Monday, November 22, 2010

3 Fairy Tales

Cinderella: As the story is told Cinderella was a girl that came into a family because her  father remarried a widow that was of cruel intention and of a bad character. Her step sister or the "UGLY" step sisters were vain, lazy and mean to Cinderella. The tragedy that occurred was that her father passed away and left Cinderella alone with only her step family to care for her. They forced Cinderella to do all the house work and treated her as if she was a servant in her fathers house.Cinderella was insulted, forced into servitude as if she were a maid to her step family and was never allowed to attend any balls or do anything that was of her liking. One day she became aware of an important ball in the kingdom that was being held so that the Prince would chose his bride the future queen of the kingdom. Cinderella wished to attend this event, but her ugly sister denied her the choice to go. Her step mother lied and told her that if she would do all her chores she would allow her to go to the princes ball. Once she had kept her end of the bargain, the step mother denied her what they had agreed on. Cinderella with her magical mice had made a dress that was beautiful and fitting for Cinderella. When the step sisters saw her looking so beautiful and ready for the ball they became jealous and destroyed Cinderellas dress.  To the rescue came the "Fairy God mother"! hearing Cinderellas weeping, she magically transformed Cinderella to a radiant and enchanting princess bride. She made a carriage from pumpkins and turned the mice into horses. And one of the mice a chauffeur. She set a spell that when the clock struck 12 the spell would cease.Once she attended the ball the prince saw her and became enamored with her and they danced and instantly fell in love. When midnight came Cinderella ran off back to her home before the spell wore off and her sisters would notice she wasn't home. Accidentally, Cinderella left her glass slipper behind.  The slipper was all the  prince had left her, since he did not get a chance to get to know who she really was. Cinderella returned and remained  unnoticed by her step family, that she had attended the ball. The prince convinced that he had found his bride searched for the owner of the glass slipper. In all the kingdom not one girl could fit her feet into that shoe. Even the ugly step sisters attempt to fool the prince was unsuccessful, for their feet were much too big. Since the step mom had been suspicious that Cinderella could have been to the ball she locked her in her room so that she did not try on the shoe. But once the prince put the shoe on Cinderellas feet it fit perfect. And Cinderella showed him the other glass slipper. Cinderella became his wife and a they lived happily ever after.and  classic folk tale composed of a myth element of unjust human treatment and the resulting success of courage and that resulted in reward.  The main character is Cinderella a young woman living in rough circumstances. She received mistreatment from people that people that were suppose to be her relatives. Cinderella was in distress when the fairy god mother came to assist her so that she would be able to attend the princes ball. Human indignities, unfairness, unjust treatment of Cinderella. Bravery and willingness, or resulted in remarkable fortune. Folklore, myths that have transcended through many years, languages cultures, and many cultures can relate to its moral theory. Evil v.s. good, the knight in shinning armor, true love, Magic human troubles, pain inflicted by others

Sleeping Beauty: At the christening of a long wished princess, fairies invited as godmother offered gift to the new born princess. Some of these gifts were beauty, wit, and musical talent. Suddenly a wicked fairy that arrived unnoticed put a curse on the princess. The curse was that upon reaching adulthood the princess would prick her finger on a spindle and die. A good fairy god mother unable to reverse the spell, change the curse and said that the princess would instead of dying would prick her finger and be asleep for 100 years, until awaken by true loves first kiss. The king got rid of every distaff or spindle in existence throughout the kingdom to prevent the curse from falling upon his daughter. All this in vain, unavoidably. when the princess turned 16 she saw a woman in the castle spinning and wanted to learn the art. once she allowed the princess to try the spindle she pricked her finger and the wicked fairy curse was fulfilled.The good fairy god mother returned reversing the spell and putting princess Aurora into a deep slumber, and also everyone in the castle to sleep.
A forest of full of thorns and tree barriers blocked the entry to the castle protected it from the outside world and also making it a challenge to reach the princess. After a hundred years passed, a princes that had heard the story of  the enchanted forest, took the journey and braved the woods and entered the castle. He fell to his knees when he saw the princess, kissed her then she woke up. When the princess awoke everyone in the castle arose from their slumber and continued with the work they had left undone 100 years ago. Princess Aurora and her knight in shinning armor married and lived happily ever after. A curse lack of humanity, jealous, bad intention, from the wicked fairy, good fairy caring, Bravery and willing from the prince, Evil v.s. Good  Folklore  transcended many cultures  myths, human troubles and issues, true love, Magic, pain inflicted by others

Snow White: Once upon a time a queen sewing at her window pricks her finger on her needle  and three drops of blood on the snow that had fallen on her ebony window frame. She contemplated the blood on the snow and thought to herself " how i wish that i had a daughter that had skin as white as snow and lips as red as a rose, and hair as black as ebony. She gave birth to a child, who had all those traits and they name her snow white. As soon as the child is born the mother dies. Soon after the king and father of snow white remarries a new wife, who is beautiful but also very vain. The new queen possesses a mirrors that answers any questions asked. The wicked queen always asked mirror, mirror, on the wall who in the land is the fairest of them all. to which the mirror replies you my evil queen. But as snow white grows she becomes a beautiful. When the queen asks the mirror who the fairest in the land was the mirror says it is snow white.  The queen becomes jealous and order a huntsman to execute snow white in the woods.  huntsman unable to execute snow white lets her flee, never being able to return to the castle. In the forest snow white discovers a cottage the home of the seven dwarfs where she rests. The seven dwarfs take pity on her and allow her to stay as long as she does the house chores. The chores were cook, make beds, wash, sew, knit, keep everything clean and orderly. She dwarfs warn her to keep out of the woods and don't trust anyone. She stays with the seven dwarfs and everything is fine. The queen  thinks that snow white is gone for good. Until one day the evil queen asks her mirror again mirror, mirror, on the wall who's the fairest of them all. The mirror continues to reply snow white. The evil queen searches and finds snow white.  Determined to kill snow white out of jealousy. The evil queen disguising herself as an old lady she fools snow white into eating a poisoned apple. Snow white unconvinced by her disguise and also taking into account the warning the dwarfs gave her she hesitated to have the apple. In order to gain snow whites trust the evil queen bites tastes the apple and then snow white eventually gives in and eats the apple.  The fairy god mother arrives and puts an enchantment on snow white. the condition of the spell is that snow white would not die but be merely asleep awaiting her true loves kiss. In mourning of what the dwarf placed snow white in a glass casket. Until one day a young prince wondering the woods finds snow white and falls in deep love with her. Kisses her lips and snow white awakens, also falls in love and they return to his kingdom and live happily ever after. True love, Magic, struggles, pain inflicted by others, knight in shinning armor charm.

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