In Anne Sexton’s "Cinderella" one may ponder what the purpose and tone is. Anne Sexton uses a strong satiric and humorous undertone when poking fun at marriage. The use of dark humor adds life and body to the poem. Anne Sexton’s placement of witty understatements is impeccable and allows the reader to imagine Anne Sexton’s dark humorous laugh as they read the poem. "You always read about.../...the nursemaid some luscious sweet from Denmark / who captures the oldest son’s heart. / from Diapers to
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was Cinderella. Cinderella stepmother didn’t like Cinderella at all. The stepmother only loved her 2 daughters. Her daughters had everything- Polo’s‚ Jordan’s‚ chicken boxes‚ and all. But for Cinderella there was nothing. Not any clothes or shoes from Foot Locker‚ Hollister‚ or Polo. She only got clothes and shoes from the thrift shop. Cinderella had to work all the time for everyone. She had to work like a maid. The only time Cinderella got to take a break was at noon. At noon Cinderella would
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ULBS 2013 CINDERELLA CAST : NARRATOR : SOFEA MARDIANA CINDERELLA : AINUL SUHANA STEPMOTHER : NUR KHALEEDA NADZIRAH STEPSISTER : KALAIMANI PRINCE : NURUL NADHIRA WHITE ANGEL : DALILA REZAL KING : DALILA REZAL GUARDSMAN : SOFEA MARDIANA Once upon a time in a faraway castle‚ lived a beautiful little girl named Cinderella and her widowed father‚ Fernando. Cinderella’s mother passed away since Cinderella was born. Slowly‚ her father became so lonely and he decided to get married again. Few
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Sibling Rivalry Bruno Bettelheim‚ the author of “Cinderella: A story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts‚” believes that Cinderella is one of the best fairytales of all time because the tale has a deeper meaning than what meets the eye and it is something that everyone can relate with at some point in their life. Being a Freudian psychologist‚ Bettelheim believes that a person’s conscious mind takes the fairytale for face value‚ while the same person’s unconscious mind can view the exact
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Brother Grimm’s version of Cinderella hold many symbolisms that posses many different meanings in the story. The first symbolism is the stepsisters symbolize our society of the world‚ and how cruel it can be to the innocent. The second symbolism is stepmother’s envy she has for Cinderella. The envy that originates from the stepmother is the jealousy she has for Cinderella’s beauty‚ and how it bothered the stepmother that her daughters are not as beautiful as Cinderella. The third symbolism is the
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Once upon a time‚ cinderella was walking through the supermarket‚ when a storm started. The power was knocked out‚ and there were kids trapped in the bathroom. Everybody was worried and trying to open the bathroom door. The key was flushed down the toilet. Now‚ cinderella is not a very bright person‚ and she wanted to get some shopping in to pass the time. She got some oranges‚ turkey slices‚ and grape juice. Then she realized that they ran out of cilantro. “What! Nno! This is impossible! She panicked
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astounded at how ugly she was. “She is as ugly as that rat we saw earlier.” and she was right very right. After our step-father had died Cinderella had not been the same. “Maybe we should give her more chores to make her feel better‚ you know get her mind off it.” I told my sister Anastasia it was a great idea and we put the plan into action. We made Cinderella clean the dishes‚ clean the clothes‚ and sweep every room. We thought we were doing the right thing‚ apparently we were not. “Since last
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adaptations of fairy tales. Cinderella‚ one of the most popular fairy tales with countless versions‚ reflects gender expectations on women in vastly different societies and settings. It’s storyline revolves around the idea that women are beautiful‚ vulnerable‚ passive‚ and obedient. Furthermore‚ Cinderella provides another example in fairy tales where the heroine of the story must be "rescued" by a man of princely ways and helped by the forces of nature. Using examples from Cinderella‚ it is evident that
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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.
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Anne Sexton’s poem Cinderella is an analysis of the falsehood of fairytales and their inapplicable meanings to real‚ everyday life. Sexton’s poem‚ as a whole‚ mocks the classic tale of Cinderella by retelling the story with an analysis intertwined. This big message of fairytales being fake is reiterated throughout the poem through repetition‚ similes through imagery‚ and diction. Sexton’s use of repetition is easily spotted in the last stanza of the poem. Sexton’s negative view is shown through
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