W131 8 October 2013 Critique of “Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior” Elisabeth Panttaja‚ teacher at Tufts University‚ analyzes the true morality of Grimm’s well known fairytale‚ “Cinderella”‚ in her critique‚ “Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior.” Cinderella is usually characterized as an innocent and “motherless” girl who is trying to find true love‚ such as Disney’s version of “Cinderella”. However‚ Panttaja claims that Cinderella is not motherless and Cinderella is trying to gain power by using
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Anne Sexton’s poem Cinderella is an analysis of the falsehood of fairytales and their inapplicable meanings to real‚ everyday life. Sexton’s poem‚ as a whole‚ mocks the classic tale of Cinderella by retelling the story with an analysis intertwined. This big message of fairytales being fake is reiterated throughout the poem through repetition‚ similes through imagery‚ and diction. Sexton’s use of repetition is easily spotted in the last stanza of the poem. Sexton’s negative view is shown through
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From generation to generation stories are always changing. Fairy tales like Cinderella go from mean step sisters to nice sisters‚ fairy god mother to a tree. After reading 5 different versions of Cinderella I had to choose which I would decide to read‚ above the others to my favorite child. After difficult thinking I have chosen the Walt Disney’s version of Cinderella for many great reasons. I have chosen the Walt Disney’s version because I feel it is the most fitting for children over all the others
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similarity?) She‚ much like Cinderella‚ is loyal and quiet in performing her daily duties. Ellen is also searching for something to complete her life. But several incidents in Ellen’s life contribute to her un-Cinderella-like ending‚ including the fact that she does not have a mythical figure to help her out. These scenes‚ which are shown through Ellen’s responses to interactions with characters around her‚ prove Ellen to be a very complex character. Both Ellen and Cinderella experience sadness from
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writer of the story Cinderella and you want to make a twist in the ending of the story where Cinderella never had the opportunity to try the glass slipper and her sister can wear the glass slipper and get married with the prince. How the story will be? Write your prediction in not less than 120 words. You can use the notes given. Title: __________________________________________ Once upon a time‚ there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella. She lived with her
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Rua Richardson Heidi Rich English 101 17 January 2013 Shoe Size Does Not = Love A very common fairy tale that we have grown up hearing is the story of Cinderella‚ a poor girl whose dreams of marrying a prince and living happily ever after‚ finally comes true after many years of wishing upon a star. Individual writers of the “Cinderella” story may alter the story‚ but the general concept is always the same. This classic story has been told to millions of children and is known as a great romance
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From Chinese Cinderella Growing up in a wealthy family in 1950s Hong Kong‚ Adeline Yen Mah should have had an enviable childhood‚ but she was rejected by her dominating stepmother and despised by her brothers and sisters. She was sent to a boarding school and left there. In this extract from her autobiography she relates one of the few occasions when she went home. Time went by relentlessly and it was Saturday again. Eight weeks more and it would be the end of term … in my case perhaps the end of
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With many variations of fantasies‚ "Happily ever after" is reoccurring in every fairy tale. "Cinderella" by Anne Sexton is a different variation of the classic tale. The author sets up her version of Cinderella with four anecdotes sharing how others can go from poverty to riches or gritty reality to fantasy. Sexton changes her happily ever after ending by satirizing the message the story gives. By doing so‚ Sexton would like the reader to know the difference between a fairy tale and reality. Anne
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retelling of Cinderella Michelangelo‚ perhaps the most gifted sculptor and painter of all times‚ once said that "geniuses stand on the shoulders of other geniuses." As Michelangelo built upon the brilliance of his predecessors‚ Anne Sexton does the same with her poem "Cinderella". Fairy tales originated as oral traditions and were passed along and sculpted by thousands of story tellers. Each raconteur changes elements in the story to fit their individual needs. Sexton reinvents "Cinderella" as a poem
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both the Grimm version and the Disney version of Cinderella‚ however the Grimm version definitely exemplifies the theme more effectively than the Disney version does. The Grimm version and the Disney version of Cinderella both include punishment to the stepsisters for how they treated Cinderella and they both exemplify the theme. For example‚ in both versions‚ the stepsisters do not get to what they want‚which is to marry the prince and for Cinderella not to be happy. The Disney version kept it this
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