All Blog Posts Tagged 'tale' (6)

Batman and A Tale of Two Cities

Listen, Jena, it turns out Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities was a key inspiration for The Dark Knight Rises. Seeing as the 200th anniversary of Dickens’ birth is this coming February 7, I thought it’d be nice to explore the themes Christopher Nolan might be drawing on.

It’s clear that Gotham explodes with civil unrest in the film. The trailer shows scenes of a wealthy house being raided, the people inside it dragged down the stairs and…

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Added by Brian Beise (Books Ningmaster) on January 18, 2012 at 7:30am — 4 Comments

Avalon

Nose to nose they drew their swords

Turned and faced the corrupt lords.

For on the dart poisoned true

There fell the maid who’s heart turned blue,

And on that day a cry went on

About the maid in Avalon.

Fair the maid and true the sword

That struck upon the fairy lord.

And since the King was far away

It became once more a gruesome day.

For on the cold hard cobble…

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Added by Emily on August 22, 2011 at 12:38am — No Comments

A Tale From Our Imaginations: Part 1

*Well, here it is. A story for all my peeps. Especially my Partners In Crime, and my Partners in Spy. (you know who you are)

——-ENJOY!!!

Running down the dark hallway, breathing heavy and straining my ears for the slightest sound, I paused, listening hard. There. I heard it. The sound I had been dreading, nonetheless expecting: the sharp click of a heel on pavement. I began silently running again. She mustn’t catch me. Not now. Not…

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Added by Emily on August 21, 2011 at 2:28pm — No Comments

Day 35: Cinderella: the World's Favorite Fairy Tale

PLAY: Cinderella: the World's Favorite Fairy Tale

SYNOPSIS: A collection of four different Cinderella stories intertwined with each other. The emcee, as it were, is the Cinderella that everyone knows about with the fairy godmother and the glass slippers. We only see her four times as her story unfolds: once when she's at her stepmother's house (the beginning of the story), once when she's going to the ball, once when she's run away from the ball, and once at the very end of the…

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Added by Jeffrey Adam Guion on February 10, 2010 at 10:11am — 1 Comment

Once Again A Library Update

i just came back from a library excursion earlier. now i feel a bit down though because i haven't really been keeping track of the books i've been reading. i just know i've read a hella lot. i'll try to go by memory. *shoot*

Books i've read recently:

Pride and Prejudice (not the first time)

An Assembly Such as this (fitzwilliam darcy trilogy)

Duty and Desire

These Three Remain

Bridget Jones's diary : a novel / Helen Fielding.

Bridget Jones : the… Continue

Added by Jazz on February 13, 2009 at 7:41pm — No Comments

Dear Cinderella,

Dear Cinderella,

Every time I hear about you, it makes me want to gag. I’m sorry, maybe that’s a little too honest, but I think you ought to know.

I know that you have hordes of adoring fans. That at least, is clear to me. Only, I don’t get it. Admit to me that your “evil” stepmother anally raped you with a broken beer bottle when you were younger or something, because if it’s anything less than that, you’re kind of just a whiner.

Sure, you act like the perfect… Continue

Added by Epic Paradox on November 16, 2008 at 9:54pm — 2 Comments