Snow White

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLuCoTgqM2E

Grimm's Version of Little Mermaid

http://www.yankeeweb.com/library/storytime/grimmbros/grimmbros_32.html

The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

Disney's Sleeping Beauty is based on Charles Perrault's "The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood," but Disney doesn't tell the whole story...

Mulan

The original Mulan story is a poem.

Snow White... Queen goes dancing

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm053.html

The Princess and the Frog

The original Grimm Brothers short story "The Frog Prince".

A Cinderella Story

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bBkrUVRoAY8

Beauty and the Beast

Here is a version of the original Beauty and the Beast.

Grimm's Version of Cinderella

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm021.html

Tarzan

 In the Disney movie, Tarzan and Jane end up together after Jane realizes that she'd rather live in the jungle with her true love. However, in the original book, she just stays with Clayton because she feels she has no choice in the matter. Tarzan gets the chance to save her and take her with him, but he thinks that she's happy with Clayton, and so he leave, with him and Jane being miserable. It's not until the next story that Tarzan and Jane actually get married.

Tarzan of the Apes

Hercules

The original Greek myth of Hercules, definitely a lot darker than the Disney adaptation:
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Herakles/bio.html

The Little Mermaid

Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid

Paul Hobson's Twisted Disney Princesses

http://www.paulhobson.com/wordpress/2010/11/twisted-disney-princesses/

Twisted Disney Princesses

Gender Roles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8O8p0Ac1Rg

Disney

To show some of the leaps Disney has made in feminism, Mulan takes gender roles and throws them out of the window, This was a big step for Disney. But they still have "poor weak females" relying on males in films as new as Tangled, like when Rapunzel needs Flynn to take her on her adventure.

Real Courage

Courage isn't always putting up a fight with giant fireworks proclaiming independence; sometimes it's the ability to recognize that you, as a person, deserve more.

Never say never

Guys in Disney movies never seem to give up on what they want. They always find a way save the girl, or defeat the villian, and their methods are never questioned because, after all, they are saviors. Hercules song here is somewhat of an example of a man on a journey, willing to go any distance to get what he feels he's called to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=cja4NvIR1UU&vhs=1
 

"My Little Wife Massaging My Feet"

Gaston is probably one of the clearest examples of unrealistic female gender role expectations (for example, his cringe-worthy wedding proposal). Belle is spot on when she calls him "primeval."

Disney Gender Roles: Crying

If you are a princess and something goes wrong, you should probably cry. Dramatically.

Gender Role - Gaston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK3x2DOoJIc

Cleaning is so much fun

Snow White really loves to clean, and she should because she's a girl.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxu8aR4xDQo

Girls, guys are all you need

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yef1CoO_W8E

and just for fun....
and because it pretty much sums it all up into a nice, funny video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMB1SECUSq8

Disney Gender Roles: Wait for a Prince

I think this clip from Snow White speaks for itself.

-Rebecca

Disney Gender Roles: Cleaning

A big example of gender roles in Disney movies is that the princess, or any other lady cleaning the house, enjoys cleaning and household chores, singing cheerfully while she works. Also, it is always a woman cleaning in Disney movies, never a man.
In this video, Snow White is pretty happy cleaning up after people she doesn't even know yet:
Snow White's "Whistle While You Work"

Save me save me

An example of gender in  Disney is the role that the men take as the women's heroes. The almost always have to save the damsel in distress, like Prince Phillip in Sleeping Beauty.

Finding Nemo

One of the characteristics of a Disney movie I picked was actually a little more broad. I chose the setup in every Disney movie created and that is the movie starts off really happy, then the protagonist experiences some horrible trumatic event spends most of the movie trying to work it out, and finally in the end gets everything back to normal. This ending is also known as living happily ever after if it's a more princess oriented movie. The best example I can think of is Finding Nemo, I picked it because I'm sure all of you have seen it, and because it does not have a definite princess figure unless you really count Dorothy. The whole movie would be my example.

 



 

Completely Unpredictable Villains. Not.

It seems that in Disney movies the only people unaware of the villain's identity are the other cast members.

For example: Simba & Scar and Ariel & Ursula: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVG4VfPmg.

SINGING

Disney Dads

If there isn't an evil stepmother present somewhere in the story, then the princesses typically have a strong father figure or a father figure of some type; however, the princesses are often motherless.

Disney's Heros vs Villians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8agzEdljgYs

Singing Princess

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9B_JPa4TKU

Happily Ever After...

Most of the Disney princess movies end with a "happily ever after" scene of the princess and her prince riding off towards their happy future.
Here's Cinderella's "happily ever after" ending.

Disney Princesses

All Disney Princesses like to sing while showing off their super beautiful body. Here's Ariel singing and floating around in a bikini.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGoXtSw0Ias

Oh, villians

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MTJWTp9zsY

Some Disney villians... and their laughs.

