Enchantress

The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer is an amazing book. So far this series has me hooked on the amount of creativity that goes into these stories. I love the way Chris Colfer describes The Land of stories in such detail. For example, the very first paragraph was full of imagery. “The East was in a period of great celebration. Daily parades marched through the village streets, every home and shop was decorated in colorful banners and wreaths, and handfuls of flower petals

female characters, the enchantress and Rapunzel, as well as the prince. The enchantress is portrayed as a very dominant woman who works independently and does not require others help.Rapunzel is quite the opposite because the only way she is to escape is with the help of others. She starts off very submissive and does everything she is told to do by the mistress. However, when the prince arrives in the castle, Rapunzel is willing to do whatever it takes to escape. The enchantress has complete power

adulthood. When examining the story from a feminist perspective, it becomes apparent that Rapunzel is a character that is given no choices of her own. She is forced to follow all of the enchantress’ instructions and is not able to live her own life until a male character enters to save her. Rapunzel was taken by the enchantress as soon as her mother had given birth to her. She was taken away due to the fact that her father had given her up due to fear in a certain situation. Right off the bat of this story

the none majestic side of the field. And she was never stolen away from home like in the movie by the enchantress. She was exchanged for some fruit out of the enchantress garden. The enchantress makes a deal with her parents that for fruit out her garden they would have her a child. That is some kind of fruit to give up your child for. By the end this story Rapunzel befriends a prince

belonged to an enchantress, Dame Gothel. One day, the woman had looked out the window, she saw a prepossessing rampion. As the days passed without eating the plant, she became pale and disconsolate. Without the plant, she would die. The man became agitated and at twilight, went into the garden and got a handful of rampion. The next day the woman craved more and the man went back to get more rampion, but this time, he saw the enchantress standing right in front of him. The enchantress was indignant

Damsel archetype. The most popular adaptation of Rapunzel was by the Brothers Grimm in their Children’s and Household Tales folklore book. The story of Rapunzel begins with her father who steals a rampion from the garden of an enchantress. To atone for his sin, the enchantress seizes infant Rapunzel from her parents. She raises the child as her own in a secluded tower without stairs or doors leading to the outside world. As prince is leisurely exploring the forest, he overhears the enchanting singing

The “Suicide Squad” is a film that was first released in 2016 and directed by Zack Snyder. The movie revolves on the accomplishment of a government’s high-risk mission. On the other hand, the mission is not accomplished by the respected men or women in uniform but incarcerated villains who are promised commuted sentences for the successful completion of the mission. The movie is particularly interesting because it involves a group of dangerous characters to accomplish a useful mission. Harley Quinn

the singing had so deeply touched his heart, that every day he went out into the forest and listened to it. Once when he was thus standing behind a tree, he saw that an enchantress came there, and he heard how she cried: 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down your hair to me.' Then Rapunzel let down the braids of her hair, and the enchantress climbed up to her. 'If that is the ladder by which one mounts, I too will try my fortune,' said he, and the next day when it began to grow dark, he went to the tower

Until one day a prince was riding his horse by the tower and heard Rapunzel sing a beautiful song with her magical voice; not knowing how to climb up the tower he waited and eventually saw the enchantress ask Rapunzel to let down her hair so she could climb up. The prince waited until the enchantress had left to climb up and meet the girl with the enchanted voice. The prince being the first man she ever saw or spent time with, made Rapunzel fall in love with him rather quickly now that she finally

La Belle Dame Sans Merci provides perfect examples of those gothic conventions such as tales within tales and sleeplike states that a character goes through. Keats also uses a gloomy setting and uses characters often seen in gothic works like an enchantress as well. Keats uses these conventions in “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” to leave the reader wondering at the end like the knight about what events have transpired.