"Cinderella" is perhaps the most recognized fairy tale in history, one of the few that spans across generations and cultures. Every prominent culture in the world tells some similar version of this story of a poor girl going from rags to riches; over 700 versions have been accounted for worldwide. In America, numerous authors have penned their own version of the classic folktale. One of these is Tanith Lee, a prolific writer of stories for young adults. Lee cleverly found a way to include all of the traditional elements of the classic "Cinderella" tale, but added a new twist: Cinderella, or the character similar to her in this story, had malicious intentions for the prince, and her purpose throughout the tale was a malevolent one: revenge.…
Second, all the hero had a chance and the chance was change the hero’s life. In the castle the King’s son opened the festival and choose his bidden. Every young women in that country, they were ready to the festival. Cinderella asked her stepmother to wanted go to the festival, so her stepmother gave her job. It was pick up all the strewed a dished if lentils in the ashes, and then she can go the festival with them. Cinderella know she can not finish her job at time, so she called the wish birds. They came in the garden and pick up all the lentils. Now Cinderella can ready to the festival, but she doesn’t had a dress. Cinderella was go to her mother’s grave and cried “Little tree, little tree,shake over me, That silver and gold may come down…
There are many versions to the famous fairy tale Cinderella. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s German version of Cinderella, “Aschenputtel,” is a household story of a young girl named Cinderella who eventually marries a prince. This specific version of Cinderella gave birth to the Walt Disney version of Cinderella that most Americans know today. However the stories are very different. The Grimm brothers’ version is much darker and gory then the classic American version. Small differences like this shed a different light on Cinderella and her journey to a “happy” ending.…
In the article, Panttaja analyzes the Cinderella myth from the Grimms brothers’ perspective, along with other Cinderella myths. One topic Panttaja mentions is, “Indeed, Cinderella’s mother’s role is far from marginal: the words and actions of Cinderella’s mother are of vital importance”. Panttaja suggests that even though Cinderella’s mother is not a main character in the story, she is the reason Cinderella does end up having a happy ending. This part is overlooked when reading fairytales; Cinderella’s mother is the whole reason why she has to keep striving to achieve the happy ending.…
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…
Cinderella’s mother dies, and her father remarries. Her stepmother, as well as her step sisters are beautiful, but have a black heart. Cinderella goes to her mother’s grave every day, prays and weeps. One day, her father asks what he should bring back from the town for the girls. The step sisters ask for dresses and pearls, while Cinderella asks for a branch from the tree that first hits him on his way home. Cinderella plants that branch and it grows into a beautiful tree, where a bird listens to her wishes and grants them. One day, the girls hear that the prince is looking for a bride and they are invited to a three day party. Cinderella (with the help of her animal friends) separates lentils from the ash several times, before find out that she may not go to the ball. She runs out, and back home. The next day, she does the same thing, although this time, the prince slicks the stairwell so when she ran away, her shoe was stuck. The next day he goes to their house, and the two evil stepsisters both try to get their foot in the shoe. The first one cuts off her big toe and rides away with the prince, but doves help him realize that her foot is bleeding and that she’s not the rightful heir to the shoe. Then the younger sister tries on the shoe, and cuts off her heal to make it fit. Same thing happens again, the prince realizes she’s not the shoes owner and returns her. He finds Cinderella at the house, and she tries the shoe on. It’s a perfect fit. They go off and get married, and the sisters (trying to get in on her new found fortune) get their eyes pecked out at the…
The story, set in 1941, during the time of the civil war between colonists and nationalists has all the constituents needed to make a good Cinderella story; a girl suffering with inequality within her family, a dead mother, horrid stepmother, careless father & hateful siblings. By now you would have had enough of all the different alterations of the classic Cinderella story, from the jealous siblings to the lost shoe and a happy ending. However what makes this book so matchless and one of my favourite reads is the fact that this isn’t just a made up fairy tale. Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah (Yen Jun-ling) is a memorable even emotional autobiography of…
