Word: cinderellas
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...that exclusion defines academic worth. Since "everyone" can read fairy tales, they must not be important. What he fails to realize is that folktales touch a larger portion of people's lives than subjects such as philosophy. Not everyone has read Kant, but almost everyone is familiar with Cinderella. Analysis of these folktales can reveal a great deal about culture and beliefs which may not be immediately apparent because these stories are so prevalent. One might as well argue that the English department is useless because everyone has read Mark Twain. Clare Sammells...
...Cocteau tells it, the story combines elements of two familiar fairy tales. Like Cinderella, la Belle dotes on her ineffectual father and is cordially loathed by her two homely sisters, Felicie and Adelaide. When Dad is captured by a ferocious monster, Belle offers herself up in his place and eventually turns the Beast back into a handsome prince through the power of love...
...three children, washing the dishes, vacuuming. Moreover, Rachel says because there was never enough to eat in the house, she shelled out about $35 each week to keep herself and the children adequately fed. Rachel hung on eight months, then bolted. "I finally realized I'm not a Cinderella," she says. "This is not something I have to do." Instead of taking up her agency's offer to place her in another home, Rachel found a family herself. That choice cost her the $500 "good-faith" deposit required of all au pairs, since she did not finish out her full...
...Tourney Final, Colby's Cinderella run through the All American Tourney came to a grinding halt at the feet...
...most important, an unbelievable pair of goals that now send the Cinderella Crimson to the NCAA Tournament Ball...