write a fairytale titled heart of stone whereby the king takes in his niece who is lower in rank and his daughter the princess treats her like a servant not as a cousin she belongs to the ruling family. And the king okays this behavior throughout his niece's stay at the palace. His daughter is given the shine while his niece has to sit on the sidelines and watch. His niece is made to sleep in the servant quarters, eat in the kitchen and do chores at the castle while the princess travels around, wear the finest clothes, eat tasty cuisines, and bark orders at her servants. if the king's niece would accompany the princess it was as her chaperone not as a member of the royal family. However the kings niece remained kind and sweet towards others and treated the king and princess with respect. when her parents would come to visit they would comfort her and tell her to remain kind. her parents loved her but tolerated the kings mistreatment since the kingdom was funding their luxurious lifestyle and also to keep their servants, cottage, their land and their titles as baron and baronness. her mother the king's sister married a commoner and thus their family was cast aside so to maintain their way of life they put up with the ruling royal family's disdain. Eventually the girls grew into teenagers when they were 17 something awful happened the king's niece drank an exilir to cure her heart of the pain for she was hurting at the fact that her own flesh and blood could treat her this way but the elixir turned her heart to stone and from then on everything she touched became stone. consumed by vengeance the king's niece touched the king and princess turning them to stone and taking over the kingdom. out of fear her parents stayed away from her she became queen but ruled with an iron fist. eventually the queen became lonely and wanted a man by her side but every man she kissed would turn to stone she grew frustrated. the people of the kingdom rose up against her and drove her out of the kingdom she put up a fight but was outnumbered and created a stone monster in order to escape. while in the forest alone she meets a handsome hunter who she is hostile towards at first but when he offers her food and shelter in his mud house she gives in but keeps her distance. they stay together and as time goes on they fall in love believing true love can break the spell the hunter kisses her but also turns to stone. the queen cries out and touches his heart but nothing. days go by and as she is passing in the woods she sees this lady trapped under a rock she begs for her help and for the first time in a long time lyra offered a helping hand. the old rugged lady so thankful says i shall repay you for your kindness and she transforms into a beautiful fairy and with her magic wand gives the queen a heart of gold that whatver she touches shall have life and she kissed the hunter and he transformed to a man again. she did so for everyone in the kingdom. her cousin the princess and uncle the king banished her as punishment she returned to her parents barony and got married to the hunter and they lived happily ever after

Which statement describes the story of a ballet adaptation, Ang Kapatid ng Tatlong Maria? A. A romantic fantasy of the twelve daughters of the kingB. The story instills the moral lesson that “good triumphs over evil.”C. A hero’s fantastic journey to different kingdoms in pursuit of his bewitched sisters.D. A romantic adventure wherein the heroine Yani is being maltreated by her envious stepmother and stepsisters.

Traditional fairy tales are drawn from many sources, including ancient mythology, pagan religion, politicalallegory, morality plays, and orientalia. Most such tales have filtered through centuries of patriarchal culture andshow little respect for women, except as young and beautiful “princesses.” Only to be decorative is the customaryfemale function in these old stories. Girls without beauty are automatically also without virtue, happiness, luck,or love.For instance, in the old German tale of 'Puddocky' (or Paddock, the toad-familiar of Shakespeare’s three witches),a prince seeks the world’s most beautiful girl to marry; wagonloads of less attractive candidates are casuallythrown into the river and drowned, just to get rid of them.The message that such stories convey to girls is plain: your looks are your only asset. Whatever else you mightbe or do doesn’t count.Female ugliness is a crime deserving the death penalty.6. What is the best meaning of “patriarchal”?A. old-fashioned and outdated.B. unjust in governance.C. controlled by men.D. controlled by women.E. relating to history and myth.7. The example in paragraph two of the German tale of ‘Puddocky’ is primarily provided to:A. illustrate the writer’s contentionB. shock the readerC. illustrate the problem with women in the 20th centuryD. illustrate the backwardness of old German talesE. none of the above8. The word ‘decorative’ could best be replaced with:A. divine B. miniscule C. dainty D. effervescent E. ornamental9. According to the writer:A. Female ugliness is a common feature associated with female virtue.B. Fairy tales perpetuate the need for female empowerment.C. Women in fairy tales fight against the patriarchy.D. Fairy tales portray accurate representations of women.E. Fairy tales only praise women for their aesthetic attractiveness.10. This passage probably can be found:A. in a tourist brochureB. in textbook about the history of fairy talesC. in a compilation of feminist rewritings of fairy talesD. in a novellaE. none of the above

In most fairy tales, the heroine has fallen prey to an evil scheme and can only be saved by the arrival of her prince. These kinds of stories serve asGroup of answer choicesattributional biases.legitimizing myths.oppression.None of the above is correct.

n the play the Bacchae, Dionysus is described as a "stranger… with golden scented  hair tumbling down to his shoulders, a skin that glows like wine, and eyes that_____________________."Group of answer choicesPromise Aphrodite's secret charmssee through the thoughts of menMelt even the hardest heartpromise compassion and releas

Why do the courtiers call the prince ‘the Happy Prince’? Is hereally happy? What does he see all around him?2. Why does the Happy Prince send a ruby for the seamstress?What does the swallow do in the seamstress’ house?3. For whom does the prince send the sapphires and why?4. What does the swallow see when it flies over the city?5. Why did the swallow not leave the prince and go to Egypt?6. What are the precious things mentioned in the story? Why arethey precious?