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communication mean people
Fairy tales begin with conflict because we all begin our lives with conflict. We are all misfit for the world, and somehow we must fit in, fit in with other people, and thus we must invent or find the means through communication to satisfy as well as resolve conflicting desires and instincts.
roles storyteller
The role of the storyteller is to awaken the storyteller in others.
struggle compassion community
The fairy tale emanates from specific struggles to humanize bestial and barbaric forces, which have terrorized our minds and communities in concrete ways, threatening to destroy free will and human compassion. The fairy tale sets out to conquer this concrete terror through metaphors.
life-changing destiny way
Inevitably they find their way into the forest. It is there that they lose and find themselves. It is there that they gain a sense of what is to be done. The forest is always large, immense, great and mysterious. No one ever gains power over the forest, but the forest posses the power to change lives and alter destinies.
fabric narrative ancient
Over the centuries we have transformed the ancient myths and folk tales and made them into the fabric of our lives. Consciously and unconsciously we weave the narratives of myth and folk tale into our daily existence.
girl children loss
Though Snow White might triumph in the tale, she will undoubtedly acquire a mirror after she marries, matures, and has children, and as the mirror reflects her aging and loss of beauty, she will be confronted by a young girl whose innocence and youth will spark her envy and hatred and perhaps drive her to eliminate her “competition.” It appears as though there is a vicious cycle that entraps women up through today. Everything is played out under the male gaze.
transformation wonder tales
If there is one ‘constant’ in the structure and theme of the wonder tale, it is transformation.
once-upon-a-time fairy-tale tales
It was not once upon a time, but a certain time in history, before anyone knew what was happening, that Walt Disney cast a spell on the fairy tale, and he has held it captive ever since.
girl tongue teeth
Alas for those girls who've refused the truth: The sweetest tongue has the sharpest tooth.
mean fairy-tale conquer
Fairy tales since the beginning of recorded time, and perhaps earlier, have been “a means to conquer the terrors of mankind through metaphor.
football penalties commentators
There are no opportune times for a penalty, and this is not one of those times.
games emotion
The emotions of the game do not change.
boys air rams
Boy, I'll tell you, when the Rams drafted me No. 1, it surprised me. I was walking on air for days.
football careers deacons
Deacon Jones has been the most inspirational person in my football career.