7 Cinderella; oppressing or inspiring? Most fairy tales share common themes‚ characters‚ and similar atmospheres. In the two versions of Cinderella‚ the French “Cinderella” and the German one “Aschenputtel”. They are both centered around a girl who is “swept off her feet” by a dashing prince. Some critics state that these fairytales are oppressive to women. These fairytales are not oppressive to women. A girl’s upbringing and characteristics may be shaped by the literature they have read. The
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I will call her Cinderella. Cinderella has fled her home‚ absconding from bestiality and severe domestic violence‚ leaving her three small children behind. The Oxfam organisation report confirms the frightening statistics: “A harsh reality for many women in PNG - two out of three has experienced domestic violence and 50% have experienced forced sex.” http://www.oxfam.org.au/about-us/countries-where-we-work/papua-new-guinea Cinderella cannot go
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sweet‚ gracious‚ and beautiful Cinderella marries the prince‚ and as such escapes her miserable life. According to this tale‚ marriage is the ultimate goal in life especially for the woman. In Cinderella‚ all the maidens in town go to the ball just to marry the prince. Even Cinderella desires to go because she sees marriage to the prince as the solution to her problem. “The ideological and psychological pattern and message of either Perrault’s or the Grimms’ Cinderella do nothing more than reinforce
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ELA‚ we read three of the 900 Cinderella stories and one poem. I liked “Ashenputtel” because it had some cool features of the story such as the background of the story‚ but what was surprising is that it had blood and gore in it. “Yeh-Shen” was not my favorite‚ but I did think her step-mom and sister deserved punishment because of how they treated her. Apparently they didn`t know the phrase “treat others the way you want to be treated”. In the “Algonquin Cinderella” the step-sisters should have been
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Are all of children around the world told the same Cinderella? Of course not. According to “Cinderella” there are 340 to more than 3000 versions of Cinderella around the world (1). However the most popular version of Cinderella is Disney’s version‚ the oldest version is Chinese version called Yen-Shen. Both of them are based on Cinderella theme‚ but they were written by two different cultures between Western and Eastern. Therefore‚ they have some major differences in how the poor girl gets shoes
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Foreword This research work‚ A Research on the Influences of Chinese cultures and Traditions to the Filipino People‚ provides different facts and pieces of information about the reasons on the influence of Chinese cultures to the Filipino people. This research work focuses on different reasons how Filipinos are influenced by different races especially the Chinese. Dedication We dedicate this research work to our family and friends‚ who are always there for us to help in giving and gathering
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Correchet‚ Camille Prof. Fonts ENC 1102-3 15 February 2012 Conventional In the real world‚ problems and complications come up and happily ever after’s don’t exist. Sexton takes the classic story of “Cinderella”‚ reworks it‚ and makes it into her own twisted version of a fairytale. She starts the audience off with a few little “rags-to-riches” accounts comparing modern culture’s unrealistic dreams to what life really is like. Then she goes into telling the readers the famously known fairytale
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He throws punch after punch‚ striving to not only win the championship title but to obtain a better life for him and his family and hope for his people. The story of James J. Braddock and all he went through during the times of the Great Depression is inspiring and influential. At the start of his boxing career everything was going perfect. He had a beautiful and loving wife‚ nice home‚ fans‚ and he was winning his matches. Turning his life upside down‚ the stock market crashed and the Great Depression
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While Chinese culture has continued to grow and develop‚ some customs and tradition will remain the same. The Chinese culture has a huge part in The Good Earth and The Joy Luck Club that can be compared and contrasted. Both books are set in China‚ but in different time periods. The culture in China has always had a direct effect on the social conducts within the Chinese people. However‚ over time these are bound to change. A person’s daily life is always affected by the surrounding culture of where
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therapist would need for administering family treatment involving transgenerational model. If we would speculate knowing some information about Cinderella’s family members‚ the transgenerational model would work beautifully. A chronic anxiety of Cinderella‚ her unstable‚ submissive behavior‚ could be explained by anxiety transmitted over several generations. Goldenbergs bring our attention to a few important emotional patterns of an individual:”the selection of a spouse with similar differentiation
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