Gifts in The Princess and The Tin Box by James Thurber
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When I am at King’s Buffet, I always wonder what the interesting sushi tastes like, but I always eat the sweat and sour chicken instead because I don’t know what the sushi tastes like. I always wonder what would happen if I used the shampoo that Heidi Klum advertises but it might make my hair too oily or too dry. So I continue to use the same brand of shampoo for my hair. How can you pass a test if you don’t study before? How can you play in a symphony if you have never learned to play an instrument? How can we expect a shallow and spoiled princess who was raised with money to choose priceless objects over riches? As you grew up, who did you look up to the most? Who had the most influence on you when you made hard decisions? For most of us, it’s our parents. They’re our idols and our role models. We see them as people who don’t make mistakes. As we get older, we do our best to mimic them and we think about what they would have done in our place. In The Princess and The Tin Box by James Thurber, a princess has to make a decision to marry one of five princess based only on what gift th...
In this essay, the author
- Opines that most of us look up to our parents, who are our role models, as they make hard decisions. in james thurber's the princess and the tin box, a princess chooses one of five princesses based on what gift they give her.
- Opines that the princess made the wrong choice in choosing the third prince, but she was just mimicking her parents; she wanted to be just as powerful and rich as they are.
- Opines that thurber leaves them disappointed when the princess chooses the third prince and the platinum box because she will have lots of admirers when she’s married.
- Opines that this is not the fairy tale ending that they expected. they want the selfless princess to find emotional value in the box and fall in love with the prince who doesn't have a penny to his name.
- Opines that the princess represents everyone in society: the rich, the poor, and everybody in between. the princess chose the platinum box over the other expensive gifts, but it represents everything the fifth prince can offer.
- Opines that many of us think the princess made the wrong decision choosing the jewel box instead of the tin box but in truth, she didn't make the right choice.
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- In the article “Are All Princesses Really Waiting for Princes to Come?” Jack Heckel discusses some of the most common Disney princesses and the stereotypes that come along with them, as well as some of the stereotypes that are seen in the Disney princes. He supports his article by providing a variety of sources not only from Disney movies, but also from various authors and blogs. The analysis of Disney princess stereotypes has been a very common topic for years, and this overall analysis has revealed that a lot of Disney princesses are not good role models. Heckel uses many techniques including using credible, non-Disney sources, discussing other fairytales besides Disney, displaying a timeline of Disney
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes jack heckel's article "are all princesses really waiting for princes to come?" he discusses some of the most common disney princess stereotypes. he uses credible, non-disney sources, discussing other fairytales besides disney.
- Analyzes how heckel uses credible non-disney sources, such as an excerpt from andrea dworkin's woman hating, to promote the hatred of women.
- Opines that the moral of the story is the happy ending. it tells us that happiness for a woman is to be passive, victimized, destroyed, or asleep.
- Argues that fairytales depict a woman's happiness by showing that happiness is being submissive, victimized, and weak. simone de beauvoir has an opposite view of how females are supposed to act.
- Analyzes how the young man is seen departing adventurously in search of a woman; he slays the dragon, battles giants, and she waits.
- Analyzes how heckel uses these examples in his article because they support his ideas and topic. in the fairytales, women are dependent on their princes to rescue them, but as time passed, they became independent.
- Explains that when a fairytale is analyzed and reviewed, the topic of gender is almost always mentioned because there are many stereotypes against men and women.
- Analyzes how mayim discusses "women as dolls" in the third issue of frozen. she states that her biggest problem with the female characters is the way they were drawn and animated.
- Analyzes how heckel discusses the "tragedy" that most of us are only aware of a minor fraction of the many fairytale stories out in the world.
- Opines that despite the wealth of material, most people would list a handful of fairytales that have been repeatedly popularized over the years- snow white, cinderella, sleeping beauty, beauty and the beast, little mermaid, rapunzel,
- Analyzes how heckel uses a technique to display the more commonly known fairytales that have grown popular over the years. in the early 1900s, women were expected to stay at home and take care of the children.
- Explains that disney's first full-length animated movie, snow white and the seven dwarfs, set the pattern for future disney movie plots.
- Concludes that heckel's article is successful in answering the question: are all princesses really waiting for a prince to come?
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In this essay, the author
- Argues that children should not be encouraged to watch disney princess movies because they idolize the characters, which are fictitious and just meant for entertainment.
- Explains that disney princess movies display the image of extraordinary beautiful sexy girls as princesses. they define beauty as having the perfect body image, and the bad people in these movies are ugly, fat, or basically unattractive.
