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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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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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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Identifying Theme: In class‚ we learned different clues for determining the theme‚ or biggest main message‚ of a fictional story. Use your guided notes with these clues to identify the theme of this story you may know – Cinderella. This is part of the original version of the story written by the Brothers Grimm. The wife of a rich man fell sick‚ and as she felt that her end was drawing near‚ she called her only daughter to her bedside and said‚ "Dear child‚ be good and pious‚ and then the good
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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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"Cinderella" Analysis Through literary devices such as simile‚ repetition and symbolism‚ Anne Sexton delivers the message that there is no way to live "happily ever after." Using four short stories as a lead in‚ Sexton makes powerful arguments about society by creating the symbol of the dove and alluding to the story of Cinderella. For Sexton there is no Cinderella‚ there is no prince charming‚ and there is no happy ending. However‚ through "Cinderella‚" she argues that the "happy ever after" ending
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written about a 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
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EVERAFTER/A CINDERELLA STORY Cinderella is a classic childhood fairy tale of a young woman who’s mother and father both die‚ leaving her with a wicked stepmother and two wicked stepsisters. There have been several movies portraying this classic tale. One of which is Everafter starring Drew Barrymore. In this movie a girl loses her father and mother leaving her to be a servant for her stepmother. She meets a prince and falls in love. In another Cinderella type story line A Cinderella Story starring
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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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A CINDERELLA STORY Life wasn’t fair; it just wasn’t fair at all. Cindy’s parents had divorced two years ago and now her mother had fallen ill and was going into the hospital for some tests. Cindy was moving in with her father for a few months until the doctors could find out what was wrong with her mother. Cindy loved her father very much‚ but his new wife was just unbearable. And her two stepsisters were even worse. Cindy came often to visit her father. When her father left for work
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