https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo en-us 2021-10-13 23:31:53 UTC 2021-10-14 21:21:20 UTC hello@padlet.com aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815351626 2021-10-13 23:32:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815351626 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815351750 2021-10-13 23:32:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815351750 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815352198 2021-10-13 23:33:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815352198 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815397235 2021-10-14 00:04:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815397235 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815412609 2021-10-14 00:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815412609 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815443924 2021-10-14 00:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815443924 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815444455 2021-10-14 00:29:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815444455 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815444891 2021-10-14 00:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815444891 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815615463 “‘Why do I not have an immortal soul!” sighed the little mermaid unhappily. “I would give all my three hundred years of life for only one day as a human being if, afterward, I should be allowed to live in the heavenly world”’ (Andersen 153).

]]> 2021-10-14 01:40:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815615463 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815616194 Wants the prince to obtain a human soul, so she believes that the prince is the key to her happiness]]> 2021-10-14 01:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815616194 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815616803 Prince is not key to happiness in “the Little Mermaid,” but she is still reliant on him for her happiness]]> 2021-10-14 01:41:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815616803 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815617740 Finds happiness by sacrificing herself in order for the prince to be happy with his princess (so her happiness only comes because he is happy)]]> 2021-10-14 01:41:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815617740 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815618719 Reinforces gender roles with man’s happiness> women’s happiness]]> 2021-10-14 01:41:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815618719 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815620249 “I would never again leave this harbor that smelt like home. At the end of a week my feet had healed” (Donoghue 203).]]> 2021-10-14 01:42:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815620249 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815621573 Prince is not key to happiness in “Tale of the Voice,” and she finds happiness in valuing herself and her voice -> her happiness depends only on herself]]> 2021-10-14 01:42:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815621573 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815625562 Rowe claims that in fairy tales, woman are reliant on men (anti-feminist)]]> 2021-10-14 01:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815625562 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815626173 “These tales which glorify passivity, dependency, and self-sacrifice as a heroine’s cardinal virtues suggest that culture’s very survival depends upon a woman’s acceptance of roles which relegate her to motherhood and domesticity” (Rowe 239).]]> 2021-10-14 01:44:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815626173 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815626743 Commentary]]> 2021-10-14 01:45:09 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815626743 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815627395 “The little mermaid’s hand trembled as it squeezed the handle of the knife, then she threw the weapon out into the sea… She threw herself into the sea and felt her body changing into foam” (Andersen 161)]]> 2021-10-14 01:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815627395 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815628216 Mermaid emphasizes passivity (no voice), self-sacrifice (voice, giving up the chance to gain a soul by killing the prince, sacrificing own happiness), dependency (happiness depends on the prince being happy with the princess)]]> 2021-10-14 01:45:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815628216 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815628608 Additional commentary]]> 2021-10-14 01:45:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815628608 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815629599 “Romantic tales thus transmit to young women an alarming prophecy that marriage is an enchantment which will shield her against harsh realities outside the domestic realm and guarantee everlasting happiness” (Rowe 250).]]> 2021-10-14 01:46:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815629599 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815630155 Wants the man because it’s expected that she finds marriage at this age]]> 2021-10-14 01:46:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815630155 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815630716 Doesn’t realize that marriage isn’t an end-all (critiquing fairy-tale happily ever after)]]> 2021-10-14 01:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815630716 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815631394 “I said you’d catch him, she remarked, leaning on her stick as if we were resuming an interrupted conversation. I never said you’d keep him. There’s no spell long enough for that” (Donoghue 201).]]> 2021-10-14 01:46:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815631394 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815632682 She learns that she can only rely on herself for her happiness - critiquing original where happiness still relies on man]]> 2021-10-14 01:47:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815632682 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815633209 Additional commentary]]> 2021-10-14 01:47:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815633209 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815633844 “Since the heroines are chosen for the beauty (en soi), not for anything they do (pour soi), they seem to exist passively until they are seen by the hero, or described to him. They wait, are chosen, and are rewarded” (Lieberman 189).]]