A Comparison Of Cinderella By Jacob And Wilhelm Grimm

Cinderella written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is a revisionary version of Sapsorrow. In reading both tales, Sapsorrow is the pretext of Grimm’s Cinderella. The story of Sapsorrow is one of a sister who was treated very poorly by her “evil” sisters just as in Cinderella. The father in Sapsorrow who after their mother’s death was required to marry the very woman who's finger his late wife’s ring would fit. During one of the sister's bouts of treating Sapsorrow poorly again pretexting Cinderella the ring mistakenly falls onto Sapsorrow’s left ring finger, fitting perfectly. The law stated that Sapsorrow must marry her father. To prolong the union Sapsorrow requested 3 very exquisite dresses. During this time her and her wilderness friends