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Renowned Historical Doting Father Figures
The observation about the possible conflict between becoming a great historical father figure and being an actual good father interests me.
Making sure to be a good father no matter what is going on personally and professionally matters in the ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/05/2023
Renowned Historical Doting Father Figures
I wouldn't pick a name. Many fathers were not as good as they could be to become historical figures.
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
Snow White and Rose Red: Analysis
Yes, you got it right, DerdriuMarriner. It's one of many weaknesses of the plot. The story looks like it was written in one breath and only later added some details to make it 'a package'. Having grooms for both girls was very likely and an ...
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
Snow White and Rose Red: Analysis
No, DerdriuMarriner, I was not clear enough, probably. Snow White and Rose Red was included in the collection as one of over two hundred tales at the beginning of the 19 century. The popularity at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century is very ...
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
George Cruikshank
Thanks, DerdriuMarriner, for this info. You are a true detective!
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
Snow White and Rose Red: Analysis
The killing of the dwarf is explained later and proved as wrong from the dramatic point of view. Killing the witch in Hansel and Gretel or the wicked stepmother in Snow White is somehow expected because we learned before about their wrongdoings.
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
George Cruikshank
WriterArtist, thanks for stopping by. Yes, Cruikshank was a skillful artist and he earned decent money, yet he went through several crises (some being out of his power, some caused by his wrong decisions). But only a few decades later more and ...
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
Snow White and Rose Red: Analysis
I believe DerdriuMarriner, such a situation is largely dependent on the real experience of the Brothers Grimm. They had a dead (absent) father and alive mother who was in constant need of help.
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
Snow White and Rose Red: Analysis
Hi, DerdriuMarriner, I wouldn't know about the mosquitos. Forests were very important in the lives of Europeans in the 19th century (and in centuries before, of course) and they are useful places for settings of the stories where dangerous stuff ...
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
George Cruikshank
Yes, DerdriuMarriner, Bluebeard has an exceptional position, but for a good story, we always need a bad guy. The color of his beard is unnatural - blue is very rare in nature (sky and water a colorless, they just reflect the environment) and is ...
Tolovaj, on 06/04/2023
Traces of the Past. Oft overlooked signs of farming in the Landscape
No offencevwasvtaken. Boys do things thatbtheybshuddervaboutbin later years.
frankbeswick, on 06/04/2023
The Welsh Marches
Some rented land that they had once owned.others left the country and became members of the Varangian guard in Byzantium. Others fought on for a while. Their weapons came from smiths
frankbeswick, on 06/04/2023
The Welsh Marches
The first subheading, The counties of the Marches, begins with two intriguing paragraphs. The first paragraph comments about Edric the Wild opposing Norman rule even as the second describes King William re-arranging land ownership from conquered ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/03/2023
Traces of the Past. Oft overlooked signs of farming in the Landscape
I hope that my comments did not sound chiding.
But it's unsettling to think of you and your brother -- like children like to do -- swinging from branch to branch.
Those long, low, straightly outward branches look safely swingable. But they may ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/03/2023
Blarney Castle and Gardens, County Cork
Your brother has mentioned Maureen's family connections to County Mayo, which is why I mentioned Great Aunt Arabella's (and my Norway maternal line) connections with County Mayo.
The binder may give me the information this evening when I get ...
DerdriuMarriner, on 06/03/2023