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FOLK AND FAIRYTALE BLOG 2

A fairytale is a make believe, fictional, story, made up of different characters who all resemble different traits. Often times, fairytales are miniature stories dedicated to children, although some adults have the tendency to read them for educational purposes. Fairy Tales include mythical creatures, magical beings, and dwell in the supernatural world resembling a Utopia. Most fairytales start with “once upon a time..” and ends with “happily ever after”. Fairytales are forms of literature that have taken on the written form and can not be copyrighted. They have both monogenesis and polygenesis origins and are studied and categorized based on structure.

On the other hand, Folktales are derived from origin and may completed orally. However, some folktales have now been published. Folktales normally appeal to the senses of adults through stories that express their fears derived from their imagination. Folktales may evoke different solutions to everyday problems. They describe the juxtaposition of good vs. evil and has a stereotypical outcome. They also are studied according to their function.

Included in folk and fairy tales there are different types archetypes. Archetypes are forms or images of a collective nature which occur practically all over the earth. They can also be Individual products of unconscious origin. Both the unconscious and conscious origins are derived from folk and fairy tales. There is also some kind of motif, structure, metaphor, dramatic persona.

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CINDERELLA In the Disney’s Cinderella, the main character is a girl who is under the care of her evil stepmother. She resides with her step mother and two ugly and jealous step sisters. Cinderella was supposed to be enslaved and wear here ready clothes. She did a lot of work around the house and always had to do the dirty work for her sisters. It isn’t until Cinderella’s fairy godmother comes up that she starts to transform and eve have a chance at attending the royal ball. The fairy godmother is Cinderella’s token to becoming royalty. Without her Cinderella may not have been a beautiful princess to the prince by the end of the story. From this version it is possible that one can reach success or riches with magic. The fairy godmother had lost of magic tricks up her sleeve that helped Cinderella get to where she ended. I do not think there is any other way Cinderella would have been able to get to the prince if she did not have the few hours of royalty. When the magic was su...

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LECTURE ANALYSIS In India, there is this idea of possession. Women are far more affected by this idea than anyone else. However, in Folklore, there are some key points that are shared between the Indian culture and the Americans. The genres and expressions are the main concepts being explored by both. But we still have, the beliefs and the beliefs statements, supernatural experiences, and religion. Religion is tied closely to american folk and fairy tales. A lot of the stories have different ways of incorporating the bible, quran, and other works into the make of the tale. Most times, these inclusions are the main motifs and falcons. But, their religion is a little different. First, they say that “Jesus is the new chicken.” They have strong religious beliefs that one shouldn't marry or have babies until marriage. This is very similar to christianity. However, if the Indian community gets word of this they have to be excommunicated. Being possessed is a large pheno...

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Jocelyn's Blog Review I read Jocelyn Hill’s blogs and found out some interesting information about her. In her most recent blog she shared an anecdote about a personal experience that related to the presentation given by K’Olewe’s. Not only did she do that, but she also slowly progressed into the “answer” to the question. She spoke about what stuck out to her the most and what she enjoyed. She was also very descriptive in her language about the lady who came to visit. She said how she wore a "detailed beaded anklet". I felt as if I was present. Most times when I did my blog I just spoke about the topic at hand, so it was interesting to read her blog and see the difference in style. Moving on to her other two blogs I really like the pictures and the short video she incorporated. She added the picture that correlated to what she was discussing in the blog. In blog 6 she again found a way to tie the fairytale to a scenario in reality. Jocelyn played and argued both ...

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