> 2021-10-14 01:47:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815633844 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815634317 Woman is passive because she has no voice, but she doesn’t wait around to be chosen once she realizes that she won’t be chosen]]> 2021-10-14 01:48:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815634317 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815634862 Additional commentary]]> 2021-10-14 01:48:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815634862 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815635470 “Yet another year went by, and I married a fisherman with green eyes who liked to hear me sing, but preferred to hear me talk” (Donoghue 204).]]> 2021-10-14 01:48:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815635470 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815636005 Realizes that she can have everything she seeks if she does it on her own - she is only reliant on herself]]> 2021-10-14 01:48:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815636005 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815636459 Her happiness comes from being herself again (critiquing original), and she finds additional happiness when she marries a fisherman who loves to hear her speak (reliant on only her voice, not the lack of her voice in order to obtain a man)]]> 2021-10-14 01:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815636459 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815636730 2021-10-14 01:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815636730 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815637479 Both Rowe and Lieberman agree that romantic fairy tales often emphasize women’s dependence on men for happiness and social status, as well as that the culmination of a woman’s life occurs with marriage and motherhood.]]> 2021-10-14 01:49:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815637479 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815637935 Although critics may argue that fairy tales are anti-feminist for endorsing the role of women to be reliant on men, marriage, and motherhood, and that fairy retellings offer no new insight, I argue that “The Tale of the Voice,” is an important retelling of “The Little Mermaid” because it is reimagined to critique as a feminist story to critique gender roles.]]> 2021-10-14 01:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1815637935 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818135020 In "The Little Mermaid," the woman's happiness is reliant on the man, while in "The Tale of the Voice," the woman's happiness is reliant on herself only, reimagining the original in a feminist view.]]> 2021-10-14 20:55:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818135020 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818137444 Additional commentary]]> 2021-10-14 20:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818137444 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818138766 Use Rowe to emphasize the anti-feminist features in "The Little Mermaid"]]> 2021-10-14 20:59:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818138766 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818140231 Use Rowe to point out instances of anti-feminism within fairy tales, and juxtapose these features with the feminist writing in "The Tale of the Voice"]]> 2021-10-14 21:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818140231 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818142530 Lieberman argues that women are seen for their beauty and nothing else and must wait to be chosen by the man; use Lieberman to emphasize the difference between his claim and the events in "The Tale of the Voice" to prove that this is a feminist retelling.]]> 2021-10-14 21:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818142530 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818143137 Restate thesis]]> 2021-10-14 21:02:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818143137 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818144519 The purpose of "The Tale of the Voice" is to propose a feminist retelling of "The Little Mermaid" and to critique the gender roles and expectations often portrayed and endorsed in fairy tales.]]> 2021-10-14 21:03:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818144519 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818146113 Donoghue succeeds in retelling "The Little Mermaid" from a feminist perspective because the woman's ultimate happiness is only reliant on herself, a stark difference from the original, in which the woman's happiness and entire life is reliant on a man.]]> 2021-10-14 21:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818146113 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818146486 Why is this important?]]> 2021-10-14 21:05:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818146486 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818162528 The fairy tale genre is vague and all-encompassing, dating back hundreds of years. As language and writing has evolved and grown, so have the number of published fairy tales. Now, one can find fairy tales both in their original form, as well as modern retellings which are adapted to current events, trends, or to appeal to new audiences. It is important that fairy tales are retold and updated often because, as critics such as Karen Rowe and Marica Lieberman argue, the plot of romantic fairy tales are often revolve around anti-feminist features, such as women’s dependence and reliance on men for happiness and fulfillment.]]> 2021-10-14 21:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818162528 aawhite4 https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818163857 One can wonder, though, are these features still present in retellings, or is there a reason for the author to write the retelling in order to make a statement about the original story?]]> 2021-10-14 21:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aawhite4/bgxr4de436j374uo/wish/1818163857