decided to name this novel Chinese Cinderella because it relates to the same storyline as the fairytale‚ Cinderella. The author led the same type of life as the main character of Cinderella- being an unwanted daughter‚ mistreated and unloved by her stepmother. As in the fairytale‚ she overcame the odds to prove her worth with a fulfilling life and good education. The story’s author‚ Adeline Yen Mah‚ was Chinese so she called it Chinese Cinderella which is alliterative so has a good sound for a title
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her evil stepmother‚ during her stay with the dwarfs and she has to deal with the temptation from the old woman. As we see in these examples the protagonists often take a journey either by choice or by necessity. Most often these journeys are actual journeys where the main character travels
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Elizabeth in 1826. I had a really hard time getting along with my new stepmother. From the start‚ we never got along. One day‚ I tried playing a joke on her by putting salt in her tea‚ but she eventually found out‚ and gave me the nickname “a limb of Satan”. Her and my father went on to have nine more children. I had three brothers‚ three sisters‚ four half-brothers and five half-sisters. I had 15 siblings from my mother and stepmother. When I turned eight‚ my father sent me to the astounding‚ Shelby
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Snow White was presented to the public in 1937‚ a girl with no parents only to be raised by her stepmother‚ who was filled with envy so much as to kill her daughter. Snow White was kind‚ beautiful and filled with innocence so much that even the huntsman spared her life. She tells the story of someone longing to find her true love and after all the obstacles she faces she is found by her stepmother who has transformed into an old lady and poisons snow white‚ her seven dwarfs are then left to grieve
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obvious moral is to “treat others how you would like to be treated.” In that story‚ the people who act cruel and wicked find themselves in a place of distress‚ misfortune‚ and misery. Cinderella‚ whose heart is kind‚ is a very hard worker and treats everyone with respect and kindness. She treats everyone as equals: the magical fairy godmother‚ the talking mice‚ and even the evil stepmother. In the end‚ Cinderella is blessed with the great gift of becoming a princess. She is finally treated how she
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Clarke‚ Micael M. "Bronte’s Jane Eyre and the Grimms’ Cinderella." SEL: Studies in English Literature 1500-1900. 40.4 (2000): 695-710. Clarke explores the similarities and importance of Brontë’s use of the Grimms’ version of Cinderella within the story of Jane Eyre. She outlines how the two stories are parallel and then skillfully explores the symbolism that is present in both. Through her analysis of the ways the two stories are similar‚ Clarke concludes that the combination of
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such as: Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters from the short fairy tale story ‘Cinderella’ which was written by Charles Perrault in 1697. In addition‚ the wolf from the short fairy tale story ‘Little Red Riding Hood’‚ that Charles Perrault wrote in 1697. Those characters were evil in those fairy tale stories because of their evil characteristics that will be discussed later on. First‚ in the short fairy tale story Cinderella‚ the evil characters were Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters. The
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What is a myth? This question-and the vast concepts that go along with it-doesn’t come up very often‚ if at all. Perhaps this is due to the fact that myths are not popularly observed in depth; therefore‚ the answer to such a simply-put‚ yet broad question usually doesn’t exceed a standard myth’s generalities. Most people will conclude that a myth is fiction and neglect to realize that the overall definition goes far beyond that. According to Joseph Campbell‚ neither a myth nor the hero’s story from
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“In children you should never let such angry passions rise; their little hands were never made to tear each other’s eyes.” ~ Isaac Watt We use fairy tales to teach young children morals; however‚ these fairy tales have a negative effect on children’s psyche. The fairytale is often an entertaining story of miraculous and supernatural happenings. Its purpose is to galvanize the depths of our minds in such a way as to make us a part of the landscape‚ bound only by the limits of our own imaginations
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pleasant and hummable‚ with organic lyrics that are essential to narrating the story. Standout songs include “In My Own Little Corner‚" “Impossible/It’s Possible‚” and the haunting “Do I Love You Because You’re Beautiful?” Playing Cinderella’s stepmother‚ Sweet Plantado chews the scenery (but in a good way) and steals the show with every lip curl and cutting one-liner. The two bickering stepsisters (Gianina Ocampo and Maronne Cruz) display a flair for physical comedy and slapstick. The comic relief
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