Once Upon A Time is a fantastical show that rewrites some of the most popular storybook fables. The series starts with the assumption that fairy tales are actually in a parallel universe, but the characters were put under a curse that erased their memories and sent them to this world lacking magic. The “savior”, Emma Swan, has the ability to break the curse, but she denies that it is real. On the other hand, her son, whom she gave up for adoption, desperately tries to convince her that this alternate reality exists. Emma and her son Henry represent views of the Enlightenment and Romanticism, respectively, because the former exhibits a belief in rationality, reason, and discoverable principles, while the latter displays individualism, an unrestrained imagination, and a love of nature. Although two of the main characters demonstrate differing philosophical views, the show itself is potent in realism.
Emma first comes to Storybrooke, the town of the storybook characters, thinking she is simply reconnecting with the son she gave up. She is severely taken aback when he presses her to break the curse; she refuses to believe in it. Emma possesses many Enlightenment qualities, for one she can only stand behind ideas she can see or easily discover. This leads to her being very guarded and skeptical of others since she does not always know a person inside and out. For example, she has a different suitor in each season, such as Sheriff Graham, but will not let herself fall for any of them in case she gets hurt (Season 1, Episode 7). She also goes into a very fitting line of work at a bail bonds company (Season 1, Episode 1). This job requires her to learn everything about a person, and then track them down. Emma also does not accept the pos...
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...happy ending, but since each episode ends with a cliffhanger, most decisions end up being a coin toss for the audience. Finally, there are two conflicting truths in the show. For Emma, life in this monotonous society is what she’s come to accept as reality. However, Henry believes there are various worlds one could travel to. Neither viewpoint is more right than the other; it mainly comes down to how willing the individual is to have faith.
Once Upon A Time is a fairly realist show that incorporates the struggle between a mother and son. Their differences, however, go farther than merely the generation gap and concern their philosophical values. Each episode puts Emma, the guarded Enlightenment thinker, against Henry, the imaginative Romantic. This dynamic creates a tug-of-war throughout the seasons that is both entertaining to watch and interesting to think about.
In literature, fictional stories can teach characters important lessons needed for their future. The Once and Future King, by T.H. White, tells the story of how the main character, Arthur, reaches his full potential of protecting and supporting his country. All of the knowledge Arthur learns in his youth is key in developing his skills and intellect. In the story Arthur has several unique learning experiences presented by his magical tutor, Merlyn. Learning from Merlyn’s lessons allows Arthur to lose the innocence of childhood and evolve into a wise and powerful king.
“He built a tower to try and be closer to her and walled himself inside.”…She widened her eyes. “How does the story end? Did the sorcerer win his Moon Maiden?” “Of course not,” he said irritably. “She lived on the moon and was quite unattainable. I suppose he must’ve starved or pined away or fallen off the wall at some point.” (Hoyt, Duke of Midnight). This quote is similar to the writing style of Morgenstern; it starts out how you would expect, but then changes at the very last second to surprise the reader. There’s also a slight bit of dark humour in the quote, which is also similar to how Morgenstern writes his books. Morgenstern satirically writes The Princess Bride to disprove many fairy tale stereotypes. Some of the fairy tale stereotypes he contradicts are that Prince Charming isn’t as charming as people make him out to be, true love is not real, and happily ever afters don’t exist.
Throughout history people have always been telling stories, whether it is how some ones day went or something strange they saw. One place that has a particularly strong connection with storytelling is Ireland. Telling stories in Ireland was usually for entertainment told at a bar or by the fire in a friend’s home to hear what someone else saw or experienced leaving one with new knowledge. Fairy- legends were stories that were told quite often in conversational type settings telling people something they had heard of experienced about the fairies. The people of Ireland used to strongly believe in the fairies during the nineteenth century. Fairies are not human but look somewhat similar to us except that are usually a lot paler. They live their
Emma's personality is largely shaped by the nature of her upbringing. Emma had no motherly figure guiding her as she grew up, due to the fact that her mother passed away at a young age, and her governess, Miss Taylor, became her best friend instead of an authority over her. At the start of the novel Miss Taylor gets married to Mr. Weston, leaving Emma with her despondent and hypochondriac father, Mr. Woodhouse. Although Mr. Woodhouse often confines Emma to the house because of his paranoia of her being harmed, he gives her little guidance. Emma becomes accustomed to being the "princess" of her house, and she applies this role to all of her social interactions, as she develops the ability to manipulate people and control them to advance her own goals. Emma views herself with the highest regard, and feels competition and annoyance with those who threaten her position. Emma has much resentment toward Mrs. Elton, as Mrs. Elton becomes a parody for Emma's mistakes and interactions. Mrs. Elton's attachment to Jane Fairfax is much like Emma's attachment to Harriet Smith; both Mrs. Elton and Emma attach themselves to young women and try to raise their...
Another form of Emma’s neglect is one of manipulation, mostly through her control over Harriet Smith. Emma is “willful, manipulative, an arranger or rather a misarranger of other people’s lives. Much of the time she fails to see things clearly and truly, and her self-knowledge is uncertain” (Goodheart)25. “One significant effect of harping on Emma's snobbery is to set in relief her romantic notions of Harriet's origin and destiny” (Brooke)26. Although to Harriet, Emma’s “help” to her is one that will reveal optimistic results and a proper husband, Harriet is incapable to taking up for herself against Emma, but if “[s]he would form her opinions...
