Cinderella and Her Many Variations The story of Cinderella is one that is universally known and has hundreds of variations. Each variation of the story provides insight into the time period it was written‚ the cultural influences. This paper seeks to analyze and compare of the concept of the power of the female protagonist characters in fairy tales of Cinderella from the 20th century and early versions. The versions of Cinderella which will be discussed and analyzed within this paper are:
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1001-025 31 August 2013 Cinderella Analysis When I read‚ I begin by skimming over the passage‚ looking for terms that stand out and grab my interest. This usually gives me a good idea of what will attract me in a passage and in what way it will. The key words that stood out to me in the first Cinderella passage were: once upon a time‚ girl‚ sad‚ beautiful and happily ever after. The author selected a more basic word choice‚ which led me to believe that this version of the Cinderella story was intended
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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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The story of Cinderella is a timeless classic that characterizes the different aspects of historical writing. Many later variations of the story derive their origin from classic antiquity‚ one being possibly the earliest version recorded in the first century BC from the tale of the Greco-Egyptian girl Rhodopis. Rhodopis washes her clothes in an Ormoc stream‚ a task forced upon her by fellow servants‚ who have left to go to a function sponsored by the Pharaoh Amasis. An eagle takes her rose-gilded
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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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ELA‚ we read three of the 900 Cinderella stories and one poem. I liked “Ashenputtel” because it had some cool features of the story such as the background of the story‚ but what was surprising is that it had blood and gore in it. “Yeh-Shen” was not my favorite‚ but I did think her step-mom and sister deserved punishment because of how they treated her. Apparently they didn`t know the phrase “treat others the way you want to be treated”. In the “Algonquin Cinderella” the step-sisters should have been
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is the ultimate reward represented as a form of a prince charming for having a good behavior in life. Therefore‚ in the case of fairytale “Cinderella” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s version‚ love differs with my idea of true love for been unrealistic‚ too innocent‚ and unfair. The best seller shows many nonrealistic examples of love. For example‚ when Cinderella meets the prince charming and immediately wants to marry him. In reality this does not happen‚ a person needs to know the person who’s she
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Discussion Board #3- Question 2 Cinderella is one of the most popular fairy tales from around the world and there are hundreds of different versions of the tale. “Cinderella: or The Glass Slipper‚” by Charles Perrault was first published in 1697 ‚also known as the Victorian Time‚ “Aschenputtel‚” by the brothers Grimm was published in the 19th century. Both versions of the tale have the same theme of “happily ever after”‚ but the two authors use different methods to portrait that theme. Disney’s
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There are many different versions of the Cinderella tale‚ but in all of them‚ there is a prince who takes the Cinderella away with him‚ and they live happily forever. “Aschenputtel” is a German folktale written by the Grimm brothers‚ and “Yeh-Shen” is the Chinese version written by Ai-Ling Louie. They are both stories about two young beautiful maidens who are treated badly by their stepmother and stepsisters. The story’s message is to teach people that goodness is always rewarded in the end. In
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Professor Bennett Literary Evolutions 11 February 2014 Cinderella’s Happily Ever After Throughout the history of literature‚ the tale of Cinderella has always been portrayed as a fairy tale that ends with happily ever after. However‚ to some writers the tale of Cinderella isn’t so simple and sweet. Roald Dahl‚ British novelist and poet‚ tells the tale of Cinderella in a more gory and dark way. He views the story in a light different than what most poets and writers see‚ and ultimately the fairy tale
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