Comparing Disney's Goldilocks And The Three Bears

Particularly, fairy tales are usually the most common story told to young children, and it exposes them to our society’s values. The story Goldilocks and the Three Bears, we learn not use other people materialistic objects that does not belong to us. What we don’t know that most of the stories we heard came back from many generations before we were born. That usually every century has their new version of that fairy tale. Cinderella is clearly the most popular, and the old fairy tale that hasn’t been lost in the history of time. The story Cinderella has had many adaptations over the generations, and had the characters, environment, and a new target audience changed. The reason Cinderella had so many adaptations of itself mostly, because of
the culture that enriched that society First of all, what is adaptation, and why does artist, pick certain stories, painting, and music? Adaptation means a book, film, play, song, or other art that is changed into another perspective or form. One reason artists adapt is, because of technology improvements so the reader could relate more. The other reason is, because they want that certain story, and want it to relate more to them. That means they will add things so the reader from that region could feel like they’re a part of the story, and learn easier from the values that the story is trying to teach.
Next, the adaptation of Cinderella can date back thousands of years.
The story originated from Ancient Egypt when the empire was the most feared one in the world. It uses its natural wonders in the story too, such as the Nile, and their Gods. It also included how their society function and incorporate it to make more realistic. Then later on it was adapted from the eastern lands, it relates also by their way of life. They changed the story to attract a different audience than the original story. Then centuries later the story was adapted again, and was overwhelming with Prussian influences. Lastly, it was adapted by Walt Disney in the 1950s to have American influences in the story such as different type of
characters.
In addition, the story has had a new adaptation over the centuries, a lot of the core parts of it did not change that much.
In every adaptation they use in Cinderella, they used a strategy call Rags to Riches. It’s where the main character starts with nothing at all. They would be considered at the bottom of the social class structure too. They will eventually work so hard that they break from their social class, and become wealthy. There’s always a huge gathering or an event that gets Cinderella close to the upper class. Cinderella story most of the time use high level marriage (marriage with a king or prince) to break that social class. They made the main character “Cinderella” to look like the nice young woman that treats everyone with respect even animals. That she suffers from other people who are jealous of her. They usually make her do some kind of hard labor, while they sloth the whole time. There’s always a father in the beginning of each story to show the family aspect of the story. They always try to distant the father of the main characters as much as possible, such as saying he died, or just not mention about him anymore. There’s always magic in these types of stories. The magic helps the “Cinderella” to obtain her goal, and get vengeance to the other characters that would harm
her.
Furthermore, the original story of Cinderella can be dated back to the 6th century before Christ. It was a story about this young girl name Rhodopis that was born in Greece. She was quickly kidnapped by pirates. They then sold her into the slave trade, and she was forced to work in a foreign country called Egypt. The story talks about how her stand out from everyone with her pale white skin, and getting sun burnt very often, while the other slaves were tanned with green eyes. The slaves would also force her to do their chores when the slave master is asleep. One day the slave master heard her sing, and made her his favorite, by buying her red slippers. He did that because he thought a beautiful girl like her shouldn't have to walk with no shoes on. That made the other slaves jealous. There was going to be a party at the palace, but she couldn't go because the slave women gave her all their chores. She got very upset, sang a song, and threw her slipper. Than the Egyptian God Horus came out of nowhere, and grabbed it with his talon. Horus then took it to the Pharaoh’s place, and drops it on his lap. He knew he had to marry the woman that the God Horus hinted him too. He searched all larger cities for the owner of the slipper. He eventually found Rhodopis in the bushes off the Nile River thanks to Horus. The other slave women came in, and said he can’t marry a slave, but he told them that she’s the most beautiful Egyptian there is in the country.
Subsequently, the characters in this story would be the main ingredients for the future adaptations for many generations to come. The original Cinderella focus on Rhodopis being an outcast in the society she was in, and even when she was being manipulated, she was always genuine and polite. The other slave women were the nefarious in the story. They try to hold her back from what she deserves in the story. The slave master took the position as the father aspect, since he tries to protect her in some way, but vanished later on in the story. The Pharaoh was the high level marriage, and royalty that guided Rhodopsi to climb the social ladder. Lastly the Egyptian God Horus was the magical entity that made the impossible happen for Rhodopsi
Let alone, this story most likely targeted young girls, and women that were enslaved at the time. It talks more about the female character Rhodopsi than any character. They could relate to it by the hardships that they do each day in Egypt. This story would teach them that having a chance eventually to be free from this type of burden. In which, they would continue to work hard, and be motivated.
Next, The culture in this story is mind-boggling. They had one of their most famous Gods in this story. Horus has a falcon head, and that Pharaohs could manifest into this God like form. He represents the rising sun, and there are 15 different types of Horus in Egyptian mythology (McDevitt). He was also known to be the protector if Egypt. Slavery in Egypt played a huge role in this book, by talking about how Rhodopis was sold into slavery. Most slaves were from other countries that were kidnapped or a reward from a war campaign. They would sell these slaves to owners. Then they would have to work until their debt was paid off. They could be an owned for a family, work on temple grounds, or just be a gift towards the Pharaoh (Dollinger). In most cases of slavery, the slaves were usually poorly treated, and were considered being the bottom feeders of their society. They also added Pharaohs in the story to give that Egyptian influence in it. Pharaohs were the almighty rulers of Egypt. They controlled everything, and the people would believe that they were actually Gods. There were almost mentions of the Nile in the story. The Nile River is one of the most power rivers in the world, and is the main reason that the Egyptian empire became very powerful. Since the terrain made the country almost invade able since desert surrounded its west, and east. The currents of the Nile protect the country from the northern invasion from the sea. This original story started the boom of adaptations of these typical rags to riches stories.