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‚ and defines expectations of ‘goodness’ for women. Cinderella is more damaging than valuable to children because the tale
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between Disney’s Cinderella and Grimm’s Cinderella are striking and the deserve thorough examination. When the Grimm’s version of Cinderella was written in 1812‚ many things were different than the now most commonly known‚ Disney version. Things were more cruel in the Grimm’s version. Cinderella’s father in the Grimm’s version was brutal and rich‚ but in the Disney version‚ her father is dead. This is one example of the major differences in the two stories. In both versions of the Cinderella‚ Cinderella’s
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“Walt Disney’s Cinderella” adapted by Campbell Grant is the retelling of a familiar fairytale. In the fairytale‚ Cinderella is a plain servant for her stepmother and two stepsisters. With the help of a fairy godmother and some mice‚ she transforms into a beautiful princess who captures the heart of a young handsome prince. Then when the clock turns midnight‚ she has to return home and she loses her glass slipper. After the ball‚ the prince then goes to find the owner of the slipper‚ which belongs
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Bruno Bettelheim believes that the fairy tale Cinderella has a deeper meaning than what meets the eye. He shares his beliefs in his essay‚ "Cinderella: A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflict" in which Bettelheim explains the underlying complexity of the story Cinderella. Being a Freudian psychologist‚ Bettelheim believes that a person’s conscious mind takes the fairy tale for face value while the same person’s unconscious mind understands the same fairy tale completely different. The conscious
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With many variations of fantasies‚ "Happily ever after" is reoccurring in every fairy tale. "Cinderella" by Anne Sexton is a different variation of the classic tale. The author sets up her version of Cinderella with four anecdotes sharing how others can go from poverty to riches or gritty reality to fantasy. Sexton changes her happily ever after ending by satirizing the message the story gives. By doing so‚ Sexton would like the reader to know the difference between a fairy tale and reality. Anne
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Good Triumphs Evil: Cinderella Cinderella‚ as told by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in Household Tales‚ is a tale most of us are familiar with. Most know the version of the tale as told in the Disney classic animated film. However‚ when told by the Grimm brothers it is a bit more elaborate and quite unlike the Disney version. Yet it is a tale I can relate to‚ as I’m sure many others can as well. I find the moral of the story the authors were trying to get across is that good will triumph evil‚ even
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and father she was a princess.” (Cinderella). This quote was mentioned in both movies. Both the first and the second Cinderella movie are popular‚ and they both show their principle scene‚ which is when Cinderella is getting her dress made for the ball with the assistance of the mice. Both versions also show their respective‚ and classic view of Cinderella’s physical appearance. In the first version of the Cinderella movie as well as the second version‚ Cinderella is wearing her blue dress‚ along
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“Walt Disney’s Cinderella” is the retelling of a familiar fairytale. Walt Disney‚ regarded as America’s great filmmakers and innovators‚ combined animation and music to present this classic story. In the fairytale‚ Cinderella is a plain servant for her stepmother and two stepsisters. With the help of a fairy god mother and some mice‚ she transforms into a beautiful princess who captures the heart of a young handsome prince. Then when the clock turns midnight‚ she has to return home and she loses
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Mistreatment of Cinderella Cinderella is one of the best known fairy tales in the world. It was an old story written in China during the Ninth Century A.D. The story of Cinderella appears in the folklore of many cultures and there are between 350 and 1‚500 different versions of the story in the world today. In every version of the story Cinderella is a young girl who suffers at the hand of her step-family after the death of her mother. The two most famous Cinderella tales are A Cinderella Story Glass
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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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