Beastly Essays

Abstract: There are many folk tales around the world. One of the most popular story is Cinderella. Many people mentioned Cinderella will associate the story which collection of Grimm’s Fairy Tales. In the 19th century, this story was collected by the bothers Grimm. In Tang dynasty, the story of Cinderella began to spread among the crowd. Then, Duan Chenshi collected this story in his book--Miscellanies of Youyang, and named it as Yexian. There are 1000 years span between Yexian and Cinderella, but

Humans are and will always be social creatures, they like to stay in groups, chat with others, and socialize with other humans and some might even say that it is necessary for survival. So knowing this, the greatest dilemma one could face would be the separation and social outcasting of themselves from the group. Isolation can be very impactful and dangerous for one’s self, for a glimpse of its consequences authors write tales of separation and isolation which the reader can soak in and understand

As fairy tales have always been orally told rather than being in a written form, there have always been variations of the tale. As they were shared from one place to another, parts of these tales were changed according to the local culture of the place at where they were told. The Beauty and the Beast is an exemplary example of such a fairy tale. Beauty and the Beast is a 17th century popular traditional fairy tale which was written by a French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and

The work of Ovid, Metamorphoses, has a central theme of changing and transformations that occur in some way in each story. The modern work, Beastly, a movie that is contemporary spin of the child’s fairytale, Beauty and the Beast, shows a transformation of its own. The main character begins the story as a narcissistic, arrogant, young man that thrives on physical appearance. He is cursed and turned into a hideous monster until he finds real love. This story explores how the movie is a modern twist

There are many characters in Beastly, some antagonists, protagonists, and some both! Throughout the whole book, each character has their ups and downs. There are many problems thrown their way and they are determined to conquer them and move on. One of the main characters, Kyle, was both an antagonist and protagonist. He is in high school, and around 16 years old. He has many friends in his class, but during the book, but his friendships change dramatically. In the beginning, he was the antagonist

of person that doesn’t read because the beginning of the book is so boring? Me too, but I have found a book that grabs your attention by the first sentence. Beastly is a Romantic book but is also suspenseful. You won’t be able to put the book down! Beastly is a book that will be one of your favorite. The author of the book Beastly is Alex Flynn and the publisher is HarperTeen. It was published October 2, 2007. The book is fairly short at 320 pages. If you like romance this is the book

Until everyone was ready we rushed out the door slamming our bags in the back of the car and drove away into the sunrise. As we were on the road, it was silent. But Alyssa brought her Tablet so we could watch movies, We were observing the movie, Beastly. The movie was great, that kept us busy for at least two hours. But we still had at least two more

There are many characters in Beastly but one of the main protagonists is Lindy. Lindy is a smart, beautiful high school female. She changes throughout the story and is put into difficult situations. Before meeting the Beast, Lindy’s life wasn’t very eventful and she wasn’t popular or well known. Just like you and me, Lindy has good and bad moments. At the beginning of the book, one of Lindy’s high points was when Kyle gave Lindy a rose. To Kyle, the rose didn’t really mean much, but it meant a

must demystify Aristotle’s states. The Character States. A character state is an acquired disposition to behave and think in particular ways. Aristotle offers us six main states of character: Godly, Virtuous, Continent, Incontinent, Vicious, and Beastly. Each character state has its

Patricia Highsmith's "Animal-Lovers Book of Beastly Murder" is a collection of stories that explores the relationship between humans and animals. The novel depicts the intricate nature of human-animal interactions with dark humour and irony, frequently blurring the line between good and wrong. The stories in the book demonstrate how humans' actions affect the creatures around them. In "Chorus Girl's Absolutely Final Performance," we meet Chorus Girl, a circus elephant being mistreated by her keeper

There is a uniqueness in Lay in terms of an extended use of werewolf metaphor. Though it is a straightforward metaphor but it is pertinent to understand that wolf is a representation of our beastly side or to be more apt, the sexual side. The lay handles its implications in a much more skilful fashion than what is suggested by a simple interpretation as above. The lay portrays a contrast between love based on loyalty and one based on selfishness and devoid of understanding. The wife of Bisclavret

Bisclavret, one of the twelve lais of Marie De France has a unique perspective on the ‘supernatural’ and the ‘magical’. It is a story about a werewolf which represents the baron’s beastly other self, who had experience a lot of suffering because of his wife. It breaks the conventional norms of romantic and supernatural storytelling, and challenges ideas of both the genres. The wolf here is a magical creature because of its capability to turn into a non-human for three days and escaping everyone’s

the wisdom needed to recognise traps that lay in wait for the prince. Machiavelli stresses the importance of encompassing both of these beastly traits. If keeping his promise puts a prince at a disadvantage, then he should break that promise.5 His view of human nature is predominately negative and advises that if man were inherently good then the concept of beastly power would be irrelevant however he says ‘men are wretched creatures who would not keep their word to you, you need not keep your word

moral lesson to children, “the curse also serves as a mechanism for the reinforcement of class structure and thereby the struggle of laborers in the world they inhabit: the base and the superstructure.” (Weiss) This curse turns the prince into a beastly

Carter in Wolf-Alice highlights the familiar terrors and horrors as remaining through the monstrous presentation of the Duke. The beastly actions of the Duke reveal familiar terrors and horrors still remain by presenting him with monstrous and animalistic qualities by referring to him as the “corpse-eater” and “body-snatcher” while using the simile “as white as leprosy” to create a

Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical approach to understanding the relationship between humans and society. The basic notion of symbolic interactionism is that human action and interaction are understandable only through the exchange of meaningful communication or symbols. In this approach, humans are portrayed as acting, as opposed to being acted upon. Herbert Blumer (1990) set out three basic priciples of the perspective where the first one is ‘meaning’. Humans act toward things on the basis

The “Monstrous ogress” was “savage in her grief,” and her actions become even more beastly than her sons (Beowulf 1258-76). Women in this Germanic Warrior society were meek, so the actions of Grendel’s mother greatly contrast with the typical behavior of a woman in this time period. Grendel’s mother’s gruesome actions are beastly in nature, but her emotions of outrage and grief for the murder of her son are human. Once again, Beowulf’s victory of the savage

Existentialism is a philosophical theory that was developed by Nietzsche and many other philosophers in the 19th century. In the first four chapters of the novel Grendel by John Gardner, the protagonist and the narrator, Grendel tells a story of his adolescence. Like any teenager, Grendel encounters multitude of events which molds him into what he is; an existentialist. Through the use of diction, personification, and simile in the narration of Grendel, John Gardner illustrates the cause of Grendel’s

"The Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford is a captivating coming-of-age story that follows the life of Henry Lee, a Chinese-American boy growing up in Seattle during World War II. Throughout the novel, Henry experiences profound personal growth and self-discovery as he navigates the complexities of racial tensions, family expectations, and first love. This essay will explore how four quotes from the book exemplify the transformative journey of Henry's coming of age. Paragraph

Millions of people were brutally abused by the Nazis, forcing them to resort to beastly ways. Hitler, the Nazi party leader, had a master plan of dehumanizing and crushing the entire Jewish population. Until the liberation of the Jews, he had a successful run. Hitler dehumanized Jews by way of starvation, physical abuse, and verbal abuse. This theme can be seen very clearly in “Night” by Elie Weisel. Throughout the duration of the novel, Hitler starved Jewish people, dehumanizing and further diminishing