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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Sexton’s‚ “Cinderella”‚ can be analyzed using Feminist criticism based on the way that Sexton dislikes this “perfect ending” scenario and that women do not need to marry a rich man to be successful. Sexton starts off the poem with a few scenarios where people become rich in different ways‚
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The story of Cinderella has been shared through many generations‚ exploring the life of a beautiful girl who is cruelly abused by her wicked stepsisters and stepmother. The director of Cinderella uses a song in every scene‚ making a definite contribution to the tone of underlying happiness despite the pitiful servitude Cinderella must succumb to in the movie. Not a single rhythm or melody is arbitrarily inserted into the narrative. Not only this‚ but the use of shadows and romantic auras to elicit
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The Story of CINDERELLA Cinderella lived in a small village in the north of England. She (has) _____ two sisters; they were very ugly. She (get up) _____ every morning at six o’clock‚ then she (make) _____ breakfast for her sisters‚ and afterwards she cleaned the house. She worked all day. Her two ugly sisters were very lazy; they never did any work because Cinderella (do) _____ everything. Cinderella was very unhappy. One day‚ the postman (come) _____ to the house. He (give) _____ Cinderella’s sister
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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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Cinderella’s Happy Ending In the essay Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior‚ Elisabeth Panttaja‚ she speaks about the fairy tale of Cinderella having a happy ending and successful in the story. The author explains how Cinderella is not so motherless; instead‚ her deceased mother is with her through the whole the story. The author wants the readers to understand that Cinderella is well mothered and she has a happy ending. Panttaja explains how Cinderella has defeated her step mother and her daughters
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modern twist on the classic Cinderella fable we have been told since childhood. A young girl who loses her mother‚ and later gains a stepmother and two stepsisters. She then became a maid to her two new stepsisters who were very cruel to her. She would find solace through a kind white dove that made a home in a large tree that overlooked her mother’s grave. The dove would bring her anything she wished for. Then came the Royal ball where the prince would choose a wife. Cinderella begged to go‚ yet her stepmother
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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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Cinderella‚ directed by Clyde Geronimi‚ is a movie about a pretty girl who has been made a servant by her ugly stepmother and stepsisters‚ and deserves a better life. Cinderella is the fairy tale basis for all other movies‚ in which the underdog prevails against all odds. Ever After‚ directed by Andy Tehnant‚ is a movie based on Cinderella. Besides some differences in characters and a change in setting‚ it has the same good beats evil concept. Maid in Manhattan directed by Wayne Wang is a newer
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When you think of Italy the first thing that people think of is ancient Rome‚ the coliseum‚ and the most famous Italian Julius Caesar. What most people do not know is of what happened in modern Italy during the 20th century‚ Economic‚ social‚ and political changes that made Italy what it is today. Italy ’s history during the 20th century is filled with war and many political changes. In World War I Italy tried to remain neutral but could not‚ Italy joined the allied forces. From 1922 to 1943
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