As we began to grow older, we came to the realization that life is a lot different than any of these fairy tales, and we claim that we know things are much different in the real world. ... Sometimes, I think that these fairy tales have a bigger impact on our distorted view of love than we think. Is love what fairy tales are really all about, or are they just about being saved from our own reality? ... When fairy tales are looked at through the glasses of a bitter, cynical love-obsessed teen, these stories can take a large twist. In this paper, I will attempt to expose the true meaning behi...

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A Fairy Tale Love Are we still looking for that fairy tale love today? ... So as we see, we still do want that fairy tale love but we view what that "fairy tale" means today and how we achieve that differently. ... This alone shows the changing times and how our society has to change the old fairy tales to fit the world today, the way we see it. ...

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The contrast and resolution of oppositions can be found throughout fairy tales. ... In this case, like so many other fairy tales, evil has a temporary victory while good triumphs in the end. ... As in the end of most fairy tales, oppositions are first contradicted and then resolved. ...

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The contrast and resolution of oppositions can be found throughout fairy tales. ... In this case, like so many other fairy tales, evil has a temporary victory while good triumphs in the end. ... As in the end of most fairy tales, oppositions are first contradicted and then resolved. ...

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*Briar Rose is the story of the Holocaust intertwined with the fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty. ... Now, however, after making a promise to her grandmother to find her past, the once insignificant fairy tale might be a clue to her actual past. ... Gemma's fairy tales were not all so make believe in the end.The story Joseph told was amazing.Gemma's past was darker than Becca thought. ...

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Every individual ranging from child to adult knows the tale of "Cinderella", her misfortunate childhood and the overwhelming victory that seals the fait to the happy ending of this ferry tale. ... In order to go deeper into the psyche of a child experiencing sibling rivalry you have to comprehend all the hidden truths in the tale of "Cinderella". ... The fairy tale of "Cinderella" portrays the exact outcome every child is envious of and many dream of. ... The story of "Cinderella" is a ferry tale and a lesson learned for every child giving each one the hope and aspirations they need to ulti...

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White conveys an attitude of a fairy tail nature that soon turns into an attitude of harsh reality. ... White looks at his son and sees himself, White looks at himself and sees his father, and White looks at life and finds the reality behind the fairy tale of every life. ...

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Many of us identify with a character, or want to be like a character, and we seem to subconsciously follow and live out the tale without ever realizing it. ... Personally, I liked the Fairy god mother - she had it altogether, she was good and she had power and she was free to live her own life and make her own decisions. I realized that Cinderella is more than a fairy tale, and a vehicle to control children's behavior, it is a story of spiritual awakening. ... Which is represented as her fairy god mother (the inner - good earth mother). ... I think the tales fascination for me was w...

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Marriage, in most society, is a life-fulfilling dream for most women; it is much like a fairy tale: find a prince charming, get married, have children and leave happily ever after. However the ironic in this story is that the fairy tale actually went wrong. ... Those last words tell everything about how this fairy tale is unusually because instead of a leaving happily ever after, the protagonist is au contraire very sad. ...

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Jane Eyre The novel Jane Eyre can be proved similar to many classic stories. The one that relates the most to this story however is the fairy tale of Cinderella. Charlotte Bronte has given the character of Jane Eyre a more complicated, but very similar, version of Cinderella's life. Jane is or...

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The novel contains all the elements of the classic Sleeping Beauty: the castle, thorns, princess, and a tale of death and awakening from eternal sleep. ... After a trip to Poland to speak with Josef, Becca figured out that the fairy tale her grandmother told was in fact a tale of horror. ...

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Parents also read classic fairy tales to their children which imply the idea that all a princess has to do to be saved and get away from her problems is just waits for her Prince Charming. Meanwhile, the prince or the male hero in fairy tales has to go on adventures and build his strength so that they can rule a kingdom. ...

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If I rewrote Cinderella, there are quite a few changes I"d make to make the story more exciting. I love the Disney version of it and always have, but now that I"m older, it wouldn't intrigue me quite as much. So, if I were to create a more modern, more appealing version to teens today, there are m...

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As I grew up watching fairy-tale romances, I was certain that I would one day find my prince charming and live happily ever after. However, with over four percent per thousand American matrimonies ending in divorce, this once assumed simple vow may need reassessment. So what are the secrets of a bli...

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The Future of the Family Does happily ever after really exist or is that just some silly phrase out of a fairy tale? There is no book or written statement that says people will eventually separate and there will be nothing left of their family life. With the divorce rate in this country over 50 ...

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The book I read is called "A Child Called It" written by Dave Pelzer. The theme of this book is to keep hope alive. You should have faith and dreams to have something to look forward to in your future especially when you feel you can't go on any more. Like Dave, he felt trapped as if he was never go...

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It is a fairy tale type story and who does not think about it, or even want that for themselves? As we know though, in these types of shows, this love and fairy tale story that is one of a kind does not go on for long. ...

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"We survive only if protected from harm as children." As children our parents protect us from harm through teaching, influence, and perhaps through violence and deception. Paternalistic lies are the lies that none of us can avoid. The lies are mostly used to protect us from reality. The lies we a...

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The Ultimate Sale The characters of Death of a Salesman are easy to identify with because they represent a pretty typical dysfunctional American family. Furthermore they are easily understood because of their similarity to most people who find themselves washed up in this game called life. Wil...

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Dear Diary, It's been a week already. It feels like yesterday we were in the airport and everyone was crying. But anyway it's been worthwhile. I've been to so many places I can hardly remember them all. {Ok I'm going to write them down so I don't forget them and then I'll explain my t...

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One can easily view this story as a fairy tale in which Paul bargains with some force, and rides his horse in order to gain knowledge. ... In this tale, Paul dies at a young age, but in reality it is plausible to suggest that some of these unloved children become gang members, drug abusers, or adults that are unable to sustain normal relationships. ...

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The story of A Rose For Emily is a very in depth tale about a woman named Emily Grierson who was the last of a very prestigious rich family left in a small, tight community set in the 19th century fallowing the civil war. ... She did this so that she could feed her need to fulfill the fairy tale existence that her fellow townsfolk pushed on her of finding a good man to spend the rest of her life with. ...

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The story of A Rose For Emily is a very in depth tale about a woman named Emily Grierson who was the last of a very prestigious rich family left in a small, tight community set in the 19th century fallowing the civil war. ... She did this so that she could feed her need to fulfill the fairy tale existence that her fellow townsfolk pushed on her of finding a good man to spend the rest of her life with. ...

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There are many myths in America dealing with marriage and family. In chapter one, we learned the real truths behind those myths and how those myths came about. They myth that we lost the extended family, which are grandparents, parents and children, is false. The truths behind this myth is the f...

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Divorce: The Effect on the Children Divorce, once uncommon in our society, is now becoming more and more frequent, disrupting our children's state of well-being. Some children of divorced families have long-term behavior problems such as depression, low self-esteem, poor school performance, act...

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