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    distress. "Aschenputtel"‚ written by the Brothers Grimm‚ is a fairytale that tells about a depressed girl who lives with her oblivious father and an evil stepfamily. Countless versions of this story has been retold all over the world; "Cinderella" is one of these stories. Disney’s "Cinderella" and the Brothers Grimm’s "Aschenputtel" are two tales that are similar because they both possess a missing slipper‚ an evil stepfamily‚ and a damsel in distress. "Cinderella" and "Aschenputtel" include

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    Cinderella: “Aschenputtel” and “The Twelve Months” Numerous countries for countless of years have told Cinderella stories in different languages and in many different ways. These worldwide Cinderella stories may have different characters or even have different ways to interpret them. Also these Cinderella stories may have completely different magical interventions that help Cinderella throughout the story. For example the stories “Aschenputtel” and “The Twelve Months” are both a Cinderella story

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    and contrasting two Cinderella stories Aschenputtel and Yeh-Shen. Aschenputtel is a German folktale written by the Grimm brothers‚ and Yeh-Shen 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. Afterward‚ they are rescued by loyalty. The story’s message is to teach people that goodness is always rewarded in the end. The stories Aschenputtel and Yeh-Shen are both similar Yeh-Shen shares

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    Comparing Grimms ’ The Brave Little Tailor and Aschenputtel In Germany‚ fairy tales were a part of day-to-day life and "the Germans have repeatedly used fairy tales to explain the world to themselves" (Zipes 75). In fact‚ Kinder-und Hausmärchen was indeed in nearly every household in Germany. These fairy tales written by the Grimm Brothers are known for being "German fairy tales." So what makes these tales so Germanic and others tales not? How do Grimms ’ "German tales" compare to others? Through

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    Aschenputtel v.s Yeh-Shen The rags-to-riches story of Cinderella has been here for thousands of years with millions of different styles and version. One of the most eminent versions is “Aschenputtel” by the prominent Grimm Brothers. This tale‚ though well known‚ is not the original. One of earlier versions is “Yeh-Shen” by Charles Perrault in which‚ like “Aschenputtel”‚ has the classic rags-to-riches motif. The stories came from different backgrounds‚ they each have different ways of going

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    By: Suzanna Zamburskiy The first story is about ‘’ Aschenputtel ‘’ it’s a German story and was written by the brothers Grimm‚ in 1697. The second story is about ‘’ Yeh-Shen ‘’ it’s a Chinese story and was written by Ai-Ling Louie‚ it was originally published in 1982‚ and is over 1000 years before the first European Cinderella story appeared. The third story

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    Cinderella tales are written in a way to explain something meaningful in life‚ through a story. Many of the tales differ from the familiar “Disney version” of the story. Each of the Cinderella stories has a different tone and theme. The tales Aschenputtel by The Brothers Grimm from Germany‚ and The Twelve Months: A Slav legend adapted by Alexander Chodzko from Russia are told with different attitudes towards nature‚ but also has similarities. Women play a major role in the stories‚ yet they are

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    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 the stories “Aschenputtel” and “Yeh-Shen” both share the same sad background. They both lost their

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    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 a magic tree that would grant her wishes‚ Algonquin had an invisible prince‚ which obviously contains a little bit of magic. And

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    예준: Now we’ll tell you the original Brothers Grimm version – Aschenputtel. 예림: It starts out pretty much the same‚ with a stepmother and two stepsisters. But here‚ these stepsisters are said to be “beautiful and fair and appearance”. 예준: Who’se ever heard of pretty stepsisters? 예림:And instead of the plump fairy godmother‚ it involved a hazel tree and birds. And as you can all guess‚ the stepsisters go to the dance. So does Aschenputtel‚ with the help of the hazel tree and the

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