It is Adeline’s story, about her tough and horrible childhood as a neglected and unloved daughter of a rich and arrogant man, and a cruel, and abusive Stepmother.…
Fairytales, or folk tales, have been around for many generations. Most have been passed down verbally for many years and have now been converted into novels, short stories, films, and so on. One tale in particular has been told in many languages all across the world. Cinderella may be the most popular story of a troubled young girl that there has ever been. There are certain themes throughout the story that seem to make it as popular as it is. Some of these ideas include deception, disguise, images, and power. However depending on the version of the tale some are easier to unveil than others.…
Cinderella is faithful re-telling of the classic fairytale. Living with a cruel stepmother and two stepsisters, Cinderella longs for a better life. Cinderella is living happily with her mother and father until her mother dies. Cinderella's father remarries a cold, cruel woman who has two daughters, Drizella and Anastasia. When the father dies, Cinderella's wicked stepmother turns her into a virtual servant in her own house. Meanwhile, across town in the castle, the King determines that his son the Prince should find a suitable bride and provide him with a required number of grandchildren. So the King invites every eligible maiden in the kingdom to a fancy dress ball, where his son will be able to choose his bride.…
Long ago, in a faraway kingdom, there lived a girl named Cinderella. Cinderella was kind, smart and beautiful. When Cinderella was very young, she had a happy life. Then, one day, her mother died. Soon after, Cinderella’s father married a woman who had two daughters of her own.…
Throughout the history of literature, the tale of Cinderella has always been portrayed as a fairy tale that ends with happily ever after. However, to some writers the tale of Cinderella isn’t so simple and sweet. Roald Dahl, British novelist and poet, tells the tale of Cinderella in a more gory and dark way. He views the story in a light different than what most poets and writers see, and ultimately the fairy tale takes a trip down a path that most people aren’t used to. Anne Sexton, an American poet, also adds her own little twist to the Cinderella story that we all love and know. With her violent and bloody descriptions, Sexton focuses on the common theme of happily ever after but views the fairy tale from a realistic perspective. The Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella also brings the realistic aspect of a happily ever after to light. This story resembles a lot like Sexton’s and both exploit the popular theme. Each version of the famous fairy tale Cinderella all have one thing in common. All three abandon the innocent story of Cinderella, but the focus on the common theme of a happily ever after still remains present. However, in each of these stories the theme of a happily ever after is portrayed realistically, exploiting the thought of a fairy tale relationship being possible in the real world.…
These qualities on their own make Cinderella an anomaly among fairytale principals: she is given no journey, no quest, no troll to enrage or woo, but permitted to stay at home (albeit in a life of unrelieved drudgery). Although one of three sisters, she does not best them in riddles or games of strength or chance; even the sewing for which she is punished is not her own. Cinderella does not return from the party with a prize but (as I will show, I will shout) the opposite: she comes home missing what she had when she set out. Cinderella does not experience any perceivable growth or transformation with the exception of the tangible one directed by her magic guide—one which is also undone. We can read Cinderella as a mythical character only because of what she means to us as women.…
There are many versions of the Cinderella story. Here I will discuss and compare the original Grimm Brothers’ version with the Disney version. First, I will give a general overview of the common story. Second, I will describe the main differences and similarities between the plots of the two versions. Third, I will discuss the different audiences they were intended for. Finally, I will explain the moral teachings of both versions.…
The stepmother gave Ella a little room in the attic, old rags to wear, and all the housework to do. Soon everyone called her Cinderella, because she got so covered with cinders from cleaning the fireplaces. But Cinderella had many friends; everyone loved her except her stepfamily. She was always kind and tried to help everyone out, but still she was greatly miss-treated. One day when an invitation for a Grand-Ball arrived she got excited but her evil stepsisters ruined everything, from her hair to her shoes. But later on with the help of her Fairy godmother she went and had a wonderful time with the prince, in the end living happily ever after.…