Damaris Garcia Professor Winchester ENG – 010-21 November 26‚ 2013 The Myth of Mermaids Mermaids are a myth believed to begin centuries ago‚ in Greece‚ which people still think exist today. A mermaid is an upper body resembling a human and a lower body resembling a fish tail. People still believe mermaids exist today. Mermaids are believed to come from a myth started in Greece. They where first seen by the Arab and the Greek sailors during the medieval era. The myth started in Europe
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Jakob Grimm ● Born: January 4‚ 1785 ○ Hanau‚ Germany ● Died: September 20‚ 1863 ○ Berlin‚ Germany ● German scholar and author Jakob went to work as a royal librarian for Napoleon’s brother. Later as a municipal author. In 1816 he joined his brother in a library in Kassel. Where Wilhelm has obtained a position as a secretary. Wilhelm Grimm ● Born: February 24‚ 1786 ○ Hanau‚ Germany ● Died: December 16‚ 1859 ○ Berlin‚ Germany ● German scholar and author The brothers spent their
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world that is filled with imagination and hopeful dreams. Due to the beliefs that fairy tales provide for people‚ they take a huge part in shaping one’s identity. Nonetheless‚ fairy tales were not always joyful and wonderful to read. Long ago‚ the Grimm brothers composed a book filled fairy tales. Their book contains fairy tales in their most original form: dark‚ gruesome‚ and frightening. These tales were in no way suitable to young audiences‚ however‚ with time the tales began to transform. Oral
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AFFIRMATION Watty Piper is best known for his version of the Little Engine That Could. Though there is much controversy on the original author of this children’s classic‚ Watty Piper tale encouraged children with the Little Engine’s affirmation of “I think I can‚ I think I can‚ I think I can”. This affirmation is what is remember still today from the 1930 classic children’s story. What do you speak to yourself? What are you allowing others to speak to you? It is time to write or update your
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The story "Little Red Riding Hood" has been read and retold for hundreds of years. The story has been told so many times‚ that now there are many versions of that same story. Some stores have had more exposure than others‚ some with sexual innuendo‚ and others just making fun of the whole concept of "Little Red Riding Hood." The Charles Perrault version of "Little Red Riding Hood" is probably the most known‚ because parents will tell it to their children because it is the version that would offend
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November 2013 Mermaids: Myth or Fact What if I told you mermaids do exist? How would you react to a statement like that? What is a mermaid? Mermaids are legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids have dated back over hundreds of thousands of years ago. There have been alleged sightings all over the world. People have claimed to see half human and half fish creatures. Are mermaids a myth or a fact? Scientist think mermaids were creatures
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Animations The Little Mermaid and Tangled Erlina EKAWATI ABSTRACT After the success of the feminist movement in the early 1960s‚ gender stereotypes are considered as not a big issue anymore. Many people tried to break gender stereotypes especially in mass media. However‚ it is undeniable that gender stereotypes are still imprinted because people have been fed by gender stereotypes from the show that they watch since they are young. It is shown in two animation movies titled The Little Mermaid and Tangled
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a bratty‚ selfish‚ disobedient little princess. That is probably due to the fact that is exactly who said it. This is a quote from the beloved Disney classic‚ The Little Mermaid (Clements). It is no mystery that Disney is responsible for some bad morals of today’s youth. The question is how? With so many great lessons in the original content and many others wasted on the antagonist‚ they somehow ended up with some terrible morals in the final product. How did Disney mess up their morals?
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The two versions of Little Red Riding Hood I’ve chosen to analyze is the Grimm brothers version and the Angela Carter version. I think what is interesting about these two versions are they seem to have contrasting morals‚ despite rooting from the same story. The Grimm brothers version is the one I was told as a child. Though the Grimm brothers wrote stories intended for adults‚ their stories are often told to children for the moral. The moral is not to be deceived by symbolic wolves. The Grimm brothers
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Dugond Maybe‚ as a child‚ everyone of you has wanted to see a real mermaid‚ because of all the stories you’ve heard for them. Surely you have imagined this sea creatures as a very beautiful ones‚ and you’ve thought they aren’t real. Actually they exist‚ but their real appearance isn’t so magical as you dreamt. The dugong is a large marine mammal. The word "dugong" derives from the Tagalog term dugong‚ meaning "lady of the sea". These enormous vegetarians can be found in warm coastal waters
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