Bruno Bettelheim believes that the fairy tale Cinderella has a deeper meaning than what meets the eye. He shares his beliefs in his essay‚ "Cinderella: A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflict" in which Bettelheim explains the underlying complexity of the story Cinderella. Being a Freudian psychologist‚ Bettelheim believes that a person’s conscious mind takes the fairy tale for face value while the same person’s unconscious mind understands the same fairy tale completely different. The conscious
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The novel Chinese Cinderella is an autobiography written by Adeline Yen Mah about the harsh life she had whilst growing up. Adelineʼs childhood shapes her character‚ the reader can see these developments throughout the novel. One characteristic easily seen is her love for reading and writing. Adeline is also a very intelligent school student who accomplishes many achievements in the novel. Her intelligence also leads to her success. Adelineʼs modesty of her intelligence and impressive writing skills
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“Cindarella”‚ understanding the basic concepts of the story was not as easy as I had once predicted. The author Elisabeth 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
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pretty and poor girl named Cinderella. Since then multiple versions have emerged. They are all varying in some shape or form; however‚ they all are alike when it comes to the plot elements. These elements consist of‚ Cinderella being a poor servant girl‚ evil stepsisters‚ evil stepmother‚ a magical source that benefits Cinderella‚ a prince who throws a ball and a happy ending for Cinderella. Though every story is somewhat different‚ they are still recognizable as Cinderella. Each of these elements are
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In this essay‚ I’m comparing and contrasting Cinderella. I have four different versions of Cinderella to write about. Aschenputtle‚ from Germany. Yeh-Shen‚ from China. Oochigeaskw‚ from Native America‚ and the Interview from modern-day America. Let’s begin with comparison. These three Cinderella stories were all written long ago‚ Yeh-Shen is over 1000 years old‚ Oochigeaskw is 100 or more years old‚ and Aschenputtle is at least 120 years old. Each story has a Cinderella character‚ again‚ Germany
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Sibling Rivalry Bruno Bettelheim‚ the author of “Cinderella: A story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts‚” believes that Cinderella is one of the best fairytales of all time because the tale has a deeper meaning than what meets the eye and it is something that everyone can relate with at some point in their life. Being a Freudian psychologist‚ Bettelheim believes that a person’s conscious mind takes the fairytale for face value‚ while the same person’s unconscious mind can view the exact
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civilizations. However‚ fictional stories were often written for purposes other than entertainment value. Many narratives‚ though fictional‚ were created to give the reader‚ many times children‚ 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
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I read “The Woman Taken in Adultery” which is actually a chapter in the New Testament. The story is about how the scribes brought a woman (who committed adultery) in front of Jesus asking if she should be stoned. Instead‚ Jesus turned the tables on them and said‚ “He that is without sin among you‚ let him cast the first stone at her.” I have heard of this saying before such as‚ “People who live in glass houses‚ should not throw stones. The author wrote this to show us how Jesus would show mercy on
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There are many types of stories. Of these stories‚ there are over 900 versions of Cinderella. But in this essay‚ I will only be talking about four of them. I will compare‚ contrast‚ and conclude those four versions called‚ “Yeh-Shen”‚ “The Algonquin Cinderella”‚ “Aschenputtel”‚ and “Interview” in this essay. One thing you probably didn’t know‚ is that these three stories are very old‚ which is something they all have in common. They also all have an element of magic. For example‚ Aschenputtel had
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Reaction Paper 3: South Africa is one on the most controversial countries in the world. It is located in the southern part‚ at the bottom of the continent of Africa as its name indicates. The country is known to shelter a diversity of languages and cultures. The country went through many violent events opposing the white minority dominating over all other races. Fortunately‚ a man named Nelson Mandela will change the course of history and impact Africa and the world in a great way. The role of
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