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The Missing Father Trope

The Missing Father Trope

It is a common trope in most fairy tales where the father is not. very involved in the overall storyline. What is the most interesting part…
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Brandon Brock
The Juniper Tree by The Brother’s Grimm: Analyzing the differences and similarities in the Fairy…

The Juniper Tree by The Brother’s Grimm: Analyzing the differences and similarities in the Fairy…

The Juniper Tree is a German fairy tale that was published by the Brothers Grimm in 1812. The fairy tale would later be re told as a film…
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Justin Underwood
Stepmothers Have More In Common Than you Think

Stepmothers Have More In Common Than you Think

In my blogpost film analysis I am going to analyze and compare the relationships between Cinderella and her step family in `A Cinderella…
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Johann desilva
The Transformative Power of True Love — Maleficent’s Story

The Transformative Power of True Love — Maleficent’s Story

(Final Project)
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Lindley Longstreet
The Evil Woman

The Evil Woman

Everyone knows that if you are reading a fairy tale and see an old creepy woman to stay away. We have seen time and time again that an old…
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Brandon Brock
Sing, Slumber and Silent: A Sleeping Beauty Film Analysis

Sing, Slumber and Silent: A Sleeping Beauty Film Analysis

By: Lauren Oppenheim and Caitlin Rundle
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Caitlin Rundle
Fairy tales films can be black and white

Fairy tales films can be black and white

"The Juniper Tree" is a very important movie because it shows how not all fairy tale films are like Disney’s were everything is colorful…
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Gabriela de Oliveira
Retelling The Juniper Tree & Humanizing The Villain

Retelling The Juniper Tree & Humanizing The Villain

The Juniper Tree (1990) directed by Nietzchka Keene tells the story of two witch sisters who flee from their home after their mother is…
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Cglickman

Sleeping Beauty and Body Iage

Sleeping Beauty portrays a young girl who has had a spell put on her and she will be asleep for a very long time and will only be woken by…
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Brynn Bennett
The Evil Lady Trope

The Evil Lady Trope

It shouldn’t be a surprise when you read a fairy tale and there is a character that hates someone or everything throughout the story. It…
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Justin Underwood
Sleeping Beauty: the uniqueness of her beauty

Sleeping Beauty: the uniqueness of her beauty

There were many films that stood out to me in this very fascinating unit learning about fairytales. If I had to pick one that particularly…
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Brynn Bennett
Hoodwinked: “There’s More to Every Tale Than Meets the Eye”

Hoodwinked: “There’s More to Every Tale Than Meets the Eye”

Hoodwinked was one of my favorite movies as a child. My siblings and I must have seen the movie dozens of times. Directed by Cory Edwards…
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Phoebe LaPoint
Beauty And The Beast: Modern But Classic

Beauty And The Beast: Modern But Classic

A film analysis by Gillian Mullin
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Gillian Mullin
Do you Love Her or Is She Just Beautiful?

Do you Love Her or Is She Just Beautiful?

By: Marian Laing
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Marian Laing
True Love’s Kiss Is Great and All, But Is The Prince Really the Hero?

True Love’s Kiss Is Great and All, But Is The Prince Really the Hero?

Once Upon a Time, there was a princess in distress who got saved by a prince and they lived happily ever after. We know this plot all too…
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Lindley Longstreet
The Absent Father

The Absent Father

It is a common pattern in Fairy Tales that the father of the family plays an absent and rather silent role throughout the storyline. The…
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Cglickman
Peter Pan and it’s Racist Undertones

Peter Pan and it’s Racist Undertones

(Final Project!)
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Kendall Webb
The evil (step)mother

The evil (step)mother

It is very common in fairy tales have an evil character in the story, and several times that character is the stepmother. Besides that, the…
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Gabriela de Oliveira
Love at First Sight

Love at First Sight

Across the room, a tall, muscled figure catches your attention out of the corner of your eye. You can’t help but adjust your gaze to meet…
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Jessi Jennings
The Used Woman — Katelyn Leary

The Used Woman — Katelyn Leary

Many of the tropes that we find throughout fairytales have to do with women, and they aren’t positive ones. According to many famous and…
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Katelyn Leary

The Male Gaze: Taking Our Power Back

The male gaze is something that is very prominent in many fairy tales, regarding woman only being viewed as worthy and desirable if their…
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Taylor Mitchell
Dehumanizing the Human

Dehumanizing the Human

Dehumanization is “the denial of humanness in others and suffering that accompanies it”. Often in fairy tales, characters are turned into…
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Phoebe LaPoint
A Desire to Be Human

A Desire to Be Human

A popular trope in fairy tales is the desire to be something or someone else. In fairy tales, characters often display a strong will to…
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Nicole Dischinger
The Escalator of Gender Norms

The Escalator of Gender Norms

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Kaliah Alford
Do you Love Her or is She Just Beautiful?

Do you Love Her or is She Just Beautiful?

By: Marian Laing
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Marian Laing
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