Why do fairytales endure? How can a "children's story" told 500 years ago have relevance to a modern audience?
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Once Upon a Time Original Fairytale.docxFairytale Ambiance: Listen while you read or work on your Original Tale!
Fairytale Ambiance: Listen while you read or work on your Original Tale!
"Reeling for the Empire" by Karen Russell
Reeling for the Empire.pdfWhole Class & Small Group Discussions-
Fairytale elements, thematic topics, connections, Vocabulary, historical context, imagery, etc
Assignment:
Read the New Yorker article "Beauty is Power" and make notes. Then read Plath's poem "Mirror", annotate and analyze its meaning, drawing on the Snow White allusion and ideas in the article.
Helen Oyeyemi's novel Boy, Snow, Bird is inspired by the Snow White fairytale and features mirrors as a central symbolic image. Read the review, watch the interview, and then read and annotate the FRQ2 Excerpt.
Bonus! Check out the collection of artist Camille Rose Garcia entitled "Snow White & the Black Lagoon". These paintings take on a darker surrealistic tone. Really fascinating interpretation of the Grimm's original tale!
How can the different "instructions" for surviving a fairytale apply to our lives in the "real world"?
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