Introducing
Your new presentation assistant.
Refine, enhance, and tailor your content, source relevant images, and edit visuals quicker than ever before.
Trending searches
Modern Day Trickster
530
Modern Day Trickster
By Michelle Baturow
Lindsay Womack
Nate Naftulin
Literature
Snow White
The witch in Snow White tricked her into eating the apple.
Little Red Riding Hood
The wolf in this children's story is a trickster, disguising himself as the girls grandmother and trying to eat her.
Lord of the Rings
Movies
In the lord of the rings trilogy, smeagol is an obvious trickster, in both the book and the movies. He tricks Frodo and Sam many times, sometimes without them even knowing it.
- Tricksters are an underlying factor in many movies, especially comedies.
- Tricksters are also used to convey a point.
Pirates of the Caribbean
Alice in Wonderland
The Cheshire Cat uses his logic to both manipulate and help Alice in her journey throughout Wonderland.
-"We're all mad here. I'm mad. You're mad."
Cartoons
Jack Sparrow, the infamous pirate; plays more of a sly humorous type of trickster. He enjoys fooling people into getting what he wants.
-"The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem. Do you understand?""
The Dark Knight
"The Joker" in The Dark Knight, plays a dark and twisty sort of trickster; his main goal is to create chaos and anarchy.
- "It’s not about money... it’s about… sending a message. Everything burns."
- Tricksters in modern day media are the base to most cartoons
- without a trickster the cartoon wouldn't be funny
Tom and Jerry
In the cartoon show of Tom and Jerry is literally your classic cat and mouse chase. Tom is a house cat and Jerry is a mouse that lives in the walls of the house. Every episode Tom's pain plan is to be able to capture Jerry and eat him, as most cats do with mice. Jerry is a clever mouse and Tom can never seem to catch him no matter what kind of tricks he plays. In return Jerry also plays trick on Tom.
Bugs Bunny
- Bugs bunny is your textbook definition of a trickster. He is known to play tricks on just about every cartoon character. The rabbit is known in modern day media all the way back to the early days of mythology. He is a quick and clever animal.
- "He defies authority. He goes against the rules. But he does it in a way that's often lovable, and that often results in good things for the culture at large."