"Cinderella" by Charles Perrault and " A Chinese "Cinderella"" by Tuan Ch"eng-shih are two of the stories that are very different. ... Perrault's version had Cinderella and Tuans version had Yeh-hsien. ... While Perraults version had rats, a dog, and horses. ... Perrault's version Cinderella lived in a house with her stepmother and stepsisters. ... So I would definitely recommend Perraults version to a young child. ...

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The last and final example that will be used to prove Propp's function is Charles Perrault's "Bluebeard." ... Shortly after, Bluebeard returns home (Perrault 145). Bluebeard wants to know why the key to the room isn't with the others, and discovers blood on it once he receives it (Perrault 146). ... The villainy of Bluebeard tells his wife she has just fifteen minutes to live, giving her time to pray (Perrault 146). ... Charles Perrault's "Bluebeard" contained more functions than the previous tale mentioned. ...

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Charles Perrault's "Cinderella," published in 1697, is an example of fairytale whose characters align with these gender stereotypes. ... Perrault introduces Cinderella as a girl of "rare goodness and sweetness of temper" (17). ... This furthers Perrault's portrayal of the good Cinderella taking no action against those who mistreat her. ... All of the other ladies want their clothes to be like hers, since she is the one getting the attention from the prince (Perrault 18). It is only because of Cinderella's physical beauty and graceful dancing that the prince falls in ...

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Charles Perrault's story of "Little Red Riding Hood" begins when there once lived a village girl that had breath-taking beauty. Her mother adored her but her grandmother idolized her more to the point where she had made her a little red hood. She had loved and cherished that little red hood so much ...

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Among other cultural versions are: the Native American version "Oochigeaskw - "The Rough-Faced Girl"; and the most familiar to today's readers is Charles Perrault's version. ... I choose to expose my 4-year-old daughter to Perrault Cinderella version. ... Although in all the Cinderella's variations the characters and events are exaggerated somewhat beyond reality, I prefer Perrault's most popular version. Unlike many of the other versions, Perrault's focuses on kindness, forgiveness and humility. ...

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The previous versions are very disturbing, more gruesome and less appropriate for children, because of the eating of children (Perrault), deaths and the sexual undertones. ... There are three other tales that Disney's version is being compared to, a manuscript version, and a sixth edition from the Grimm brothers, and one by Charles Perrault. ... This is very similar to Perrault's version, with the exception that Perrault keeps the King and Queen awake while the rest of the kingdom sleeps, and has an extended ending. ... Disney decided against the idea of the wise men and replaced ...

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In Charles Perrault's version, which is considered the most common, Cinderella is seen as passive, limited, dependent and inferior. ... 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 . ... "People would laugh if they saw a Cinderbottom at the ball" Charles Rerrault (p599). ... Unlike Perrault's version, the movie does not have any magical events. ...

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Those people were Franzois and Perrault. ... They were Mercedes, Charles, and Hal. ... If one of the dogs was to weak or tired and wouldn't get up and mush Charles or Hal would shoot them. One day Buck was just to weak and tired to mush and Charles was beating him to death. ...

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Manuel, Buck's abductor, Red Sweater, the man who enforces the law of the club, Franzois, the original driver of the sled team, Perrault, the superior to Franzois, Hal the ignorant owner of Buck, and John Thorton, Buck's rescuer are other important characters. ... Franzois and Perrault purchase these dogs. ... He is traveling with his tranquil brother-in-law Charles and his annoying sister Mercedes. ... She and Charles do nothing to help Hal. ... Especially if he was going to travel with people like Mercedes and Charles. ...

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He was adapting to his surroundings with ease, and soon became the leader for Francois and Perrault. ... One illustration of this was in Chapter 5, while Hal, Charles, Mercedes and the dogs stopped at John Thornton's camp. ...

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When Buck is sold to Francois and Perrault, there is hope that Buck may finally go to a loving home. ... He speedily learned that Perrault and Francois were fair men, calm and impartial in administering justice, and too wise in the way of dogs to be fooled by dogs" (London, 7). Buck's time with Francois and Perrault wasn't based on his relationship with his new owners but on the relationship with his companions. ... The animalistic behavior displayed by Francois and Perrault, such as dogs being slashed seemed to amuse Spitz and was a factor in the animosity between him and Buck...

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It was in this time that a male French author, Charles Perrault, wrote his first collection of Mother Goose Tales. ... Perrault's stories reached Britain, and became some of the best known fairy tales of all time. ... Tex Avery, an employee at Warner Bros. and BGM believed that Disney films were, less a rethinking of the genre than an elaborate visual recapitulation, in plush and suffocating detail, of Perrault and Grimm. ...

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Buck is a huge four years old Scottish Sheppard-Saint Bernard cross breed who protected the household of Judge Miller's estate. His strength and intelligence made him leader of all the family dogs. At this time, the gold rush had started and big, strong dogs like Buck were high in demand. Manuel,...

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Jack London's The Call of the Wild, takes a domestic dog named Buck through traumatic events of abuse, abandonment, lessons learned, love, and finally to his home in the wild. London embarks on Buck's adventure at the home of Judge Miller, a kind owner who gives Buck a life of lazy days in the "su...

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In the versions of Cinderella by Charles Perrault and Walt Disney, the king invites all the families in the kingdom to a ball where the Prince will be attempting to find a bride. ... Perrault and Disney both note in their stories that the stepsisters are rather unfortunate-looking. ...

• Word Count: 1941
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He uses significant and sufficient examples to prove that Disney took original literary art forms from some of the greats such as the Grimm brothers and Charles Perrault, and altered them to suit not only his tastes and beliefs, but to go over well with his audiences. ...

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As Minghui said, '...Gothic authors themselves questioned the relevance of religion, foregrounded issues on scientific antitheism by presenting Christianity in a dubious light, present, but altogether powerless...'2 A late Romantic example of this exists in the Gothic novel Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) by Charles Maturin, a narrative that suggested an argument for social change in early nineteenth century Britain, reproving Roman Catholicism in favour of the virtues of Protestantism. ...

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