Disney and its talented singers

A very important characteristic of Disney movies is the fact that almost every character can/does sing. Even ones you wouldn't expect to like Gaston in Beauty and the Beast.

The Supernatural

Whether it's used for good or for evil, Disney Princess movies always include some kind of magic or, in a broader sense, an element of the supernatural. Like Genie from Aladdin. 

-Rebecca

When Did I Know?

I tried to put it all together through out the whole story. Molly was always a suspicious character and she was never there when evil things happen. It seems that Jim Butcher played the story very well in making the least likely most innocent character in the story be the true culprit. I regret to admit, however, it took me until the close end to figure out it was Molly though I had my suspicions.

when did you know?

Molly was a suspicious character throughout the entire book. I had a hint of it when she was introduced. When she moved out all of a sudden I thought that was very suspicious.I didn't know that she had done it until Dresden said it though. I was tricked.

when did I know....

I love mystery books and detective series. I had a bad feeling about Molly when she called Dresden, but I didn't know anything she was doing. I definately knew she was behind it all when she was in the hospital with her friend crying. After that, I just wondered how she had magic and hid it from her Dad.

When did I know?

To be honest, I had no idea who the culprit was in Proven Guilty for much of the novel. However, i started getting some clues and piecing it together towards the end. My first clue that Molly had something to do with the monster attacks was when Dresden followed the trail of the phages right to the Carpenters' house after escaping the Scarecrow. I remembered from earlier that Dresden had cast a spell to send the phages right back to their summoner at the convention. When he followed the phages' trail to Molly's house, Dresden was shocked that he had somehow sent the phages to Molly, and the fact that his spell sent them to her gave me a clue that she had something to do with it. Also, the fact that Molly was able to fight the Reaper off of her brother by just hitting him with a bat was a little strange to me, because those phages were supposed to be really strong and even hard for Dresden to fight off. Then I started thinking about how the monsters just picked Molly up and carried her away instead of harming or killing her right on the spot, which was what they did to every other person they came in contact with previously. These phages are supposed to be brutal killing machines, and they just picked Molly up and kidnapped her? That seemed a bit out of character for the phages. Combining all these clues, it became clear to me that something wasn't right about Molly Carpenter.

I knew

I knew the moment Harry saw that Nelson's injuries were worse than Rosie's. It was mentioned in class that Nelson was both Rosie's and Molly's boyfriend. The only person who had any reason to hurt Nelson more than Rosie was Molly.

Mystery Solved...

Honestly, I fought with myself throughout the book on Molly's part in the story. She didn't seem to be such a great person when I first read about her, but I figured maybe it's just her character, and she's really innocent. As she continued to appear and disappear in the story, I figured she had a little more importance than just being a teenager. Essentially, I had a thought at the beginning, but didn't trust it until Dresden actually confirmed my thoughts. It was good at keeping me guessing, but that might be because I didn't care too much about the book.

Clues...

Honestly, I suspected Molly when her character was introduced. The main character lusted after her and not the woman his age? Fishy. Also, a big clue was when she moved out rather suddenly. I never really liked Molly, so I think that had something to do with my suspicion of her. However, my suspicion was solidified when she was kidnapped and fought off the Reaper. She was so small and weak and there was a bat just laying around? This is not Crime and Punishment, weapons don't just hang around... waiting.

When did I know?

While reading Proven Guilty, I had no idea who the culprit was. I'm not very good at solving mysteries...I didn't realize it was Molly until Dresden said it. I was always under the impression she was a victim, because of the way she reacted to all the attacks (she seemed so scared and surprised). I was certainly surprised when I learned it was Molly!

When Did You Know?

While reading Proven Guilty, I knew something was suspicious about Molly Carpenter and her friends (Rosie and Nelson) because they kept coming back into the story line. I thought it was strange that Rosie and Nelson kicked their drug habits so quickly, but I really didn't have any idea how that might have tied in with all the creepy monster stuff that was going on. Eventually I kind of stopped worrying about it. Later, Harry questioned Daniel about the attack at the Carpenters' house and Molly's kidnapping. My interest was piqued when Daniel said that somehow his sister was able to hit the Reaper hard enough "with a bat or something" that he was dropped by the creature. I found it odd that Molly would a) just conveniently be able to find a spare bat lying around in a serious time of need and b) as a young, fairly small girl, would be able to bring enough force to actually hurt the bad guy. At that point, I knew something was definitely up with Molly, and I figured she was more than she seemed and probably had something to do with Rosie and Nelson quitting drugs so quickly. However, I was not completely sure that her powers came from being a wizard, until Butcher revealed it.

Our reading for the midterm:

All About the Hawkeye Initiative

See the original artwork that started the whole thing here

Aliens...

