Sleeping Beauty - Summary Forms and Ideas in Humanities PDF

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summary of readings and class lectures on sleeping beauty...

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Introduction • most passive and repellent • passive state represents a normal latency period for young girls • pornographers - sadomasochism • women are frozen, immobile and comatose - Simone de Beauvoir • passive state (sleeping) and contemplative response (beauty) • scopophilia - pleasure in looking at something • adventurous, active males v. passive females • creates a gender divide with comatose princess and adventurous prince • beauty and death, desire and dread • poetic language in fairy tales fills us with wonder but leaves us wondering • preserves magical, mythical elements of fairy tales The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood - Charles Perrault • king and queen couldn't have kids, suddenly the queen gives birth to a daughter • all the fairies invited except for the old fairy • fairies present gifts to the princess • old fairy curses princess with the spindle • won't die but will fall into a deep 100 year sleep, when a prince wakes her up • king forbids spindles • princess pricks her finger on spindle • fairy puts everyone to sleep • 100 years pass and new prince discovers castle, finds everyone asleep • prince finds princess, mere presence wakes her up • everyone else who had been put to sleep wakes up • prince and princess get married and have kids (Aurora and Day) • ogress sends princess and kids to cottage in the woods • ogress wants to eat Aurora and Day but steward can't kill them • king returns and ogress kills herself Briar Rose - Brothers Grimm • king and queen can't have kids until frog grants wish • 13 wise women but only room for 12 • 13th wise woman curses the princess • princess won't die but be asleep for 100 years • princess pricks finger and falls asleep • whole kingdom falls asleep • young men try to see Briar Rose but end up dying • prince discovers Briar Rose • prince kisses the princess and she wakes up • kingdom wakes up • Briar Rose and the prince get married Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane - Gabriel Garcia Márquez • beautiful girl at the airport • flights delayed • ends up with the seat next to the beautiful girl • girl goes to sleep on the flight • toasts to Beauty • recognizes his lack of beauty • girl doesn't wake up even through turbulence

Lüthi • human form is "beautiful" • beauty is emphasized in effect • how objects/nature are represented • music is for the eye, aesthetic purposes • voices like a song • beauty = good, abstract • ugly = bad, detailed • ugly has to be present • beauty is timeless and always relevant...