Fairy Tales

Dame Van Winkle is portrayed as a very critical, demanding, and strict wife towards Rip Van Winkle. She constantly nags at him and scolds him for not completing his chores or providing for the family, creating a tense and unbalanced dynamic in their relationship.

Mama Toad whisked Thumbelina away before she could start her life with Prince Cornelius. She wanted Thumbelina to marry her son, Grundel, instead.

In "The Princess and the Pea," the exposition is the beginning of the story where the characters, setting, and basic situation are introduced. This includes the prince looking for a true princess to marry, the stormy night where the princess arrives at the castle, and the test set up by the queen to determine the princess's sensitivity. The exposition sets the stage for the conflict and the rest of the story to unfold.

"The Emperor's New Clothes" musical features songs such as "The Cloths of Heaven," "Fit for a King," "Invisible," "Nothing to See," and "A Brand New Day."

The correct spelling is "Thumbelina." It is a fairy tale about a tiny girl, written by Hans Christian Andersen.

The main characters in "The Princess and the Pea" fairy tale are the prince who is searching for a true princess to marry, the princess who arrives at the castle in a storm and claims to be a true princess, and the queen who tests the princess by placing a pea under a pile of mattresses to see if she can feel it.

He's saying that he'll tell the kind of tale he tells in order to sell more pardons.

In the fairy tale "The Princess and the Pea," Griselda is a servant sent by the queen to test the true identity of the princess claiming to be a true princess. Griselda places a pea under twenty mattresses to see if the princess can feel it, thus proving her royal sensitivity and authenticity.

Myths are traditional stories that often explain natural phenomena, cultural beliefs, or historical events. They may involve gods, heroes, or supernatural beings, and are usually passed down orally from generation to generation. Myths can reflect a society's values, traditions, and worldview.

Miles, like his father, considers immortality a curse and can't live with the possibility of seeing his loved ones grow old and die while he remains forever young. Jesse, on the other hand, embraces the gift. He's younger than Miles and embraces all the positives. When it comes to love, he asks his loved one to drink from the spring.

No, Indian unicorns are mythical creatures and do not exist in reality.

Immoratlity and related subjects- like Karma ( hinted at with the Wheel analogy) akin to Reincarnation= oddly methinks such super beings would not require food or sleep- right? and why the gunplay. I can"t recall Granny Ryan Clampett toting a shotgun. The immortality plot device is, the Big Gun in the Arsenal- so to speak.

Tuck said "Good girl" in Tuck Everlasting to encourage Winnie to do the right thing by keeping the secret of the spring and not running away from her responsibilities. It was a way for Tuck to show his appreciation and support for Winnie's courage and maturity in handling a difficult situation.

In the show "H2O: Just Add Water," the girls become mermaids after coming into contact with a mysterious moon pool during a full moon. This magical event triggers a transformation that gives them the ability to control water and transform into mermaids when they come into contact with water.

The book is "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll. It follows the story of a young girl named Alice who falls down a rabbit hole and finds herself in a fantastical world filled with peculiar characters and bizarre happenings.

The lead female character, fled from her familie"s upscale home and went into the woods with the Immortal Tuck family- her own family viewed this as a runaway or missing-persons case and notified the police. The constable was just doing his job in trying to find the missing girl, things got a little out of hand... well read the book or see the movie- it escalated into violence a la Beverly Hillbillies with Live guns and deadly results!

a Thunderstorm, not say, a Browning automatic rifle on ( Full auto_ ye gots to hang onto these newfangled automatics with both hands, Y"all and hold that shoulder stock tight before you squeeze off!

It is not something that is very easy to do; a traditional story always has to have some sort of message in it, and while the ancients where very adept at weaving into the story said message, modern day books and movies don't have messages woven into it. By "woven" I mean the following;

In the Chinese story "The Journey West" something like this is said in the story;

"a Buddhist monnk went to a village, saw a dragon there, then, he pulled out his sword, and killed the dragon. Later on, another Buddhist priest went to a city, and then, while there, he killed the dragon."

