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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"The Little Mermaid"”.
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Oceans of Literature - The Little Mermaid
<p>Mermaid stories have existed for millennia, stemming back to the ancient cultures of the world. Influenced by the mythos established in books like The Iliad, sirens and mermaids were a part of European culture for centuries. The mermaid as chimera monster that represented the duality of danger …
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Nora's Transformative Journey: From A Doll's House and The Little Mermaid to The Way Home
This critical engagement paper employs the practical work and research conducted for my MFA graduating installation performance The Way Home. For decades, domestic violence researchers analyzed abused women coping with abuse based on their psyche, which portrayed them as having certain needs that …
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Once Upon a Time in a Single-Parent Family: Father and Daughter Relationships in Disney's The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast
Fairy tales are adapted to fit the needs of each generation, reflecting the unique challenges of that society. In the 1980s and 1990s of the United States, issues of what constituted a family circulated as divorce increased and fatherhood was debated. At this time, Disney released two animated …
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Hakuna Matata! Do Gender Roles Really Matter?: a Feminist Rhetorical Analysis of Walt Disney Cartoons
This thesis examines the gender roles present in Walt Disney cartoons using a feminist rhetorical perspective. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Bambi, The Little Mermaid and The Lion King are analyzed to determine the relative amount of power that women have vis-a-vis men. The thesis also examines …
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Wrestling with Father Shakespeare: Contemporary Revisions of <em>King Lear</em> and <em>The Tempest</em>.
<p>In Shakespeare’s The Tempest and King Lear, the relationship between the father and his children affects the progression and outcome of events. Goneril and Regan oppose Lear after Cordelia’s untimely rebellion and disownment. In The Tempest, Caliban desires to overthrow Prospero for freedom. …
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Prinsessur Bluths. Umfjöllun um staðalímynd prinsessunnar í teiknimyndum
… myndir frá Don Bluth; Leyndardómur NIMH (e.The Secret of NIMH) (1982), Þumalína (e. Thumbelina) (1994) og Anastasía (e. Anastasia) (1997) og til samanburðar þessum myndum verður notuð Litla hafmeyjan (e. The Little Mermaid) (1989) frá Disney. Þessar myndir verða svo bornar saman við …
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A Cauldron of Chaos and Cultivation: Rediscovering Disney Animation of the 1980s
<p>This thesis examines the four transitional Disney animated features of the 1980s <em>The Fox and the Hound</em> (1981), <em>The Black Cauldron</em> (1985), <em>The Great Mouse Detective</em> (1986), and <em>Oliver and Company</em> (1988)— in order to reassess the significance of this period in …
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The head knows what lies near the heart : an anatomy in stories and accompanying essay
… consists of a collection of short stories titled The Head Knows What Lies Near the Heart and an accompanying critical commentary. These tales look to question the ways women relate to their body through examining and emulating certain aspects of traditional fairy tales. While previous feminist …
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Pop culture’s influence on mythological monsters as seen in children and young adult’s films
… fauns, and centaurs) origins as opposed to how they are portrayed by film adapters nowadays by applying theories from Roland Barthes, Gérard Genette and Robert Stam. The examples chosen are: 'The Little Mermaid', 'Clash of the Titans', 'Harry Potter', and 'Narnia'. Examples are given to show how …