Throughout history, the fairytale has been a way for children to draw connections to what has already happened in their lives, as well as what they could expect to happen later in life. These stories are by no means realistic for countless reasons, but they carry similar moral values, teaching children to be independent and to believe in happiness. Each fairy tale generally pertains to a different audience depending on the content of the story, with stories such as “Cinderella” and “The Little Mermaid” having been around for centuries, in a near constant state of being retold and rewritten to be more relevant for whatever culture the story might find itself in. Different cultures interpret a diverse array of morals and values in fairy tales, and this explains why so many fairytales have different versions of the same story. Depending on the violence or lessons talked about in the fairy tales children could have a bigger or smaller chance of understanding and acting on what …show more content…
There is a major transition in how the princess identifies herself, and that is an important lesson for young people to learn. We see this same concept with some versions of “The Little Mermaid”; it shows sacrifice and dedication for what you want. The endings aren’t always ideal to teach young children that everything always ends happily, but that comes back to how the child was parented, not the message a fairy tale sent them (Danish). If a child doesn’t understand how life works, it is not because of one fairy tale he reads. A child 's misunderstandings would probably come from the way they were raised and what he is taught at home or at school. Fairy tales are by no means the only thing a child should be reading, but they couldn’t have such a drastically negative affect on a child’s life that that child couldn 't function one day as an
Across cultures and civilizations, the sea has always been an important figure both in the benefits it provides in daily life and its presence in storytelling. In consequence, sea monsters have been important figures in myths and stories whether it be in 1000 BCE Babylonian culture, or in 20th century America. The Babylonian Enuma Elish and Disney’s 1989 The Little Mermaid both feature a powerful female antagonist, Tiamat and Ursula, respectively, and these two figures bear many similarities. In both stories, the female antagonist holds strong relationship to the sea, and has supernatural abilities that aid her in her quest to defeat the heroic characters in the story.
The Clown Loach fish (not to be confused with the Clown Fish in Finding Nemo) is one of the most popular aquarium fish around. The reason is probably their peaceful demeanor and entertaining personality. If you set up your aquarium incorrectly the clown loach will be shy and spend most of its time in hiding. However, if you set the aquarium up properly the clown's personality will begin to emerge. Clown loaches are community fish and thrive when they have at least 4 other clown loaches to hang out with.
The Little Mermaid (1989) movie is directed by John Musker, Ron Clements, and stars Jodi Benson, Samuel E Wright, Pat Carroll and many other talented actors. The animated, Disney film is about a naive but carefree, 16-year-old mermaid as she struggled amidst her fascination for leaving life in her watery world; to live on land. As a matter of fact, Ariel, the little mermaid, made a costly mistake of conferring with Ursula, the evil sea witch, to help her become human. Unfortunately, Ariel was only concerned about fulfilling her dreams; and, Ursula had her own selfish agenda in place; which was to take the sea world from Triton and rule as queen.
Having analysed the metaphors used in Gemma’s fairy tale to refer to the darkest aspects of the Holocaust, there is no doubt that the harshness of this testimony is greatly softened. This moderation, in addition to the fact that these stories are one of the most important strategies to transmit fundamental values from generation to generation (Mara 67), makes Yolen’s Briar Rose a good option for teaching about the Holocaust. Children’s literature makes a young child aware of basic human conflicts and helps him or her to deal with them. Yolen’s book tries to connect the audience to some values at the same time she teaches the history of this event. In order to do this, this work differentiates two stories connected or as Sarah Jordan suggests,
The central idea of Symbolic interactionism is symbols are the key to understanding how we view the world and communicate with one another (page 13). In The Little Mermaid, the human artifacts that Ariel collects are symbols of how she views their world. Scuttle is symbol of how she communicates with the world above her. The Disney movie also helps children establish an explanation about relationships. This guides kids to discover how society defines relationships.
Princesses have been a part of every American girl’s youth ever since Disney gave life to Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Since then, ten more Disney princesses have enchanted audiences and inspired children with glass slippers and magic carpet rides. Two of the more popular princess franchises include The Little Mermaid, which debuted in 1989, and Beauty and the Beast, which debuted in 1991. Although the two movies might seem vastly different, their stories are closely related because both involve two different species, a “happily ever after” theme, and a main character experiencing unhappiness in life situations. Though they are so similar, one is greater than the other.
