Assignment Directions: After watching the film Ever After, respond to the following prompt (below) about educational views as portrayed in the film and compare them to today's general views on education. Please note that when supporting your views YOU MUST provide accurate timestamps from three times from THROUGHOUT the film (not all in one area of the film) to be considered for grading. Vague, unsupported responses without the timestamps will not be graded. Use of ChatGPT, Bard, Grammarly, Gemini, and any other AI text generators are prohibited from use in this assignment.
Please take careful note of all of the following requirements for submission. The assignment/prompt follows these instructions. Failure to submit the timestamps from the film excerpts you are using as support will result in a zero for the grade. These should be in parentheses. For example (0:35:17) would indicate 35 minutes and 17 seconds into the film. (1:22:48) would be an hour, 22 minutes, and 48 seconds into the film.
Your short essay response should be succinct/direct (More is fine.)
Please use appropriate organization--paragraphs are important--and use academic English.
Do Not Consult Any Outside Sources. I want only your thoughts on the film and not something you've found online; consulting sources other than the film itself is a form of academic dishonesty and will be treated as such, as will use of Grammarly, Bard, ChatGPT or other AI text predictors or generators.
At least 3/4 of your post should provide context (examples, short quotes, and paraphrases) from the film before making the modern day connection, with corresponding timestamps as noted.
Please locate at least three places from throughout the film to use as support for your response. Provide the time stamp of these different locations, e.g. (01:23:48).
Upload your response as a Word file format (.docx). You must convert to this format if using a Mac/Apple product as .pages cannot be read by Canvas. Please do not attempt to respond using your phone as the assignment is not set up to accept any other format.
CONTEXT FOR PROMPT: The film Ever After contains conflicting social views on what it means to be educated and intelligent during this time and provides for interesting comparisons to our education system today.
PROMPT: What different forms of learning and knowledge (education) affected Danielle and others in the film and what resulted from the conflicting view of education? PROVIDE AT LEAST THREE EXAMPLES IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL from different locations throughout the film. This should comprise 3/4 of your response. How do views on education compare today? This part should comprise 1/4 of your total response.
Consider:
- What types of education were available to Danielle and others?
- Where in the film do we see any instances of traditional education being provided for her, other girls, young women, or young men?
- What differing perspectives on educational views were at play and how was this manifested in other parts of the story?
- How does this differing view/conflict on education reveal itself in Prince Henri's feelings about long standing traditions as well as his pet "project"?
- What correlations between views on education today can you make? In the U.S.? Around the world?