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    Cinderella While growing up as a young girl to an adult‚ fairy tales have always been incredible. Fairy tales are astonishing‚ enjoyable and always brought forth-interesting concepts of love‚ hatred‚ jealousy and bravery. The key element of each fairytale was always a happy ending that caught the audience’s attention. The Grimm Brothers version of Cinderella was indeed‚ remarkable to read and watch. When fairytales were first introduced‚ the public appreciated the fairy tales for their happy

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    Modern day fairy tales function in our society as hidden instructions for morals and behaviors that we teach children. One such fairy tale is Charles Perrault’s classic known as Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper‚ which on the surface seems to be a magical story about a young woman who is forced to live as a servant in her own home due to her evil stepmother and stepsisters‚ but then is ‘rescued’ by her Prince Charming. However‚ the story tends to perpetuate numerous gender roles and stereotypes

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    is the ultimate reward represented as a form of a prince charming for having a good behavior in life. Therefore‚ in the case of fairytale “Cinderella” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s version‚ love differs with my idea of true love for been unrealistic‚ too innocent‚ and unfair. The best seller shows many nonrealistic examples of love. For example‚ when Cinderella meets the prince charming and immediately wants to marry him. In reality this does not happen‚ a person needs to know the person who’s she

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    Discussion Board #3- Question 2 Cinderella is one of the most popular fairy tales from around the world and there are hundreds of different versions of the tale. “Cinderella: or The Glass Slipper‚” by Charles Perrault was first published in 1697 ‚also known as the Victorian Time‚ “Aschenputtel‚” by the brothers Grimm was published in the 19th century. Both versions of the tale have the same theme of “happily ever after”‚ but the two authors use different methods to portrait that theme. Disney’s

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    Professor Bennett Literary Evolutions 11 February 2014 Cinderella’s Happily Ever After 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

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    Cinderella is a primary example of the Graves/Jung stages of characterization. Rather than exclusively focusing on one interpretation of Cinderella‚ it is best to focus on two different interpretations. As we learned throughout the semester‚ the idea or goal behind the fairytales and folklores vary tremendously based on timeframe. For instance‚ the Grimm version ofCinderella would vary from the Walt Disney version of Cinderella. The differing goals of fairytales from past to present are emphasized

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    There are many different versions of the Cinderella tale‚ but in all of them‚ there is a prince who takes the Cinderella away with him‚ and they live happily forever. “Aschenputtel” is a German folktale written by the Grimm brothers‚ and “Yeh-Shen” is the Chinese version written by Ai-Ling Louie. They are both stories about two young beautiful maidens who are treated badly by their stepmother and stepsisters. The story’s message is to teach people that goodness is always rewarded in the end. In

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    Cinderella Equals Sarcasm In the poem “Cinderella‚” Anne Sexton uses sarcasm to say that nobody ever ends up being happy and never has that fairy tale ending that they all want. Sexton wants to show how society is under an illusion that all this is real. She is also saying people cannot just become happy despite their good fortune. Sexton uses sarcasm as a way to entertain and portray her points that she is trying to make. At the beginning of the poem she gives examples of many success stories

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    had one either and she changed my whole damn life around. So let me start from the beginning‚ not the very beginning though because I have got other goddam things to do in my day besides tell a story. Once upon a time‚ there once was a girl named Cinderella and at least that’s what they called me. I had the blondest goddam hair you have ever seen and I lived with two stepsisters and my stepmother. I was their goddam maid all of the time and waited upon their every need and ate the crappiest food scraps

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    many fairy tales that have been created through the years‚ Cinderella is into our subconscious by stimulating the part of us that sympathizes with the mistreatment of Cinderella. Others say that the theme of a down-and-out poor girl rising up to become rich and happy appeals to any normal person. This theme is the common bond between all the stories. Recently‚ however‚ modern versions of the tale have surfaced in an attempt to relate to modern audiences. In the textbook Writing and Reading Across the

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