Tatyana Modawar
12 May 2022
Intro to Folktales Final Paper Outline
Topic: 1. Text oriented paper:
Opening Paragraph:
Folk tales are stories that have been passed down in different cultures through both
written form and word of mouth. These stories are a way to bring people together and express the
different cultures and stories. Through the folktale “The frog prince” different motifs were
addressed, including transformation, culture, love and many more. In the film , “The princess
and the frog”, these motifs and many other similarities became evident. This movie, like many
others, projected this folktale and its cultural origin through films.
Outline:
Opening Paragraph:
● Address the topic “The Princess and the Frog” movie and its parallels to folk tales “The
Frog Prince”
Paragraph 1:
● History of the folktale “The frog prince”
Paragraph 2:
● Other folktales where there are parallels between the movie, the motifs and the tale
Paragraph 3:
● History of the movie “The Princess and the frog”
● Explanation of how the film can be considered a folk tale
Paragraph 4:
● Similar connections between the film and the folktales
Paragraph 5:
● motifs (transformation, talking animals, love, culture)
Paragraph 6:
● Differences between the film and the folktale,
● how the culture, time period, and the audience has changed over time
Closing Paragraph:
Tatyana Modawar
12 May 2022
● Summary of main ideas/points
● Re-explain the similarities and different motifs
