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…in the black chamber also represents an important thing, and the same goes for the Red Death itself. The Prince Prospero was the ruler of a kingdom, and a disease known as the Red Death plagued this kingdom. To avoid contracting the disease himself he abandoned his…

…; saving herself from her horrible family and the prince from gypsies. She overcomes hardship, marries prince charming, and lives happily ever after. There are some similarities and some differences in the appropriation of Ever After. The similarities include…

…was an Italian philosopher who lived 2000 years after Lao-tzu’s time, author of Prince. They are both philosophers but have totally different perspective on how to be a good leader. On one hand Lao-tzu advises in his book Tao-te Ching, “If you want to be a great…

…2000 years after Lao-tzu’s time, author of Prince. They are both philosophers but have totally different perspective on how to be a good leader. On one hand Lao-tzu advises in his book Tao-te Ching, “If you want to be a great leader, you must learn…

…herself in rags her whole life. “Pretty Women”, is a nineties version with a little less fiction and a little more harsh reality. Julia Roberts plays a carefree prostitute named Vivian Ward. Her co-star Richard Gere is a successful corporate terminator named…

…, there was nothing he could’ve done to alter his future. This is partially elaborated on by the text in lines 1580-1583: “The eminent prince was doomed to reach the end of his days on earth, his life in this world. So too was the dragon, though he had guarded the hoard…

…Laius, a character from the story Oedipus the King, and The Wicked Queen, a character from the story “Little Snow-White,” both share the same fear that their one and only child would take over their lives when they grow up. This conspiracy of theirs…

…an “intense attraction” between them, Hamlet and Ophelia. Their love is quite questionable through out the entire play. Shakespeare has left his audience with out a definite answer. Knowing that Hamlet acts to Ophelia as a little child would to another, leads…

…, “Little doll child/ come here to Papa/ sit on my knee./ I have kisses for the back of your neck” These lines look innocent enough by themselves, but the longer you read into the poem you see that the theme is circles around the father and something sexual…

…The Empire’s Old Clothes Ariel Dorfman’s The Empire’s Old Clothes is a one of a kind book that examines the hidden cultural backdrops of popular children’s literature. Though it is widely known that books such as the Little Prince have profound…