What that is, is an insidious way of saying that Buddhism is superior to Daoism; the dragon is in fact more a Chinese symbol long before it was taken over by Buddhism, in fact references to dragons exist in ancient Chinese tales long before the arrival of Buddhism. For a Buddhist monk to so easily be able to kill a dragon as if though the dragon were a piece of garbage, and the language is deliberately being set up in a manner to make it appear that way, while the story does not overtly say Buddhism is superior, the easy slaying of a dragon strongly implies it. That is what I mean by "weaving" a message into a story.

A modern book or movie would just overtly say that Buddhism is superior, but not imply anything. A traditional story has to have a message, once again, WOVEN into it, the message must be implied, but never overtly said. This skill was used by ancient writers of old to brain wash the masses, the earliest forms of brain washing was not political propaganda Joseph Goebels style (Goebels was Hitler's propaganda minister and many of his methods are still being used in the United States today), or even Korean War era Chinese torture, but rather they were insidious messages cleverly woven into a story, sometimes even, as is the case with the Hebrew Bible, even people's biographies. Because people's minds are so absorbed in the story, they can not detect, nor are they aware of the fact, that they are being manipulated. The ancient Levite priests who creatively edited the Hebrew bible have pretty much played the entire Judeo Christian world like a fiddle, even long after they're dead.

I can't tell you, nor advice you how to write such a story; it is ultimately up to your own creativity, your skill with the English language, as well as to how many ancient and midieval stories you may have read. Additionally not all ancient stories were made to manipulate the listener, sometimes they were put into stories simply to remember events. Indeed it has been argued that mythology is indeed in fact history, history that is, that has been embellished. Indeed, I think in his opening lines Herodotus, the famous Greek historian is the one who created the term "Mythologia," to separate embellished history, from history written more in a Philosophical, formal tone. Make no mistake; the Trojan War happened, and both Hector and Achilles existed.

Good luck; writting a traditional story will prove difficult, and expect a lot of restarting.

Some examples of figurative language in "Tuck Everlasting" include similes, metaphors, and personification. For instance, when the author describes the woods as a "green veil," it is a metaphor. When the author compares Mae Tuck's voice to "bubbling water," it is a simile. Personification is used when the author describes the forest as having a "friendly feel."

Cinderella's motivation is to remain kind and optimistic despite her difficult circumstances, believing that good things can happen if she continues to have faith and resilience. She also dreams of a better life free from her stepfamily's mistreatment and longs for a chance to attend the royal ball and meet the prince.

The story is not, by any stretch of the imagination a fairy tale if this is what you are thinking of. it was a Gothic Horror short story by Edgar Allen Poe. It5 is true a sort of adaptation- with only the slightest connection- yes the heart angle, was made up as either originally a story or novel and later a radio drama- I heard it last night on WBAi and it was called ( The Doll) a Girl of 7 receives an animated doll for a birthday present, the doll as a simulated heart action controlled by winding up a string- something like very early automatic cameras using a pull-out spring clip- I accidentally broke one of these..when I was a kid.. oh well. anyhow the tot , who is in no way retarded or stupid, is very much entranced with the doll, and names her after her deceased mother, Henrietta or Henny for short, in typical kid-fashion she goes somewhat overboard on the new toy./ The toy has to be periodically rewound, and the heart action is loud. it is a very disturbing story without ( Bad Child) or supernatural elements but it does pack a whallop. the Girl has a heart attack- in the radio drama it is not clear whether she survives or not. the Doctor comments the item ws (an ill-chosen Toy) as the Kid"s deceased mom died of- you guessed it a Heart attack, do not rewind people! I had never heard this story before- it was on (suspense) on WBAI. it may or may not have been originally intended for kids.Story is called (The Doll) but the Heart action is thematic.

The young otter in Island of the Blue Dolphins is named Won-a-teen.

Frankie Stein's mother's name is Bride of Frankenstein.

While the White Witch in "The Chronicles of Narnia" bears some similarities to the Devil, she is primarily seen as a representation of evil in the world of Narnia rather than a direct allegory for the Devil. The character is more closely associated with themes of tyranny and corruption within the story.

In "Island of the Blue Dolphins," the phrase "the huts looked like ghosts" describes the abandoned and eerie appearance of the village left behind by members of the Ghalas-at tribe, who were forcibly removed from the island. The huts are weather-beaten, empty, and give off a haunting atmosphere, symbolizing the loss and isolation experienced by the main character, Karana, who is left alone on the island.