Abdulaziz Alshehri 31 October 2012 Cinderella Story Cinderella is a wonderful Disney movie. The social injustice in Cinderella is how they treat her. The ugly stepsisters and the evil stepmother treat Cinderella like she is trash. They have no respect for her. In one scene they destroy a dress that she is wearing. Cinderella was enjoying a leisurely life with her parents. Likely‚ Cinderella is blessed with love and compassionate from her mother‚ also from her father. It was her parents who made
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‘The Anti-Grimm’ (2012) is an article written by A.C. and published in The Economist website‚ a reputable global magazine with renowned writers and reporters. The author quotes experts in the study of fairy tales without providing specific credentials. For example‚ the quoting of ‘Bruno Bettelheim’ (para.8)‚ ‘Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Anderson’ (para.8)‚ indicates that the target audience of this article are individuals who have been exposed to the study of fairy tales and thus expected
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The Cinderella Myth The tale of Cinderella is encoded as a text of patriarchal moral instruction in which a sense of female agency will always by definition be absent. In this folk tale‚ which is also a fairytale‚ female character is positioned in terms of what it is not: not dominant‚ not powerful‚ not male. Cinderella herself‚ non-hero of a dubious tale‚ evinces more depth than most archetypes. She is capable of developing relationships‚ meting forgiveness‚ manipulating her own destiny‚ even of
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The Russian fairytale Jack Frost echoes many of the same characteristics as the Grimm tales. Jack Frost begins with a girl who has a cruel stepmother who hates her and tries to get rid of her. The stepmother convinces the father to leave his own daughter to die in the middle of the forest in winter. However‚ when Jack Frost‚ a personification of winter‚ comes to freeze her to death he is swayed by her kind words and instead rewards her with treasures. When the daughter returns wealthy and beautiful
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The Grimm brother’s father was a successful lawyer‚ who died in 1796. After their father’s death‚ the Grimm brothers were left with all the household responsibilities. As the two eldest of six children‚ Jacob and Wilhelm became very mature and helped their family by taking all the responsibilities. They were very creative and intelligent. They used their intelligence and creativity for studies and writing. The Brothers Grimm wrote hundreds of fairy tales in their
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In the Grimm Fairytales‚ there are many antagonists. The most occurring‚ however‚ is the Evil Stepmother archetype. In most stories‚ this character is insensitive to the familial needs‚ "No‚ Aschenputtle‚ you have no proper clothes‚ and you do not know how to dance‚ and you will be laughed at!" (Aschenputtle) ‚ opting instead to follow the path of greed or vanity. Almost always beautiful‚ the evil stepmother often strives to maintain that beauty and fortune for the sake of self "Queen‚ you are full
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Conor Morrison Dec. 8‚ 2011 From Grimm to Gorgeous When we live in the world we live in‚ there will be conflict‚ confrontation‚ and a solution. Often times‚ when it is a matter of someone being offended‚ this results in censorship of whatever happened‚ or the artwork that was displayed. That is not always a bad thing though‚ for example the Grimm brothers’ children’s and household tales. These gruesome tales have been changed and edited due to their nature of murder‚ incest‚ rape‚ and other
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“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
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is exemplified in both the Grimm version and the Disney version of Cinderella‚ however the Grimm version definitely exemplifies the theme more effectively than the Disney version does. The Grimm version and the Disney version of Cinderella both include punishment to the stepsisters for how they treated Cinderella and they both exemplify the theme. For example‚ in both versions‚ the stepsisters do not get to what they want‚which is to marry the prince and for Cinderella not to be happy. The Disney
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it was‚ in fact‚ based around historically misogynistic texts‚ like the Malleus Maleficarum‚ in addition to classic fairy-tale traits. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm‚ more famously known as the Brothers’ Grimm storytellers‚ took the image of the witch as presented by the MM and extended it‚ exploiting society’s prejudices and folklore tales. Jacob Grimm specifically‚ like Kramer and Sprenger‚ also believed that “women in general [were] to be predestined for clandestine magic because they‚ as opposed
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