In this essay‚ I’m comparing and contrasting Cinderella. I have four different versions of Cinderella to write about. Aschenputtle‚ from Germany. Yeh-Shen‚ from China. Oochigeaskw‚ from Native America‚ and the Interview from modern-day America. Let’s begin with comparison. These three Cinderella stories were all written long ago‚ Yeh-Shen is over 1000 years old‚ Oochigeaskw is 100 or more years old‚ and Aschenputtle is at least 120 years old. Each story has a Cinderella character‚ again‚ Germany
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Karyn Eck English 102-1025 M. Barros Final Draft Disney Predecessors February 17‚ 2013 Classic vs. Modern Cinderella is a classic fairytale most little girls look up to and dream about. They watch the story of Cinderella enduring hardship and cruelty then wind up with her Prince in the end. These young girls fantasize and wish for their life to be exactly like Cinderella’s story. Children most often don’t grow up reading this original fairytale from a book‚ they only watch the Walt Disney
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Everyone knows the story of Cinderella‚ the girl who finds her prince with the help of a magical fairy god-mother‚ transforming her previously horrible life to a fabulous depiction of every little girls dream. Generations of children around the world have heard the story Cinderella countless times‚ however most people are unaware of the multiple versions of this legend. The European version of Cinderella ‚“Aschenputtel” written by the Grimm Brothers consists of the female protagonist being treated
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The two versions of Cinderella provide readers with insight into the values and attitudes of the cultures represented within each. The insight is obtained through the qualities the heroine’s possess‚ the nature of the consequence for the evil character‚ and the overall moral and purpose of each text. These features are excellent tools for audiences of both the Ancient Chinese culture and a more contemporary‚ Western style. The two heroine’s‚ Yeh Hsien and Cinderella‚ each posses different qualities
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contrast: Probably no two characters deserve to be compared more than Mathilde from “The Necklace” and Della from “Gift of the Magi”. The similarities of these two women make the reader expect similar behaviors‚ but their differences provide for their authors the necessary ingredients to make each story and theme unique. Assignment: Compare and contrast the character of Della in “Gift of the Magi” with the character of Mathilde in “The Necklace. PARAGRAPH I: Introduction Authors of different short
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turned it into a life lesson. In “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant‚ Mathilde Loisel gets so lost in the thought of becoming rich that her fear of being poor becomes reality‚ showing that
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superb diamond necklace‚ and her heart started beating with overwhelming desire. Her hands trembled as she picked it up. She fastened it around her neck over her high-necked dress and stood there gazing at herself ecstatically” (de Maupassant 376). Mathilde got the necklace‚ but unfortunately she lost it and this led to a debt that took a decade to pay off. She was a woman that faced severe consequences because of her unrealistic desires. It all started with her wanting a new dress for the ball‚ after
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Have you read any Cinderella stories rather than the one everyone knows? If not there are many other Cinderella story’s to read but the one everyone knows is the original one which is much alike to the France one. There are other versions like Mexico‚ German‚ Chinese‚ and Africa and many others more. Two that have some similarities and differences are the French and Chinese. In the France and Chinese Cinderella story a beautiful young girl suffers a lot and is very badly mistreated but at the end
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one of many cinderella stories told all over the world ‚ both stories are told different but in reality they are really alike and come from the same roots and just happened to be passed down to one another throughout the years‚ creating a magical vision for children but also in the depth of it leaving behind a life lesson everyone can learn from. In both stories each girl finds refuge with their new friends‚ although they are certainly not human the mice were there for Cinderella when she needed
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De Maupassant. The main character Mathilde Loisel‚ was more of a round character rather than a flat one. Mathilde is also the protagonist‚ she is the leading character in the story that faces a real event. In the story Mrs. Mathilde is described as a beautiful young woman who is miserable with her life. She constantly dreamed of a glamorous lifestyle and was never happy with the life she had. She believed that beauty and charm allowed her to better things. Mathilde husband Mr. Loisel worked hard to
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