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    Film vs. Fairy Tale: A Comparison of “Rapunzel” and “Tangled” Filmmakers often edit classic stories to make them their own, avoid copyright issues, and to appeal to the current generation, and this often leads to two very different versions of the same tale. The Grimm Brother’s fairy tales are one of the most favorited groups of stories for movie making companies such as Disney. A perfect example is Disney’s recent film, “Tangled,” which puts a twist on the Grimm Brother’s “Rapunzel.” Though the

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    there was a garden that no one dared to enter for it was an enchantress'. In this garden grew rapunzel which the wife wanted to eat. Each day her desire grew until it got to the point that if she didn't get some, she would soon die (33). When her husband snuck into the garden and returned with the rapunzel, she found herself wanting it three times as much. So he snuck into the garden for a second time and was caught by the enchantress. She promised him that he could continue to have as much rapunzel

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    In Cunneware, it meant “female wisdom” and in Welsh it meant white enchantress. Guinevere was the daughter of King Leodegrance but was sent off to get married to King Arthur. Her love for Arthur was said to have everything but passion which was why she took up a lover who was also Arthur’s best friend and best knight, Lancelot

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    In the Disney versions they have child-friendly energy but in the Grimm brothers the same story they say things like they cut off there foots and thing like that. In these fairytales my perception has changed by the similarities and differences because in almost all the stepmothers are evil, the originals had a good tone and the others had a dark tone, in almost all the princess had animal friends or friends that would help them. There were many similarities and differences between the “original”

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    In “As Old as Time”, Rosalind is Belle’s mother. She was the enchantress who casted the curse upon the prince to look like a beast. Rosalind and Maurice, Belle’s parents, lived in a country where once witches and wizards lived freely. However, normal people who aren’t magical discriminated against them. I think that some of Rosalind’s strengths are selflessness, and determination. However, she can be very stubborn sometimes, and that isn’t always a good thing. One year in the kingdom, a deadly fever

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    Odysseus Downfall

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    leaving Aeolia for a second time, Odysseus and his men are attacked by gigantic cannibals and escape to the home of the enchantress and goddess Circe. Circe gets all of Odysseus’s men drunk and proceeds to cast her magic on the men, “ So, squealing, in they went. And Circe tossed them acorns, mast, and cornel berries--fodder for hogs who rut and slumber on the earth” (The Enchantress

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    Hospitality describes one's respect towards their peers when an invitation to a host’s house is involved, and can be expressed differently based on one's personality and actions. Through the Odyssey, characters display different examples of hospitality practices. How someone displays hospitality, determines the treatment the person obtains in return. As Odysseus and his crew encounter the cyclops, Circe, and the Swineherd, they receive hospitality as guests on a varied spectrum. The cyclops displayed

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    Creative Writing: Penny

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    “Mom!” shouted Penny. “Mom, I need a pen!” “I don’t have one,” called Mom. “What are you doing?” “Writing, and my pen’s out of ink. I need a new one!” Pens always seemed strangely scarce in Penny’s household. They simply disappeared under their very noses. Every few minutes, someone would be calling that they needed a pen when none could be found. “There’s that box in your room, isn’t there?” called Mom. “Get one out of there.” Penny stared at the corner of her desk. On it sat a cardboard

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    Response to "Beauty and the Beast" Walt Disney Pictures' 1991 film Beauty and the Beast is a well-loved piece of American culture. The movie tells the tale of an unlikely love story with two polar-opposite protagonists, who fall in love despite many complications. Their story is helped along by the use of music, which supports theme and mood, throughout the film. The title song, "Beauty and the Beast" is a polarizing moment in the story that solidifies the fact that the two characters are falling

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    the floor and, “He placed the wand in the center of the ground and quickly pulled Alex behind a large piece of wood,” he was protecting her. Another way Conner is protecting, is when they figured out Conners and Alex's mom was kidnapped by the enchantress, Conner and Alex ran away to help her. And in Wonder, Jack Will is always thinking of

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