Little Red Riding Hood

This night calls to me for something is amiss in the air. I felt the subtle shift upon my rising and now I ready myself to seek it out. Going to my weapons room selecting what I will need for the night, the wariness in me grows. It feels as if there is something in the night seeking… but for what or for whom…this is unclear. Adorning my weapons I make my way to the entrance, scanning the area as I go. Getting ready to emerge into the night I suddenly feel it… the evil whispering on the wind, the

as he neared the stream something caught his eye. There was an adorable black bear cub -a small creature, no more then two feet tall. It seemed o play at the edge of the water.Grady moved closer to get a better look. then Grady heard a rustling behind him. he remembered that the cub could not be along. He looked up and saw its mother . As he seen the mother bear, not knowing where to go so he just kept on running past bushes and trees. So then all he heard was the bear roaring in the trees,and

In the short cartoon, "Red's Riding Hoods," a classic children's fable is told in a goofy, twisted, and to-the-point way. The story revolves around a young lady named Red. Red owns a humble corner shop that sells riding hoods, which a very wealthy woman finds her way into. The wealthy woman demands a hood made out of wolf skin, which, to Red's dismay, is not an item she carries in her store. The rising action begins at this precise moment, for it is then that Red sets off on her quest to find a wolf

Hansel & Gretel: The witch “Fairytales tell us what we cant forget; That we are always children, to expect the witches’ woods of trauma and neglect” this verse explains the art, music, and literature of fairytales. Tales can sound magical and even take you out of reality for selected moments but it will direct you back to reality. They will show you even in these magical, fairy, utopian scenarios you can take a life lesson from them. Although now fairytales are read to children and in some homes

In Homer’s epic story, The Odyssey, Homer portrays women as insidious creatures. For example, Circe the witch with a beautiful voice, is found by Odysseus and his men and she is only seen as a beautiful mistress, though she has more power than she seems. Odysseus and his men stumble upon Circe’s home and hear her singing. One of Odysseus men says, “‘Dear friends, no need for stealth: here’s a young weaver singing a pretty song…’” (556-560). They think they have nothing to worry about, but when they

A long journey for four bear cubs to find a place where they all can live equally and have good lives. The story is about four bear cubs on their own journeys following the brightest star in the sky and then they all meet up with each other and travel to where they can all live equally. Erin Hunter is the creator of Seekers. Erin tells a story of adventure and how hard it is for bears in the wild and what some are willing to give up to keep a promise. Seekers has three main characters in the story

Christina Rossetti, sister to Dante Gabriel Rossetti, was part of the Pre-Raphaelite movement and was known to be a devout Anglican. Her renowned poem Goblin Market tells the story of two sisters who are tempted to buy exotic fruit from goblin men. With one tempted to eat the fruit, the other risks her life against the goblins to save her sister. The ending of the story allows good to prevail over evil, like every typical fairy-tale, as the two women recount their ordeal to their children. While

White was so gorgeous that the huntsman “took pity on her” ( Grimm 84) and spared her life. Similarly, the dwarfs, “was delighted” to see Snow White sleeping on their bed, that they “decided not to wake her up and let her continue sleeping in her little bed” (Grimm 85), and forgave her for eating and drinking their dinner. What if the girl that the seven dwarfs encountered wasn’t Snow White but another girl that did not look as gorgeous as Snow White? Their reaction was probably different than letting

Just a few cute photos of celebrities and their pets (-- removed HTML --) Celebs need four-legged love too, you know? If you’re looking for pet photo inspiration, check out these stars with their furry companions in the cutest ways possible. Taylor Swift & Meredith If you think your TV addiction is concerning, you’re probably not even close to Taylor Swift’s level. Swift named her cats after the main characters of Grey’s Anatomy and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Hopefully Swift isn’t relying

Bruno Bettelheim, the author of the article “‘Cinderella’: A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts” expresses his opinions on how the fairytale Cinderella causes the views of sibling rivalry and also displays oedipal conflicts. Bettelheim argues throughout his article that the tale Cinderella leads children to feel emotions such as jealousy and envy towards their siblings. He also depicts the belief that the story Cinderella leads children into oedipal jealousy and makes them feel that they