Vanessa's Wonderland

(school Business --> note from others)

The Brothers Grimm (movie) (National Geography)

Frog Prince
*"The Frog Prince; or, Iron Henry"is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm's written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection.
*In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends a frog (possibly meeting him after dropping a gold ball into his pond), who magically transforms into a handsome prince. Although in modern versions the transformation is invariably triggered by the princess kissing the frog, in the original Grimm version of the story the frog's spell was broken when the princess threw it against a wall in disgust.


Hensel and Gretel:糖果屋

"Hansel and Gretel"  is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by theBrothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister threatened by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children save their lives by outwitting her.

Cinderella
*灰姑娘原版--《酉陽雜俎》·續集卷一<葉限>

Rapunzel(長髮公主)

*the story adapted from Danae and Zeus
→The works are based on the mythological princess Danaë. According to Ovid she was isolated in a bronze dungeon following a prophecy that her firstborn would eventually kill her father.^[3] Although aware of the consequences, Danaë was seduced and became pregnant by Zeus (in Roman mythology Jupiter), who, inflamed by lust, descended fromMount Olympus to entice her as a shower of gold.

sleeping beauty
*The story is adapted from the mythology, golden apple, which talks about that Zeus held a banquet in celebration of the marriage of Peleus and Thetis. Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited for her troublesome nature, and upon turning up uninvited, she threw a golden apple into the ceremony, with an inscription that read: ΤΗΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΙ("for/to the most beautiful"). 
*spindle→phallus symbol

*semiotics:記號學
Semiotics, also called semiotic studies and including (in the Saussurean tradition)semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes (semiosis), indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication. Semiotics is closely related to the field of linguistics, which, for its part, studies the structure and meaning of language more specifically. However, as different from linguistics, semiotics also studies non-linguistic sign systems
*golden shower(Danae and Zeus)
*Phallus( "phallic symbol")
Such symbols often represent the fertility and cultural implications that are associated with the male sexual organ, as well as the male orgasm.
For example: high tower in Rapunzel