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Fairytales, The story exhibits the French Canadian culture and the settler…
Fairytales
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Good vs Evil
The Fairies
- Kind younger daughter, evil older sister
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- The story exhibits the French Canadian culture and the settler reality in 1800
- "In walked an old fairy whom no one had thought to invite...The king had a place set for her but could not giver her the solid gold box he had given the others" (Mother goose 107)
- The Old Fairy curses the princess, that "[she] would puncture her own hand with a spindle and die from it
- "I will grant her talent, the power to turn anyone she wants into a beauty" (Mother Goose 146)
- "As it was, the Blue Beard had no heirs and thus his wife retained possession of his entire fortune". (Mother Goose 125)
- "The older one got the mill, the middle one got the mule, and the youngest got only the cat." (Mother Goose 127)
- The Moral- "Ah! But everyone knows, it's the saccharine tongues, Of all the wolves, who are the most dangerous ones," (Mother Goose 119)
- The components of Creole culture is showed in parts of the story, such as : "It was a small bird that has never been named the Creole tongue" "Camphorated rum" "sip of sugar water"
- "But instead of dying, she will only fall into a deep sleep for one hundred years, and when they have elapsed, the son of a king will arrive to wake her up." (Mother Goose 108)
- "The son of the king announced by trumpet blast that he would marry the woman whose foot was a perfect match for the slipper" (Mother Goose 143)
- Fairy Godmother- "Her godmother no more than touched her with the wand and at that moment her clothes turned into an ensemble of gold and silver encrusted with precious gems" (Mother Goose 140)
- "He was extremely small and when he came into the world, he was hardly larger than a thumb...The poor thing was a household whipping post and was always in the wrong" (Mother Goose 153)
- One of the typical structures of stories include Overcoming the Monster, where the character overcomes a fearsome monster or an evil being
- In the story, the wolf is portrayed as a dangerous, masculine figure and the women are depicted as victims of the dangerous wolf
- The tale is about the danger of transition into womanhood, warning about the men who prey on women. The Red hood symbolizes the transition into adulthood, and maturity
- The stepmother and stepsisters are portrayed as the evil, and Cinderella's quality of kindness is emphasized
- The fairy helps the princess escape from the "evil marriage" by providing her donkey skin to cover her up
- "Correcting the deformities of the Bodies of Children"
- There is an emphasis on physical appearance, with the book suggesting ways to not "let [the body] become ugly"
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- In the end of the story of Blue Beard, the woman marries "a very courtly gentleman who helped her forget the bad times she had had with the Blue Beard" (Mother Goose 125). This sentence is ominous and suggests the repeated cycle of violence as the woman described the Blue Beard as "a very courtly gentleman" (Mother Goose 121) in the beginning of the story as well,.
- Cycle of violence is exhibited in the Little Red Tippet as the wolf eats the grandmother, then the grandaughter, the little red tippet
- The Little Thumblette is treated poorly by his parents due to his bodily difference.
- Upon the Blue Beard's death, the wife inherits all his wealth and property. This shows the tradition of transmission,
- The tale is based on a transmission crisis, where the son of the miller inherits no property, besides the cat
- The tradition of primogeniture is evident in the story as the youngest son merely receives property while the oldest son inherits a mill. In the feudal society, the right of succession was given to the eldest child, and the youngest inherits the least amount of fortune
- The princess is portrayed as needing to be "saved" by the prince, while the prince is depicted as a savior who is attractive and courageous
- The documentary suggests that disability is not a problem to be "fixed" and is normal, and that the society should accomodate for those with disabilities rather trying to fix them by inventing technology tools
- Men with social status could choose the women they want to marry without their consent -> Hierarchy
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- The story of Lehrer overcoming disability in the ableist society
- Encourages the readers to understand people with disabilities and neglect the prejudices against them.
- The elements of Good vs Evil is shown in the tale as the woman who was kind to the bird receives gifts from the pumpkin seed that the bird gives, and the woman who purposely injured the bird encounters snakes and vile creatures from the pumpkin
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- Group of woodcutter make a deal with the devil to fly their canoe to return to home, and the canoe crashes in to a pine tree, leaving the woodcutters unconscious
- The deal with the devil could be seen as a curse as it results in the negative circumstance of the canoe crashing
- The tale was initially a French legend about a sinned man being condemned to fly in the night skies but it was altered by the French settlers in 1800s who missed their home.
- The Beauty falls in the love with the beast because of his hospitality and kindness
- The daughter with good nature receives gifts from the fairy, while the evil daughter is cursed by the fairy to had snake and toad drop out of her mouth every time she speaks
- Jupiter grants the husband three wishes, and the husband wastes the wishes by accidentally turning his wife's nose turning into a sausage and returning it back
- The fairy helps Cinderella to prepare and go to the ball to meet the prince
- The fairy grants Riquet the ability to give the princess intelligence, and the princess the ability to turn Riquet into a beauty