2. Folktales back in the eighteenth and nineteenth were told by the elders mostly for teachings for the little ones in the group. Fairytales that are told today are much more “disneyfied” and have happier ending and are for the reader's enjoyment
3. The Grimm brothers argued for preserving the tales exactly as heard from the oral sources, scholars have determined that they sought to improve the tales by making them more readable.
4. Perrault and D'Aulnoy and Grimm have two very different …show more content…
Perralt’s version of Cinderella was a one of a kind folktale. It is the original story and the first one ever wrote. That is why it be considered canonical over all other Cinderella stories.
1. Of the versions of Cinderella presented in this chapter, Perrault's version of the story is what a lot of people would consider most familiar to them. Many people have heard Walt Disney's version of this story, and Perrault's version is almost exactly similar to that.
2. Cullen's "Interesting to Note" may suggest to some that the release of Walt Disney's version of Cinderella may be him trying to promote feminism in some way. During the time he released his version, which was in the 1950's, women were seen as ideal housewives and mothers and were not needed in the workforce. But, Disney's version suggests that women did not have to put up with that. They are just as capable as anyone else to do the things that they want. Women should be able to go out and have fun and not have to stay home, clean and take care of everything. They should be able to do what they want, and in Disney's version, that is what Cinderella