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    A Cinderella Story

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    A CINDERELLA STORY Life wasn’t fair; it just wasn’t fair at all. Cindy’s parents had divorced two years ago and now her mother had fallen ill and was going into the hospital for some tests. Cindy was moving in with her father for a few months until the doctors could find out what was wrong with her mother. Cindy loved her father very much‚ but his new wife was just unbearable. And her two stepsisters were even worse. Cindy came often to visit her father. When her father left for work

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    Panttaja explains in her essay different views and ideas in the sense that Cinderella is successful because of the magical powers created by her dead mother. The author tells that “It is not suprising . . . that modern criticism of (Cinderella) . . . has been so strangely indifferent to the roles that Cinderella’s mother plays in the story.” This to my knowledge is giving me a different view on how people thought Cinderella acted to the situations that occurred. Cinderella’s mother plays a big role

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    Anne sexton's cinderella

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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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    Rua Richardson Heidi Rich English 101 17 January 2013 Shoe Size Does Not = Love A very common fairy tale that we have grown up hearing is the story of Cinderella‚ a poor girl whose dreams of marrying a prince and living happily ever after‚ finally comes true after many years of wishing upon a star. Individual writers of the “Cinderella” story may alter the story‚ but the general concept is always the same. This classic story has been told to millions of children and is known as a great romance

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    Cinderella Argument Paper

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    From generation to generation stories are always changing. Fairy tales like Cinderella go from mean step sisters to nice sisters‚ fairy god mother to a tree. After reading 5 different versions of Cinderella I had to choose which I would decide to read‚ above the others to my favorite child. After difficult thinking I have chosen the Walt Disney’s version of Cinderella for many great reasons. I have chosen the Walt Disney’s version because I feel it is the most fitting for children over all the others

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    First published in 1697 by Charles Perrault “Cinderella: or The Glass Slipper”‚ is one of the most famous fairytales of all time. There are thousands of variants known throughout the world. Upon the first glance it may seem like a simple fairy tale‚ but it is more than that. Through the use of the Marxism theory the reader will find that the story’s theme of power will be made apparent. In Charles Perrault version of Cinderella; or‚ The Little Glass Slipper the Marxist literary theory is very evident

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    similarity?) She‚ much like Cinderella‚ is loyal and quiet in performing her daily duties. Ellen is also searching for something to complete her life. But several incidents in Ellen’s life contribute to her un-Cinderella-like ending‚ including the fact that she does not have a mythical figure to help her out. These scenes‚ which are shown through Ellen’s responses to interactions with characters around her‚ prove Ellen to be a very complex character. Both Ellen and Cinderella experience sadness from

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    direction regarding principles consistent in human interactions—wisdom‚ in a nutshell. This can be shown in stories‚ such as those that were collected and/or written by the Grimm brothers. “Cinderella‚” one of the most popular stories collected by the brothers‚ is a story involving the death of a loved one‚ the struggle between right and wrong living‚ and redemptions‚ which are all real-world issues. The idea is that stories‚ such as

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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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    Gender roles in Cinderella

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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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