Fairy Tales

I know the new essay isn’t due until Friday, but I’m starting it now and having some problems. I think calling it a review is making me hesitate a little bit. I don’t know what it really means to write a review. My idea is fine, but does the language have to be different? I [...]

How is everyone’s research going? I went to the library tonight and actually had some problems despite the instructions we were given in class. My results are really narrow and one of the books i really wanted wasn’t where it was supposed to be. Anyone having better luck than me?

i was just curious if any one was having as much trouble with PD 3.1 as i was. i’ve read some of the stories, but i’m not sure the ones i’m most interested in relate to the victorian era in the ways we’ve talked about. i was wonder what other people thought.

So I just finished the Grimm’s “frog king” and I found it really interesting. Beauty has no redeeming qualities except that the sun is even amazed by her beauty. At least three separate times she shows that she is childish, rude, and at one point she looses her temper. At this point the frog that [...]

I am not sure what I want to write about yet, but the story I found most interesting was Donkeyskin. I enjoyed that version the best and it drew me in more than the others. I thought the ring test was also a interesting twist on the slipper test. It seemed more magical to me [...]