Crop Circles and Who Can Wield Mjolnir?

I wanted to go out of this world for my mysteries... ha ha.

Lochness Monster and Stonehenge

The Lochness Monster and Stonehenge.

Mysteries

Unsolved death of Jack Davis Jr. (http://www.unsolved.com/unexplained.html)
Mr. FixIt (http://www.mysterynet.com/twist/)

Queen Elizabeth I

http://www.skygaze.com/content/mysteries/QueenElizabeth.shtml

Anne Boleyn

http://www.theanneboleynfiles.com/20772/anne-boleyns-mystery-pregnancy/

Mysteries

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-five-greatest-mysteries-of-human-history

Both of the mysteries I chose are from the same website. The first one is on page 1 the pertains to the bog people and how their bodies are preserved. The second mystery is on page 2 that deals with the true mystery of Jack The Ripper.

Death of Edgar Allan Poe and Roanoke Island

http://www.nationalcenter.org/ColonyofRoanoke.html

http://www.eapoe.org/geninfo/poedeath.htm

Who is DB Cooper and where did he go?

What is the 33 club in Disneyland and how/why did it start?

Missing Plane; Declining Intelligence

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/18/bermuda-triangle-vittoria-missoni_n_2576384.html

http://naturalsociety.com/leading-geneticist-human-intelligence-slowly-declining/

-Rebecca

The Roanoke Colony and The SS Ourang Medan

The "Lost Colony" of Roanoke Island.

The mystery of the SS Ourang Medan.

Shakespeare and The Black Dahlia

Did Shakespeare author all/any of his works?

The mystery of Beth Short's murder.

Zodiac Killer and Taos Hum

Zodiac Killer and Taos Hum

Riemann and Bigfoot

http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/viewarticle.php?id=14
Bigfoot: real or fake?

http://www.claymath.org/millennium/Riemann_Hypothesis/
Riemann Hypothesis

Intimations of Immortality by Wordsworth

http://www.bartleby.com/101/536.html

The Heretics of Cloud Gazing

Numbered Poems

1.

I came to the forest and there was no path to its heart.
With tools and fury I clove my way.
When I reached it, it was a clearing whose ring of trees
I had fallen.
I came to the river and marveled at the torrents.
I swam its depths and by boat found its source.
It trickled from rocks and from the forest
seeped unnoticed.
Disconsolate, I questioned the weeping of my heart.
I searched with wonder and abandon.
I found only desolation and the clamour of worry
in the place of strength.

2.

A prayer floats on the water
and does not know the storm.
It slips gently beneath waves
both enticing and loving.
Acceptance sees and kisses
myself, the coming rain.

3.

Frost on bare branches
of sleeping trees.
Weep for winter skeleton’s shadow
torn into fallen snow.
Thoughts fall past,
tumble in drifts.
Sun peels back empty clouds;
their all is given, settled now, wounded.
Reflections of frozen glass,
winter calls lonesome and sun responds:
“You will not know joy until winter streams
and living parts thighs over fertile ground.”
Holy are the hopes we have,
holy as another dawn.

4.

Wild and cooing on the broken leaves,
spring’s back offers
summer’s hands and mouth
a place to lie and wait
for more important reasons
to fall asleep and remember
that time is the song of our hearts
and sex is the spell of our longing.

5.

Naked over the mossed rocks and river bottoms,
naked beneath wild mulberry and plum.
The universe waits for all men to break,
to hope, to desire, to pray, to fuck, to be alive.
Naked through the sage and warm sands,
naked under the pine and oak and sunlight.
Orange peels by my feet,
a restless spirit.

6.

silence
taking
breath
from
skirts
of
winter
snow.
drawn
fragments:
east
west
earth
shadow.
tender
skin
and
make-
believe.
hopeless.
buried
image.

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Variations on a Summer's Day

Variations on a Summer's Day by Wallace Stevens.

Annabel Lee

http://www.familyfriendpoems.com/famous/poem/annabel-lee-by-edgar-allan-poe

Some San Francisco Poem

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/238528

Signs

Signs by Larry Levis

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens

Ulysses

http://www.sparknotes.com/poetry/tennyson/section4.rhtml

Preludes

Preludes by T S Eliot

"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe

This poem has specific sections, where the tone completely changes with each one:

"The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe

Preludes

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/173478

TS Eliot - Preludes

T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

-Rebecca

Here's what the workshop for Tuesday looks like on Turnitin.com

Dust of Snow

It was difficult to find an good matching rhythm for this poem, but I did find a nice reading of it. Dust of Snow by Robert Frost

Road Not Taken

Road not taken goes in a 1,2,3,4 rhythm and this artist i felt did the best with the rhythm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZgQDnflFIY

All You Who Sleep Tonight

All You Who Sleep Tonight

All you who sleep tonight
Far from the ones you love,
No hand to left or right
And emptiness above -

Know that you aren't alone
The whole world shares your tears,
Some for two nights or one,
And some for all their years.

