Once upon a time… I know what you are thinking, oh no not that type of story again. They always go Once a upon a time there was a princess and a prince, then comes along the bad guy they try to keep the princess away from the prince. It works. The bad guy messes up a relationship but then it gets better and they live happily ever after. The End. Those are great stories but are predictable. Not this one, so let’s start again. Once upon a time, there was a beautiful maiden called Danielle. She has the reddest hair you could imagine, (it has the slightest curls); bright blue eyes, light skin, and 5’3. Yes, she was a princess, but not any ordinary one. Danielle detested being a princess. She never invited any of her friends over because they would see all of her belonging and her parent’s castle. Anytime she had a birthday party it would be somewhere else, but not at her palace. This year she is turning 13th. Maybe this time she might let them in on her secret. Ya, I’m her best friend Ivy; I am 13 years old. I have brown hair with blonde streaks, and I have vivid green eyes, and l’m 5’2! Know everything about Danielle. I am the one she tells all of her deepest darkest secrets. I know all about her being a princess and stuff but the only reason I know is because she was ill one day. So, in 5th grade I brought her homework and class work. My mom dropped me off one block away from Danielle’s house (unknowingly). I was strolling around looking for the address her mom gave me. I sauntered over to the next neighborhood and there was castle right behind tons of huge buildings with billboards on top of them so no one could see it. I was shocked. I guessed this was for the rich, maybe 10 mansions long, five stories high, the lightest pink, w... ... middle of paper ... ...ool friend and mine too. Danielle was nowhere to be seen. “Presenting, Princess Danielle,” Austin and David exclaimed in unison. Danielle came down the tall stair case. She was wearing a short teal, light pink and purple dress. From her waist and up was teal. From below her waist were purple and the littlest shade of pink ruffles. She was wearing white high heels with two straps in an x formation around her feet; Danielle was wearing white pearl earring, a choker which was a little loose also made of pearls, and a pearl bracelet around her left wrist. Upon her head was a tiara. I gasped. She rushed down the stairs and exclaimed “This is not a look, for my party. This is my life. I am a princess. My brothers are princess; my mother is a Queen, and my father a King. I live in a castle in which you are standing in now. I am Princess Danielle Elizabeth Trasowech!”
In "Cinderella';, Cinderella doesn't meet the prince before the ball, she doesn't even really expect to be going to the ball. In "Ever After';, Danielle meets the prince in a confrontation where the prince was actually stealing one of their horses. Danielle starts pegging him with apples, but just as she realizes that he is the prince, she kneels down before him. She apologizes, but the prince is lenient and says he will not punish her. He also gives her money to keep quiet about the whole situation.
daughter-mother relationships, with the mature adversary acting as a wicked maternal substitute, simultaneously erasing the mother and replacing her with a negative image' (Do Rozario, 2004, p.41). This could suggest that once the evil femme fatale has been stripped of her powers, her importance is reduced and a prince has substituted her in the princesses’ life. This results in the princess still being passive but now under the control of a prince rather than the powerful evil stepmother.
In nearly every Cinderella story, Cinderella is never treated with the general respect she deserves as a human being. In the movie Ever After, a Cinderella spinoff, Danielle’s life is miserable as she lives in the same house as her stepmother and stepsisters. Because she is the different one in the family, she is treated as a servant and is forced to do chores around the house. On top of this, Danielle’s heartless stepmother and stepsisters are in constant competition with her, and will do anything just to feel better than her. Thus, Danielle is persistently being oppressed and put down by them, which is in no way satisfying her need for a caring family and motherly advice. Danielle’s expectations for a loving mother and family are often not
When she decided to join Dauntless, she surprised her parents and had to leave her home. At Dauntless headquarters, she met her soon-to-be best friends Chris...
A young girl is forced to live with her step-mother and step-sisters after her father and mother die. She becomes the maid of the family, tending to their every need. Eventually there is a ball; she acquires a fairy Godmother, goes to the ball, falls in love with the prince, blah blah blah. All you really need to know is that she has a happy ending. A happy ending. No matter how much suffering she went through in her early years, at the end, it all came together and she had no more worries. And this is the problem. Cinderella is not realistic. It never was and never will be. Watching this movie when I was young made me believe there was a prince waiting for me somewhere. I grew up thinking that life was simple and uncomplicated, that I did not need to worry about the future because there was a man that would provide everything I wanted and needed. But as I got older, I realized this was not the case. I saw many of my friend’s parents divorce, people die, and the world fight with each other. My fantasy died off, and I realized I had to work hard for myself, and not others. The poem Cinderella by Anne Sexton made fun of the ending of Cinderella. She states, “Cinderella and the prince / lived … happily ever after … / their darling smiles pasted on for eternity. / Regular Bobbsey Twins. / That story.” (Sexton 11). Notice who she referenced and how she has a sarcastic tone. Cinderella and the prince smiled for others, trying to convince
The scene where Danielle rescues Prince Henry from the gypsies is one of the paramount scenes within ‘Ever After’ that conveys sublime elements of feminism. Throughout the scene, the subversion of gender roles and Danielle’s contrasting attributes pertain and challenge the notion of femininity in the traditional Cinderella story. At the beginning of the scene, Danielle is depicted in her undergarments and remains this way when she returns to the ground to confront the gypsies. In the traditional story, no such events were detailed as prudency and morality were obligatory traits for women, and anyone who was to revolt would be shamed. On the contrary, Danielle shows minimal concern for her lack of clothing, but rather enforces self-empowerment
Throughout the history of folklore and fairytales, many interpretations of tales have been created and introduced. When exchanged, many details have been lost in translation, only to be redistributed as a similar tale following a certain moral. But throughout the life of the tale “Cinderella,” one objective has never been misconstrued; the social structure and the status Cinderella falls and rises to. Many fairytales display a rise and fall of a protagonist, often in the case of social classes. The many versions of “Cinderella,” including Ever After, exhibit a definite, strong, monarchical settlement with a defined arrangement of classes that create and develop the beloved character of Cinderella, or Danielle De Barbarac, herself.
