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10 Things I Hate About You alludes to Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew, and also reflects, in a satirized manner, the basics of the originally Shakespearean plot device. In The Taming of the Shrew, a father has two daughters and makes a rule that requires that the older sister has to do something before the younger sister will be permitted to do so also. This correlates to the fact that in Shrew, one of the daughters has to get married before the other one would be allowed to do so as well. Parallels may be drawn between the marriage aspect in Shrew to the dating and going to a school dance facet in which 10 Things I Hate About You portrays. The distribution of power to each gender and its relation to marriage (or dating, for instance) is also apparent in both works. Men must work for the chance to even speak to the girls in 10 Things I Hate About You, and in Shrew, it is presented that there is an obvious lack of gender equality because the men have to dominate and control their women counterparts to retain or gain a new level of masculinity. Both works also show a strong presence of feminism due to the fact that the roles of patriarchy in their individual societies are challenged.
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The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe has many Christian undertones, and alludes to many biblical stories and events. From the redirection of Asland (the Christ figure), to the return of Asland to his people are both aspects of the story that are very biblical in nature, relating to the crucifixion of Christ, and alluding to Christ's return to His people, the Church.
The Matrix would also be an example of a collection of biblical analogies due to many characters and places that are introduced that correspond to historical people and places mentioned in the Bible. The main character, Thomas Anderson, could be an allusion to Thomas in the Bible, also referred to as Doubting Thomas. In terms of etymology, the name Anderson means "son of man," which is the name that Jesus chooses to reference Himself with. The name of Morpheus's ship is marked with "Mark III No. 11," a probable allusion to the Bible: Mark 3:11 reads, "whenever the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and shouted, 'You are the Son of God!'"
The Lion King also a well known movie that has biblical allusions embedded into its story line. Take for example Simba, the prince, son of Mufasa. His birth is celebrated with great happiness and he is welcomed with open arms, but someone had the plan to get rid of him, just as Herod attempted to kill Jesus off while he was a child. The prince escapes these attempts at his life and later resurfaces and frees his people from a great oppression, freeing Simba's family from Scar, and freeing the world from their sins are the parallels that can be drawn between the two.
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The movie Ella Enchanted could be used as an example of a work of literature that reflects many different fairy tales throughout the movie. Multiple references are made to many well known fairy tales throughout the entire movie, and the main identifying one being a reference to Sleeping Beauty. When Ella tells her friend Pamela that she is under a spell, Pamela's response is quite direct in her reference when she says, "Like Sleeping Beauty?" Another example is when Ella is reading, from her fairy-made storybook, "A sad tale about the genie in Aladdin's lamp. He had been forced by Aladdin's false uncle, the magician, to take up residence in the lamp and had been given power to grant everyone's wishes but his own. Before he was captured, he had been in love with a goose girl. The genie spent his years in the lamp longing for her and wondering whether she'd married someone else, whether she'd grown old, whether she'd died," which obviously alludes to the story of Aladdin. Lastly, Ella even makes a reference to Hansel and Gretel when they are exploring the old castle during Sire Peter and Dame Olga's wedding. While trying to avoid getting horribly lost, Ella says: "Hansel and Gretel had pebbles and bread crumbs to show them the way. We have nothing." These references, along with many others that occur throughout the movie, to me, create irony and add a comedic value to the already pun-filled movie. This simultaneously deepens my appreciation of the though put into making this movie as funny, entertaining, and successful as it is.
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Cydoemus: The god of confusion
Encounter, confusion, frustration.
Why must this always happen?
I greet a new concept, entertaining it for a short time, but your slimy tendrils of doubt and ignorance invade my mind, causing disarray.
My intrigue leads to bafflement, and bafflement to vexation.
Why, Cydoemus, must you intervene in my efforts to learn?
Every waking moment you pester me with obstacles and set up blocks within my mind, wrecking my already shaky train of thought.
How will I ever break free of this inescapable and infinite cycle?
Must I employ Nus to allow myself to gain understanding?
You inquire of everyone you meet, saying, "Why does no one want to be acquainted with me?" and refuse to believe that you are the problem.
Cydoemus, god of confusion and uproar, maybe you are the one who is confused.
*Also mentioned is Nus, the god of understanding.
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The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe again serves as a source of the effect of weather on a story. At one point in the story Lucy admires snowflakes as they dance to the ground, watching with childlike fascination and awe while appreciating the snowflake's beauty flutters and shines around her. Conversely, Mr. Tumnus is a bit weary of all the snow, seeing that it has been winter for a hundred years, and the snow reminds him of his duties to the White Witch, self-proclaimed queen of Narnia. The snow, in essence can describe freedom and wonder in a child's world, or the burden of something in an adult's life. Later in the story , spring comes almost instantaneously due to the presence of the "Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve." The spring coming and melting the snow, which represents oppression in a sense, is key in representing a soon coming rebirth of Narnia, and the changes that are soon to come.
