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Denise Bates Cinderella
Denise Bates
Engl 1020-103
March 3, 2015
Writing Assignment #2

Comparison and Contrast: Cinderella
Everyone has heard of the Cinderella story Walt Disney version but not the Anne Sexton’s version. If I had to choose between the two to read to children ill pick the Walt Disney version. These two version similar and differ in their own ways. Both versions have their own plots of the Cinderella story. The characters in both versions are the same but have different character development.
Cinderella is a 1950 classical musical produced by Walt Disney. Cinderella was a young modest forgiving young lady who had a servant’s heart. At a young age her mother died and it was just her and her father. Cinderella father wanted her to have a mother’s care and marries her step mother. Cinderella is abused and mistreated by her step family who basically took over everything when her father passed. They took over the estate and made her become a maid in her own home. Overlooking all the negative things Cinderella grows into a kind young woman, friending the animals in the barn and the mice and birds that lived around the estate. The cast in Cinderella consist of 8 main characters. Cinderella, Jaq and Gus, Lady Tremaine, , Prince Charming, Anastasia Tremaine, Drizella Tremaine, Lucifer, and the Fairy Godmother. Cinderella is 19 years old with hair to her shoulders with blue eyed. After her father passes she is forced into being a servant in her own home. In spite of that she maintains hope through her dreams and remains the sweet person she is. She has faith that one day all her dreams of being happy will come true and her kind-heartedness will pay off. With the help of her animal friends they fix up an old dress that belonged to her mother so she could attend a royal ball. Jaq and Gus are two mice who are Cinderella sidekicks. They perform many favors for Cinderella. Jaq was the leader of the mice, planning all the strategies on how to avoid the cat Lady Tremaine the evil

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