of the Cinderella story are psychologically harmful to women.” (p648). The fact that Cinderella is a limited character may give the girl an impression that she should be happy with what she has and not have any or aspirations in her life. That is, until her Prince comes to rescue her. Since these comments were made, the Cinderella story has been modified and changed. In order to see how gender roles have changed in fairy tales from the old to the new, let’s compare the classic version of Cinderella by Charles Perrault to a recent version which is a movie that was released in 1998 called “Ever After”which was directed by Andy Tennant.
...le, perhaps not even a happily ever after. Because life is not a fairy tale or neither enchanted , reading the story books and watching the movies about princesses doesn’t happen in real life. It’s a fictional story with fictional characters, these stories are supposed to entertain the younger crowd of girls. But some these younger girls get too caught up in the fantasy like world and begin to develop an enchanted life in their heads, which is not there. Then later in life it becomes a shocker to them when reality hits them hard , and their enchanted dreams have been shattered into pieces.
The ballroom at the Yacht Club was decorated with deep red roses and black ribbons, the perfect combination of colors for a winter wedding. Long, tall windows covered the walls to let all the guests experience the view of the nearby ocean. Each round table was decorated with a long black underskirt cloth, a shorter bright white tablecloth, with each placemat arranged around a beautiful vase full of red roses. The wooden dance floor, full of chairs for the ceremony, took up half of the room, while the other half was occupied with 15 round tables and one rectangular Head Table. As the guests walked up the stairs to our ballroom, they would see a guest book that was decorated with pictures and captions and ready for their signatures.
The subject of women and how they were regarded over the course of the modern era is not by any means new. As the media evolved in the twenty-first century, physical, social and cultural expectations of women were tied together in the medium of film, causing controversy amongst viewers. The changes in the way women have been represented during the years of Disney animated films have been recorded and could be linked to the changing attitudes towards women in current American culture.
Unfortunately classic fairytales tend to paint a picture of an inferior female character in need of a handsome
Annabelle Light was always the perfect daughter, the perfect sister, and the perfect princess for her country and her people. She wore the most beautiful and expensive dresses, jewels, shoes, and she also wore the sweetest smile, the most elegant manners, and the fakest modesty. She danced with those boys who were popular only because of their fathers’ titles, she raised the corners of her mouth whenever she heard a compliment, whether it was true or not. She had no friend, no enemy, and no trouble. In other words, she was boring as hell.
Right now, a buzz is going through the hall in which all the seniors are waiting and they look like bees swarming in the hall. It’s becoming hot and we’re all getting impatient. Amber is more composed and enjoying the good times in the present. She is standing there happy but sad to be dispersing from the rest of her classmates. Ann, the smartest one is having a little fun but not really. Her feelings are that of a person who realizes she’s going to miss what she had, but wanting to get the ceremony over with because it’s taking too long. Standing in that room we are together and enjoying one last real time capturing a picture with each other. Amber’s mom is so proud of her daughter that she keeps talking and smiling and trying to part of every MOMent. Amber is thinking to herself that she wishes her mom weren’t there but she’s ‘happy inside because someone is cooing over’ her. As Ann is standing beside Amber she keeps getting these expressions that say, she likes being with her friends but, ‘what is taking so long? Can’t we get out of these dang robes, yet?’
The film A Little Princess tells the story of Sara Crewe and Miss Minchin who have entirely different interpretations on life. While Sara Crewe feels that all girls are princesses in their own way, Miss Minchin feels that girls were put on earth to take life as is and work productively and efficiently. Throughout the film, Miss Minchin and Sara’s upbringings provide a clear understanding of why their characters act and behave as they do. Sara Crewe lived in India with her father, Captain Crewe and they moved because Captain Crewe had to fight for the British Government in World War One. Their father-daughter relationship is filled with love and support for one another. Sara subsequently is enrolled in Miss Minchin’s Seminary for Girls where she meets her future adversary, Miss Minchin. Miss Minchin is a tired old woman with a fierce attitude and two grey streaks in her hair. She desires nothing more than money and maintaining class. While the film does not show...