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Extra Credit Blog on Philosophy Day

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Thursday, November 21 is World Philosophy Day The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), proclaimed this day as a National Day. This day is always celebrated on the third Thursday of November. This day was celebrated to give people an opportunity to discuss ideas and explore less talked about topics. For by doing this, new debates are sparked and some good discussions can be brought up. McDaniel College celebrates this day by presenting a talk that covers discussion on climate change that is happening all around the world and similar events happening all around the globe. The school also provided brochures that talked about how philosophy would be a strong major for any student. And how, not only does it make an interesting major, but it typically pays quite well. Not only that, but they talked about some useful jobs that would be available to those that had a philosophy major. We were also introduced to some of the Philosophy
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Blog Entry 10

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What have I learned in this class and by doing these blogs?                                   In doing these blogs week after week, and having to analyze each fairy tale has                                    taught me that none of the stories are one layered. They all have deep meaning a                                and were told to tell and teach a story. Hollywood has recognized and taken some                                of these stories due to their value. They may have changed it as the audience they                               are trying to reach has changed, but the main idea and morals of the story are often                               times still found. For the meaning behind some of the stories is more                                psychological and impactful than some may know. Stories like Snow White, and                             Cinderella I know more fully understand and can see why someone came up with           
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The fairytale Rapunzel

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Rapunzel      The tale Rapunzel is a well told fairytale put together by the Brothers Grimm. This tale is about how two parents were expecting a child and the mother wanted some lettuce called rapunzel. The witch who had this food next door. The witch took the daughters once she was born and then held her captive in a tower and never let her leave. One day, however, there was a prince that found her in her tower and he convinced her to let him come up. Rapunzel ended up accidentally telling Mother Gothel, the witch, that she was "heavier than the prince" and so she was found out. The prince was tricked and then jumped out the window and blinded, and Rapunzel was stranded on an island. Eventually, the prince made his way to Rapunzel, and they rode off to his kingdom with the twins Rapunzel ended up having.      Now, there have been numerous adaptations of this story. There have been movies, cartoons, and plays all done to retell this story. Suprise Cartoon ma
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Versions of Bluebeard

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                                       BLUEBEARD                 Bluebeard is a story that the Brothers Grimm, and Charles Perrault wrote about. It is a story about a man that had a great secret. He slowly went through six wives, and we go into the story when he just got married to his seventh. Through a series of events we learn that he actually slit the throats of his six previous wives and was hiding the bodies in a hidden chamber within the palace.                   With all this being said, there is not surprise that there was several different versions of this story. For the Brothers Grimm wrote two different versions, and Perrault wrote his own version. He did his as more of a gruesome and violent version, while the Grimm versions were more mild and less gory. That being said, the Perrault version was probably my favorite due to how it seems like you really are able to get into the story and engage in it. You can see inside the chamber and all the women just h
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Hansel and Gretel - movie vs. fairytale

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                                                      Hansel and Gretel             The Brothers Grimm collected a fairytale called Hansel and Gretel, and it told of two children that, after some unfortunate events, got encaptured by a witch. They then had to use their wit and quick thinking to escape, and then live happily ever after.              In 1987 there was a movie made on Hansel and Gretel and the producers actually did a pretty good job on getting most of the main ideas correct. They gave the mother direct quotes from the original story, and she is still annoying and cruel even though they never specifically said she was a stepmother. In the movie the witch is also pretty blind, and she gets cooked in the oven as well.                         There are some differences, however, even though most are small. At the beginning of the movie Hansel is given two pieces of flint by the blacksmith for a fire him and Gretel later make when in the forest. The crumbs they sp
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Analyzing Little Red Cap

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                                           Little Red Cap The classic story of “Little Red Cap” or, “Little Red Riding Hood” as we more commonly know it as, is a well-known fairytale. There is the original version that was collected and recorded by the Brothers Grimm, and it has been modified and added onto throughout the years. For now this fairytale can be found in modern tv shows, books, and is even sometimes mentioned in songs. There is one cartoon comic book that displays this fairytale with a new twist. The book called, “Red Riding Hood, Superhero: A Graphic Novel,” that displays a new more social and feminist point of view written and illustrated by Otis Frampton. It includes Red Riding Hood gaining superpowers from her red cape. This is not the only new and inventive way that writers or illustrators have portrayed Little Red Riding Hood. For there are numerous amounts of YouTube videos that artists have created to tell the story such as this one, which was done in a
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Cupid and Psyche vs. The Frog King

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                           Cupid and Psyche                                           vs.                                The Frog King                                                The story of Cupid and Psyche is one that tells of how Cupid ended up falling in love with the woman he was supposed to be killing. However, certain events lead to other events and Cupid and Psyche end up getting married, but Psyche never knew what Cupid looked like. For all she knew, he was a hideous monster. Eventually her curiosity got the best of her, and late one night she pulled out an oil lamp and shone it upon her husband. What she found was certainly not a hideous monster, but the most handsome man she had ever seen. For he was actually a god, and the son of Venus. Like this, the story of “The Frog Prince” is one of uncertain love. For the frog helped the young princess but said that for him to help her, she would have to allow him to sleep in her room, feed him, etc. S
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