Witches, fairies, monsters, and ogresses-it shouldn’t take long to realize that many elements of fairy tales and nursery rhymes are heavily entrenched in myths and folklore. Enter the feminine evil. In the article Charles Perrault: Fairy Tale Morals and Men, the role of the weak male character, together with the glut of twisted morals these ...
Sony Pictures, what were they thinking? The company’s new animated feature really isn’t your run-of-the-mill Pixar-ish flick for the little ones. Though the trailers and commercials certainly make it seem like it is. Just to give you an idea of its novice atmosphere. Director Gil Kenan has virtually no credits. So, one might say it’s ...
One of my grandmother’s long-treasured Mother’s Day Gifts was a framed poem, done in cross-stitch, which was given to her by one of her daughters-in-law. I know poetry makes a great Mother’s Day present, as many is the year I have given my mother poems as gifts, too. And as a stepmother, I know how ...
My own copy of “The Juniper Tree” is an anonymous English translation published by Barnes and Noble in a book called “Grimm’s Fairy Tales.” In this translation, the plot of “The Juniper Tree” differs from the original work of the Grimm brothers. It omits the involuntary cannibalism of the father. As a result, the translator ...
