Cinderella Vs Ashputtle
“Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper” by Charles Perrault and “Ashputtle” by the Grimm Brothers have similar plots which include a young girl put to work, a pair of elegant slippers, the evil step sisters, the evil step mother, and a godmother figure. These two versions arise from the German and French cultures. The French version done by Perrault is happier and written for a younger age, whereas the German version by the Grimm Brothers has gore and is written for all ages. Although these two versions are similar, the German version, “Ashputtle” is superior to the French version, “Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper” for that it is more realistic because it shows the elements of karma, gore, and it does not contain a lot of magic. “Ashputtle”
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The gore is a factor that makes it superior because it does not hide from reality. It shows that some people are willing to go the extreme to get the happiness that they do not deserve. In “Ashputtle,” the sisters go to the extreme of cutting off pieces of their feet, so that they would fit into the gold slippers and would win the heart of the king’s son. Also in “Ashputtle,” while the sisters are arriving to the church for the wedding it says that the, “The doves came along and pecked out one of the elder sister’s eye and one of the younger sister’s eye (Grimm 633).” And after the ceremony the doves pecked out the other eye leaving them blinded. While some people believe, that this goriness is too much for children to handle, others think differently. Many believe that children should be exposed to these actions, as they will be in the future. In Perrault’s “Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper,” the story does not include gore or violence in any of its scenes, it does not give children a realistic view of the world. Instead the story hides it from them, keeping them unaware of the gory things that happen and only showing them the happy and pleasant parts. The gore that “Ashputtle” contains does not shelter children from the real world and shows them not all things are
The gore is a factor that makes it superior because it does not hide from reality. It shows that some people are willing to go the extreme to get the happiness that they do not deserve. In “Ashputtle,” the sisters go to the extreme of cutting off pieces of their feet, so that they would fit into the gold slippers and would win the heart of the king’s son. Also in “Ashputtle,” while the sisters are arriving to the church for the wedding it says that the, “The doves came along and pecked out one of the elder sister’s eye and one of the younger sister’s eye (Grimm 633).” And after the ceremony the doves pecked out the other eye leaving them blinded. While some people believe, that this goriness is too much for children to handle, others think differently. Many believe that children should be exposed to these actions, as they will be in the future. In Perrault’s “Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper,” the story does not include gore or violence in any of its scenes, it does not give children a realistic view of the world. Instead the story hides it from them, keeping them unaware of the gory things that happen and only showing them the happy and pleasant parts. The gore that “Ashputtle” contains does not shelter children from the real world and shows them not all things are