This tale is most popularly known as a Disney story. The shortened Disney version tells about a girl who goes to war for her father and disguises herself as a man, because if she goes as a female, she will be killed. She goes to war, saves China, and lives happily ever after with the Captain. This tale started as a poem "written during the Northern Dynasties (AD 420-589)" (Angela Kuo, Mulan FAQ website). About a thousand years later, "the story was expanded into a novel during the late Ming (AD 1368-1644) Dynasty" (Kuo). Another film version of Mulan "was the 1960 opera The Lady General Hua Mu Lan- (Kuo). In this version, she wants to fight in the war for two reasons: to save her father, and she's patriotic. Her father knows of her going off to war instead of him, and is superior to the other soldiers. She becomes wounded in battle and throws off the other soldiers and "insists she would rather die than remove her armor" (Kuo). No one finds out until after the war that she is a woman. The reason why I enjoy this fairytale is because it is a female going after what she believes in, and not a male. .
The fairytale I never particularly enjoyed was Sleeping Beauty, at least, until I read the more interesting, earlier version written by Andrew Lang. Lang's version, quite grotesque for children, is very different from Disney's version. One difference is that no one in the story is given a name, everyone is referred to by their title, making it a little confusing when the prince marries and there are two queens involved in the story. To make it easier, I have left the princess as such. The beginning of this fairytale is quite different. Seven fairies were invited to the princess's baby party to give her gifts, whereas in Disney's version, there were three fairies named Flora, Fauna and Merryweather. An eighth fairy came uninvited and was upset that no preparations were made for her. The six fairies that went before the evil fairy gave the princess gifts.
Outer beauty is something that stimulates the mind. ... Clothing is an eye catcher of beauty. ... This is what made "Beauty" love him, the beast's soul. ... It simply brings the beauty found in inner beauty and that is what is seen in a lover's eye. ... Seeing two people going this far is beauty. ...
In de Beaumont's "Beauty and the Beast", the protagonist, Beauty, is thought of as good and liked by all not for her looks but for her sweet nature. ... Both Beauty and Psyche had two older sisters. ... Beauty's sisters talk her into breaking her promise to the Beast in order to bring about Beauty's downfall. ... In the story, "Beauty and the Beast", Beauty makes a mistake. ... In spite of Beauty's envious and evil sisters, the Beast's monstrous looks, and Beauty's slip-up, the ending of "Beauty and the Beast" is a happy one. ...
American Beauty The use of symbolism Films are often more than what they appear to be. ... These scenes are most frequently those with the nubile "American Beauty- Character, Angela. Lester's lust for this teenage icon of beauty is confused with the emotion he is so deprived of; love. ... The final scene in which photographs are used in American Beauty is the scene in which Lester is shot. ... The space of understanding is now clear to fully comprehend the symbolism of lighting in American Beauty. ...
Judging contestants on their beauty has a long history in America. The article, Child Beauty Pageants states that: Although beauty pageants began in the U.S. in 1921, with the introduction of the Miss America Pageant, child beauty pageants did not appear until the 1960's. ... Children in beauty pageants today are not just playing dress up with their mothers' old clothes. ... These young girls are being brought up in a fake world of beauty and glamor. ... The article, "Child Beauty Pageants" illustrates the extent of the financial commitments. ...
Beauty and Ugly: The Major Patterns in The Bluest Eye " Smiling white face. ... (Morrison 46-7) This lack of beauty even intruded upon her family life. Pecola's first encounter with her lack of beauty comes from her mother. ... Beauty was a powerful thing to use as a pattern and symbol in the novel because beauty is relative and something everyone wants, whether they want to admit it or not. ... And all of our beauty, which was hers first and which she gave to us." ...
Child beauty pageants showcase children in a dangerous and unhealthy atmosphere. Dictionary.com defines beauty pageants as "A contest based on popularity.... Beauty pageants for adult women were first established in 1920 (Nussbaum), while child beauty pageants were introduced in the 1960s. ... Child beauty pageants are excused from child labor laws. ... Professor Says Beauty Pageants Aren't for Kids). ...
Belle, Beast, Gaston, the candle guy, and clock guy all play a role in the Disney movie "Beauty and the Beast". ... Gaston, Disney's version of the very arrogant and conceited Englishman, is another male character in the movie "Beauty and the Beast". ... But if it were changed to be more gender fair and less sexist, I think first the writers would change the title to "The Beauty and the Hero". ...
Internal and external beauty are both very important in our society. ... External beauty is important because it is your attractive figure that brings notice to someone's great personality or external beauty. ... Depending on which family member, there is an absolute distinction made between external beauty and internal beauty. ... He tries to balance both the internal beauty with the external beauty, make the most reasonable judgement between external and internal beauty. My friends are most likely to look at the external beauty before the internal beauty. ...
Beauty Beauty is perhaps one of the most desired and envied traits in the world. ... For instance one can refer to inner beauty, but more often than not the word beauty is associated with people, particularly women. ... The majority of the time the most important aspect of beauty is overlooked, that aspect being inner beauty. ... So what is beauty? ... Fair suggests beauty because of purity, flawlessness, or freshness Beauty is often described as being graceful. ...
BEAUTY The word "beauty" conjures up various meanings with the main one an appearance or a sound, which is pleasant. However beauty is also found in nature and of course beauty comes from within, in people's hearts. Beauty also comes from having confidence. First of all, beauty comes from nature. ... Beauty is from the heart. ...
