s parents did not even respect or value her. Additionally she want to learn new things, but her society does not allow females to pursue them. Finally, she is being forced to marry a prince whom she does not respect.
First, she exhibited extreme bravery when
In the story, Dealing With Dragons, Patricia Wrede tells the tale of an improper princess who ignores the social norms of her day. In the fictional story set in Medieval times, a princess takes advice from a frog to run away and her journey has many adventures in it. Cimorene is justified in ignoring expected social norms of the day because it benefitted her life but some people may disagree.
In the story Dealing with Dragons, Patricia Wrede tells the tale of an improper princess who ignores the expected social norms of her day. In this fictional story set in Medieval times, Cimorene runs away from her boring kingdom to find adventure somewhere else. Cimorene is justified in ignoring expected social norms of the day because it did benefit her life but some people may disagree.
Sometimes compared to her hero Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Holmes is well known as one of the most successful and youngest female entrepreneurs in America. The company she is building and the work she is revolutionizing is fascinating. Her company, Theranos, is developing a hardware, called a nanotainer that can carry out the exact same blood tests as diagnostic-labs do, and actually in a much faster time of just a few minutes, with only a pinprick of blood instead of three to four tubes of blood. By doing so, she will be able to eliminate one major cause of avoiding blood tests requested by doctors for the 40-60% of patients in America- the fear of big needles.
The American writer Flannery O’connor is known as a master of the short story for her ability to convey a striking central theme in a short work. Her theme of pride and vanity remains consistent throughout all her works as she reflects on the broken nature of humanity. The quote, “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the father of souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon,” by St. Cyril of Jerusalem also conveys this same message. In order to get to the Lord, an individual must first pass the dragon which represents the temptation of the sins of pride and vanity. In all three of the short stories, “The Displaced Person,” “Good Country People,” and “A Late Encounter with the Enemy,” O’Connor employs a specific character to fight this dragon of pride and vanity in order to warn the reader to beware the temptation.
“The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest her devour you. We go to the father of souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” (St. Cyril of Jerusalem) This quote was made famous by Flannery O’Connor’s writings. The quote is there to remind the readers that we will inevitably come across a “dragon” at some point throughout our lives. The dragon we see may take on many forms but all ending in some sort of suffering, pain, or bad decision. All the possibilities of the dragon depend upon the person facing it. O’Connor used this idea in the short stories, “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” “A Late Encounter with the Enemy”, and “The Displaced Person.” These stories in particular illustrate the same type of dragon, the dragon of temptation. In Flannery O’Connor’s short stories the symbolism of the dragon is used to carry a theme of temptation throughout the plot.
The dragon was somewhat surprised on what Edward just said to him. He never expected anyone or anybody to stand up to such a big beast like he was and certainly not in such a confident approach. “Prepare to die, peasant. I dont’t give a flying fig who you are!” said the dragon.
St. Cyril of Jerusalem once said “The dragon is by the side of the road, watching those who pass. Beware lest he devour you. We go to the father of the souls, but it is necessary to pass by the dragon.” The road in which St. Cyril speaks of in this passage is the path one travels on his or her’s journey to Heaven, and the dragon is referring to the temptation one may submit to on that journey. Temptation is almost always present, but it is up to the individual to either acknowledge the dragon and ‘let him devour you’ or pass by and ignore the dragon. Flannery O’Connor wrote short stories with this quote in mind; she often depicts characters who become side tracked with pride, greed, vanity, etc. creating an encounter with the dragon on their
A prince is kidnapped by a dangerous dragon, as the dragon’s fiery breath burns up all the clothes in the palace the princess who loves the prince is left with only finding a paper bag to wear as she goes to rescue her love. By cleverly tricking the dragon, she enters the cave where the prince, still beautifully dressed, is held captive. She recues him, and is true love rewarded? No! The prince complains that she is a disaster, badly dressed, dirty and
. . burned in agony” (150) as her love runs to his reward of innocence, she chooses the door in which the tiger will appear, only because this jealous princess would not want her lover to be happy with another woman and have him kept to herself, dead or alive.
The Invisible Hero, by Elizabeth Fensham, is a novel set in a high school, showing a group of students. The main antagonist in the story is Jake MacKinnon(nicknamed Macca) a good looking popular kid with villainous actions, and thoughts. The story begins with the teacher assigning the students to write journal entries and create a presentation about a real life hero or villain. Later on, the book tells the friendships and rivalries of the group of students. Through the entries, the characters show their perspective, allowing the audience to explore aspects of the character’s emotion, personalities, and behaviors. The journal entries are put together to put a story. The book outlines the significance of bullying, as the book itself, is based
The novel, The invisible hero by Elizabeth Fensham explores the theme of heroism and villainy. Heroism can be defined as doing a selfless act in hope of inspiring others. Villainy can be defined as an act of doing something ‘evil’ in spite of another person or group. although it is commonly known that heroes and villains are polar opposite it is much more complex because it all depends on perspective. This idea of heroism and villainy will be expressed through an analysis of the style, characters, setting and plot.
An element of courage illustrated in Shrek is when Shrek accepts Lord Farquaad’s quest to rescue princess Fiona from the treacherous tower, guarded by a female dragon (that takes a romantic shine to Donkey), surrounded by lava and where many previous knights have attempted to capture the Princess. Donkey and Shrek travel to the