~Vikram Seth

 **If you start reading with the music at 14 seconds into the video, it works almost perfectly

Still I Rise

This is one of my favorite poems of all time, I chose a reading of it by the poet herself, the great Maya Angelou: Still I Rise.

Nothing Gold Can Stay

So I looked at the blog and saw that someone already posted my third poem, and I felt like:

I don't know what to do... :P

Then, I decided to use my second poem instead: "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost. 

I found this reading of the poem in the novel-turned-movie "The Outsiders,"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwJ-ppxCGPk

I like the way that Ponyboy recites the poem with such emotion and sadness, like he is teaching Johnny that in life, truly nothing gold can stay.

Snowflakes

I feel this beat and setting of tone matched up perfectly for Emily Dickinson's peom Snowflakes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flHHjSsvm24&playnext=1&list=PLBE59D6C829374D9D&feature=results_main

Fire and Ice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdC7Qkym8s0

Fire and Ice is actually a pretty musical poem. So this is one rendition I found on youtube of an old guy singing it.


While listening to my music, I heard this song, and thought the poem went well with the beat and the lyrics match up nicely with the music.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX2aWcJRKu4

XXI by Emily Dickinson

Never really thought of Emily Dickinson as 'sing-songy' until now.


http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=emily+dickinson+xxi&oq=emily+dickinson+xxi&gs_l=youtube.3...7362.7362.0.7695.1.1.0.0.0.0.143.143.0j1.1.0...0.0...1ac.1.fjv4PuUDTTY

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost. I know we talked about it in class but I really liked this reading!

To His Coy Mistress

I know we watched a video with this poem in class, but it was on my original list of 3, and I love it, so

Anyways, here's my forever favorite reading of this poem, by the lovely Tom Hiddleston (aka Loki). Throughout, Tom enunciates everything really clearly and then, after the dramatic "but," he starts to speed up, allowing us to hear the urgency the speaker is trying to portray. 

I'm also convinced that One Direction's "Live While We're Young" is the 21st century version of this poem, which kind of makes me want to:

How Doth The Little Crocodile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Vf9clYMsio

One of my favorite scenes from the movie.

i carry your heart with me

i carry your heart with me by e.e. cummings reading performed by Mark Coleman

-Rebecca

Talents

So, the most interesting word I could find from my 2nd poem, "An Acrostic," is TALENT.  One interesting definition I found was: The characteristic disposition or aptitude of a person or animal. For example, someone is brave and bold would have the talent of a lion.

City

I chose the word "city". A city can descibe alot of things. People like to visit different cities around the word. Like who wouldn't want to visit New York ( I'm from New York ).

Edge

I chose the word "edge". When I hear the word edge, I think of the edge of something sharp or being pushed to the edge of your strength or perceived abilities. I personally believe that being pushed to edge isn't always a bad thing; sometimes, it helps you to grow into the person you are supposed to be.

Closer to the edge by Thirty Seconds to Mars


 

Gold

I picked the word gold.

While gold is usually referred to as the metal, I had a few different ideas: love, triumph, and things along those lines.








 

Name

I picked the word "name".


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7it5wioGixA













How much do names really matter?

Oddly enough I picked the word Loony because it makes me think of my favorite cartoons when I was a kid. Bugs Bunny was my favorite!

Eros

In Eros, the word sense is used. Of course, TBBT has a reference to that.
I sense a disturbance in the force

Bending Rivers

          

When I read this poem, the word "rivers" called out to me. I've always liked water and would like to be a water bender in some alternate reality. So when I thought of rivers, I thought of a person controlling those rivers.

             

Madness

The word I picked is "madness."

When I read "Madness is Divinest Sense," I immediately though of the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. Dickinson makes the point that those considered "mad," including herself, are only called so because they refuse to conform to society's standards and are not afraid to be themselves—eccentric and wonderful.

And just throwing this one in for fun...

Captain

"Captain" is the word.

To me, a captain isn't limited to being someone who leads troops or a crew; a true captain is someone who leads others well and justly.

River

Emily Dickinson uses the word to describe her love for another person, that it runs towards them. Rivers are constantly moving, and have to flow into a larger body of water. I find it interesting that she uses a body of water that depends on a larger body of water to describe love. Maybe she feels love is depending and relying on another person.

Sigh

I read the word sigh and immediately thought of Eeyore because he is always so gloomy and depressed.

Also, "Sigh No More" by Mumford and Sons

-Rebecca

Rage

The word I choose is rage.

I rage almost every day, so we're kinda best friends.