Many parents read fairy tales to their children. Young people are able to use their imaginations while listening to these fantastical stories. Filled with dragons, witches, damsels in distress, and heroes, these tales stay in the mind children for years to come. However, these young listeners are getting much more than a happy ending. Fairy tales such as "The Goose Girl", "The Three Little Pigs", "Cinderella", and "Snow White" one can find theories of psychology. Erik Erikson's theories of social development as well as Sigmund Freud's theory of the map of the mind and his controversial Oedipal complex can be found in many fairy tales. Within every fairy tale there lies a hidden lesson in psychology.
Once Upon a Time is a television series aired on ABC, a company owned by Disney’s conglomerate. With this said, it is important to acknowledge Disney’s own adaptation of Disney characters into a series. Once Upon a Time mentions various Disney characters; however, for the purpose of this assignment I will focus on three characters and their origination, to analyze and contrast to this adaptation. The characters to be analyzed are Peter Pan, Belle, and Mulan. While analyzing these characters, we’ll visualize how each character’s personality changes, as the medium of adaptation changes. In the television series there is not only a change in character, but there is a change in setting, garments, language, tone, and a target audience. During this
My prediction for the rest of the book is that, Emma will come back to Dull cottage with two friends of hers bti still as a child, maybe around 8 or 10 years old , and she will have her friend , or at least one of them bring their favorite toy. Once they all get to the cottage, and the adults leave they will all go out by the canoe , while Emma sneaks and takes one of their toys but then catches up to them, the I predict that Emma gets on the boat with her friends , she will start re enacting what happened the day that Teresa drowned. She would take out the toy and start teasing her that she would keep it if she didn't do it, and eventually the girl/ friend that want getting teases would have enough of emma teasing her like that
In this essay, I examine what Zipes means by institutionalised, define what makes a fairy tale and evaluate how different versions of Little Red Riding Hood reflect the social ideology of the period.
Fairy tales have been read to children for many years by parents hoping these tales of heroines and heroes would provide a fun and interesting way to teach moral and values. Fairy tales provide children with a fun and entertaining way to deal with strangers. Children learn that when you don’t follow the rule and talk to mysterious strangers you’re put into situation that can cause pain or suffering to others.
Reading served as morphine allowing them to escape the pain of everyday life, but reading like morphine closed them off from the rest of the world preventing them from making rational decisions. It was Anna and Emma's loss of reasoning and isolation that propelled them toward their downfall. Emma at the beginning of the novel was someone who made active decisions about what she wanted. She saw herself as the master of her destiny. Her affair with Rudolphe was made after her decision to live out her fantasies and escape the ordinariness of her life and her marriage to Charles.
I chose to research the genre of fairytales because the genre retold by Grimm’s caught my attention. Fairytales in modern day usually have a happy ending after the good versus evil concept. Rapunzel specifically, isn’t told in its original form.Theres much more darkness and even though happily ever after is in play, not all fairytales end that way. Fairytales have much more depth than people realize in modern day. It portrays the real struggles we face growing up. In Rapunzel, her mother gave her away and she was raised by an enchantress who locked her away. This very much explains child abandonment or a child that has been given up for adoption and the things they face growing up.Theres a connection between these fairytales and real life situations .Fairytales have a way of expressing real life situations in a way that uses a few elements that help tell the story in a way children can understand. Some of the elements include: magic, morals, royalty and love.
The men in Emma’s life are subpar: her father essentially sells her so he can live comfortably without thinking about her needs, Charles, her husband is bland and inattentive to her needs, Rodolphe, her first lover is a player and uses her for sex even though he knows she is in love with him, Leon, her other lover satisfied her only for a short amount of time and then could not keep her interested. Because of the disappointing men in her life, Emma must turn to novels to encourage her will to live. She clings to the romance shown in fiction because she cannot find any in her own life. Whenever Emma indulges herself and dreams of romance, she has just been heartbroken. The first scene is after Rodolphe breaks up with Emma, she goes to the theatre and thrusts herself into a dreamed life with the main character of the play: “she tried to imagine his life…the life that could have been hers, if only fate had willed it so. They would have met, they would have loved!” (Flaubert, 209). In order to help herself get over Rodolphe, she has to reimagine a life with another man. The second follows Emma fretting breaking up with Leon, as she no longer tolerate him. As she’s writing another love letter to Leon, she creates an imaginary lover to write to. Creating a man from her favorite novels, a man so perfectly imagined she could practically feel him.
Emma is the main character in the novel. She is a beautiful, smart, and wealthy 21-year-old woman. Because of her admired qualities, Emma is a little conceited. She is the daughter of Henry Woodhouse. Since her mother died, Emma has taken the role of taking care of her father, who is old and often sick.
Fairy tales have been around for hundreds of years, dating all the way back to at least the 1600’s and are still common narratives today. The way they are told has changed, but the purpose of them as not shifted. They used to be passed down by word of mouth or by writing, and now they are passed down through children’s book, to adult novels, to motion pictures and plays. Certainly they are used for entertainment, but fairy tales also teach us valuable life lessons in danger, safety, respect, friendships, and love.