Essays on Unicorn

“The Little Mermaid,” the 1989 animated film directed by Ron Clements and John Musker and released by Buena Vista Pictures, delves on the story of a mermaid who falls in love with a human being. This film is likewise a cartoon adaptation of the original version of the novel of the same title written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1837. With regards to the Disney version, it is observable that the film incorporates several techniques that seem to diminish the innate animalistic nature of the aquatic creatures, such as the crabs, lobsters, octopus, the tropical fish, ...

The Glass Menagerie is a play written by Tennessee Williams in 1944 which describes the family consisted of a mother, son and daughter, going through a difficult situation. The son supports his mother and sister since their father left them. Laura is the sister who has a collection of figurines, who has a crippled leg and is shy, but very kind. The figurines are in the shapes of animals and they make Laura forget about reality. There are the past, present and future intertwined within this reality and the fact that the story is set in the time of ...

In Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie, there are a number of symbols inserted into the play that represent a theme or a character trait that help to portray something deeper about these people than can be normally conveyed through the typical methods of dialogue and direction. In this paper, we will examine five of these symbols and how they are developed throughout the course of the play. It is then made clear just how effectively symbols are used as a visual representations of the character’s inner motivations, as well as the messages about society and the human experience that the playwright attempts ...