- Analyzes how disney princess movies teach young girls to be disobedient and weak in order to get what they want and become happy.
- Opines that disney princess movies teach young girls to be strong and independent, but this is not true, since they are weak and are often rescued by princes.
- Opines that disney princess movies are inappropriate for young girls. people blame adult media for a child's corruption, but they fail to see where it all started.
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- Introduces peggy orenstein's cinderella ate my daughter: dispatches from the front lines of the new girlie-girl culture.
- Analyzes how orenstein explores the rise of girl power in the 1990s and the differences that are in today's society.
- Analyzes how orenstein embarks on a journey to find the answers to these questions.
- Opines that orenstein's point of view is a bit more conservative than most, as she is white and doesn't understand why anyone would pay $500 for an american girl and her accessories.
- Opines that orenstein does a great job of bringing light on the issues of sexualization of or youth and why so many choose disney to try to keep our young girls safe.
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In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how henrik ibsen created a world where marriages and rules of society are questioned, and where deceit is at every turn.
- Explains that deception is the driving force of the play, the key theme that causes the character’s action that shapes the story. nora deceives her husband, helmer, in several different ways.
- Analyzes how nora lies about her father's money for a trip to help her husband heal from an illness. krogstad, an old boyfriend of mrs. linde, threatens to fire helmer if he loses his job.
- Analyzes how krogstad confronts nora about how her father supposedly co-signed her loan, three days after he died.
- Analyzes how nora's deceit went from a huge lie, to an act that would bring shame to her husband.
- Analyzes how krogstad wriggled out of punishment with lies and trickery, which undermined his moral character.
- Analyzes how lies infect and poison the whole life of a home, and how nora is shocked by her husband's words and begins to worry that her deceit could affect her three children.
- Analyzes how helmer fires krogstad and nora convinces him to attend the new year's party without checking his mail.
- Analyzes how ibsen uses deceit as the main theme of a doll's house to create drama in a seemingly peaceful world.
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- Opines that we have all felt the need to bealone or to venture to places that our minds have only imagined. however, we as individuals have always found ourselves clutching to our responsibilities and obligations.
- Analyzes how henrik isben's inspirational characters of norahelmer, kristine linde, and nils krogstad have had to leave a situation or seek spiritual fulfillment elsewhere.
- Analyzes how nora helmer, a prisoner of her time, was viewed as an inferior species and was not even considered real human beings in her society.
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- Describes how nora consumed macaroons to satisfy her sense of needing to be an independent woman. upon the arrival of kristine linde, she took it upon herself to find her friend a job.
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- Opines that nora broke the law so she could save a life, especially when it was the life of her husband.
- Analyzes how nora saw the law as something which stood in the way of her responsibility to her family not to mention to herself.
- Explains that if she had spoken to torvald about his illness, he would have forbidden her from carrying it on. it was her responsibility that she didn't disclose that information because of the percussions it would bring.
- Analyzes torvald's reaction when she learns that her marriage was a sham. torvlad makes futile attempts to make her stay concerning her duties to herhusband and children.
- Opines that they can't go on being satisfied with what the majority says, or what's written in books.
- Explains how nora gained freedom as an individual and was now in search of new responsibilities. kristine linde, a childhoodfriend of her, had to strive for all that she wanted.
- Explains that she had to give up her life with her husband because of her mother's ailment and her obligation to her younger brothers.
- Analyzes how kristine took it on herself to work in a man's world and be faced with the obstacles that would constantly confront her. she sees nora as theideal wife, and as everything that she wants to be.
- Analyzes how kristine hears of nora's troubles and attempts to correct the wrong that krogstad is trying to do to her.
- Analyzes how mrs. linde attempts to get krogstad to withdraw his letter to torvald concerning all of nora'ssecrets.
- Analyzes how kristine is constantly striving for no one but herself and it hurts her.
- Describes how kristine's rekindled relationship with krogstad frees her from all the years of guilt and sets up a new beginning for her.
- Opines that nora's lies will only cause her pain, since that kind of atmosphere oflies infects the whole life of a home.
- Analyzes how nils krogstad was once a good man until kristine dumped him.
- Narrates how he took up some corrupt activities to support himself. he felt responsible for his actions and started the process with his job at the bank.
- Narrates how krogstad knew that nora had committed forgery when she took out a loan and it was his responsibility to report it. kristine was able to convince him that she still loved him.
- Analyzes how kristine wronged the helmer's entirely wondering "oh, ifonly i could take it all back." krogstad then informs him that he can still take his letter back.
- Analyzes how isben's play adoll house is about an estranged wife, an independent working woman, kristine linde, and a morally uprising.
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