The Cinderella tale has been at the heart of many stories for generations. People have become very familiar with the storyline, as it is very prevalent in society today through many moderns movies and stories. The Cinderella story is adored by young children, more specifically by young girls. However as a more feminist culture has emerged, society’s viewpoint of fairytales is becoming increasingly negative. In, “The Princess Paradox” and “Cinderella and Princess Culture”, authors James Poniewozik and Peggy Orenstein further evaluate themes found in the Cinderella stories.
Similarly, in Walt Disney’s “Cinderella,” she is also treated horribly, and awarded a beautiful outfit by her fairy godmother, letting her attend a ball, encountering her true love. Cinderella gets married to the prince, however, the step-sisters are forgiven and live with Cinderella at the castle unlike the original story. Both stories have many similarities, especially in the climax. However, the
Many families have many traditions, but one tradition that is common among all households is that they read fairy tales to their children right before they put them to sleep. They do this to fill their minds with good positive thoughts and leave them with something to think about. Religion dictates the characteristics of familiar fairy tales as religion provides a moral and ethical framework for having a good life, an ideal goal parents want their children to have. On the whole, fairy tales are constantly changed to adhere to cultural or social beliefs that are deemed important by diverse people in a community.
Movies based on the fairytales are made like this so they could have a moral at the end of the story and usually those morals are necessary in a child’s upbringing. For example: kindness, friendship, respect, bravery and
The Little Mermaid which was produced in 1989, was the first Disney movie to challenge the traditional gender roles, for the fact that Ariel wanted to explore, and was more independent and assertive in her desires than the earlier princesses of the 1930’s and 50s films. Also the prince in The Little Mermaid went against traditional gender roles as well, simply because he was more affectionate and loving than his prince counterparts in other Disney films. “Both the male and female roles have changed over time, but overall the male characters evinced less change then the female characters and were more androgynous throughout.” (Descartes & England, pg.566). Disney movies have been for a long time a strong media target for children, and can serve as a way to address stereotypical gender roles (Leaper, 2000).
Justyna Deszcz wrote an article based on Zipes’ political and socio-historical approach and added a variety of facts she had collected from many other authors and articles. Deszcz believes that the reason we have shifted into the submissive and “family-friendly” theme of fairy tales is because “the fairytale has been reduced to a mass-produced commodity, to be purchased and owned, and to bring in considerable profit. What is more, the fairytale is being used as a source and a vehicle of powerful self-mirroring images affirming the existing value system, and thus lulling audiences into passivity and compliance.” This point proves that the original thought of harsh realities needing to be exposed in story telling has converted to just being a profitable way to tell simple-minded children’s
The Little Mermaid in 1989 marked the beginning of an era known as the Disney Renaissance. This period lasted between 1989 to 1999 during which Disney underwent a creative revival in producing successful animated films based on well-known stories, which restored public and critical interest in The Walt Disney Company as a whole (Wikipedia, "Disney Renaissance"). This film tells the story of a teenage mermaid princess named Ariel. She is an adventurous spirit with a fascination for the human world above the surface. Her love for Prince Eric causes her to make a Faustian bargain with a sinister sea-witch Ursula which later becomes the cause for havoc both for humans and the merpeople.
They are not just for children but can help in the lives of adults as well. The fairy tales that we hear today were not written for children in the first place, it was after the late nineteenth century that the tales were changed and made ‘more appropriate’ for children. In case of children’s fairytales in simple terms – they show children how to solve problems, they cross cultural boundaries and at the same time familiarize children with their own traditions and cultures, they develop a child’s imagination and last not the least they teach lessons (moral lessons, life lessons etc.). Thus I think fairytales are an important part of the learning process especially for children, while for adults it can be a source of entertainment or
The Disney princesses are not that great of an influence on kids and can cause children to see things differently in the world if mot corrected on what is right or wrong. As I re-read these fairytales I thought about the message that I would have wanted to receive, rather than the sad reality. One would want the message to be positive and realistic. A young girl does not need to be told that the perfect prince charming is going to sweep her off her feet or that she will have a happy ending.