In Sexton's "Cinderella," Cinderella's mother tells her to "Be devout. ... In this version of Cinderella, she goes from rags to riches. In "Cinderella or the Little Glass Slipper," Cinderella is "without equal in sweetness and goodness" (Sierra 10). ... In all of the different Cinderella versions, the evil stepmother and stepsisters always oppress Cinderella. ... Her stepmother in this version oppresses Cinderella as well. ...

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After reading the Brothers Grim version of Cinderella and viewing the film version of Cinderella, Everafter, one can distinguish precise differences between the these two similar stories. ... For years the story has been refined and reworked, whether as The Brothers Grimm's "Cinderella." or the most recent version, Ever After: A Cinderella Story, a film by Andy Tennant. ... In both stories the stepmother tells Cinderella she can attend after she completes household chores, but changes her mind at the last minute shattering Cinderellas heart. ... In both tales Cinderella makes an appearanc...

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The Function of Symbolism in Snow White and Cinderella No matter where you are in the world, chances are, you hold fairy tales from your childhood close to heart. ... Have you ever wondered why Snow White bit the apple or why Cinderella's evil stepsisters got their eyes pecked out by doves? ... After reading more closely into the many different works of Cinderella, many important symbols have come to light. ... As promised, her father came back with a branch from a hazel bush and gave it to Cinderella. ... Bruno Bettelheim, a renowned child psychologist, stated, "it is quite clear th...

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Did you ever ponder the concept that maybe you were the "Cinderella" of the family? ... Cinderella is constantly enduring sibling rivalry, reflecting how she feels about her parents and their debased opinion of her. ... All children have the same desire as Cinderella, which is "to be rescued from their lowly position and surpass those who seem superior to them". The fairy tale of "Cinderella" portrays the exact outcome every child is envious of and many dream of. ... Sibling rivalry appears to be as much needed as it is disputed just like the fairy tale lesson of "Cinderella". ...

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Cinderella absorbs and suppresses the anger, and never lets it show. ... "This is one tough, Cinderella" Drew Barrymore (p634). ... A definite trait of many versions of Cinderella is the reward for suffering. ... Cinderella earns everything she gets through working hard. ... Not only Cinderella's role has changed. ...

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As we look at two versions of Cinderella, one is the Grimm Brothers short story "Cinderella" and the other, the movie Ever After. ... In the short story version, the characters include Ashputtle which is Cinderella, the Stepmother, the stepdaughters, the prince, the father and the spirit of Ashputtle's mother. The character of Cinderella is portrayed as a good little angel that always does what she is told. ... We can see how the roles of the character of Cinderella has changed with the times, she becomes more assertive and outspoken in the Ever After version this could very well be cause...

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Cinderella Cinderella, one of the best-known fairy tales, has over 340 variations and can be traced back as far 850-60 CE (Common Era), where a version was written down in China. The Chinese Cinderella was taken down from a family servant, but the text makes clear that the audience already knew the tale. ... From Animal Helper to Fairy Godmother The bones of the fish in the Chinese story work the magic which helps Cinderella. In "Rashin Coatie", the Scottish version of the tale, Cinderella's dead mother returns in the form of a calf, who helps Cinderella. ... The dead mother (a...

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Another fairy tale where the beauty myth is seen is Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper. In this story, the main character, Cinderella, is introduced as a maid of her wicked stepmother. Even though she is seen in a low class image, the story still refers to Cinderella as a beautiful woman. ... (Wolf, pg. 12, The Beauty Myth, 1992) Cinderella is an ideal example of the societal fixation on beauty, and the fairy tale Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper is the perfect tool to teach kids the current view. ... Beauty in fairy tales pushes women to look like Cinderella when it should not. ...

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In "Cinderella: A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts,"" by Bruno Bettelheim is a story that revolves around one key component: kids will try to portray the Cinderella character at some point in their childhood. ... He goes on to mention how a child's years want to be plotted like Cinderella's. ... Also, they were not fair for the positivity of the Cinderella side, either. ... Where are the reasons why a kid should read Cinderella. ... Repeated ideas seem to be a constant for Bettelheim was repeating the negatives of Cinderella. ...

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" Cinderella's stepsisters go to extraordinary attempts to win the prince in the original Grimm Brothers' version of the fairy tale, including slicing off parts of their feet to fit the golden slipper, before the prince spots the blood spilling out of the shoe. ... If you ever had "Cinderella" read to you as a child, you probably won't be familiar with the above excerpt from the Brothers' version, in which the stepsisters are urged by their mother to self-mutilate their feet in a bid to marry the prince. ... The fairy tales, "Cinderella," "Little Red Ri...

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The catalyst of the plot were the main characters which were the baker and his wife, Jack, the witch, Red Riding Hood, the wolf and Cinderella were all major. ... But the most apparent dynamic characters of the play were Red Riding Hood, because of how she seemingly made a transformation from little girl, who frequently was taken advantage of, to a mature young woman who could fend for herself, Cinderella, because of how at first all she dreamt of was marrying a prince(stereotypical behavior of the time) and then turned into someone who would give anything to avoid a prince, and Jack, because ...

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Stories serve as a cultural medium to transfer values, ideas, and expectations of a society to a younger generation, and the Grimm Brothers stories such The Frog Prince, The Ungrateful Son, and, Cinderella all perform this function. ... Among the most famous of Grimm's tales is Cinderella. ... By the end of the day she would be forced to sleep in the piles of cinders on the floor, thus she was called Cinderella by the rest of the household. ... He gave this twig to Cinderella and she took it and planted it at her mothers grave. ... Every day Cinderella would visit her mothers grave thr...

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In the fairytales of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel, the heroines show alliance to the structure of strong behavioural codes, allowing the reader to relate to the damsel, or model themselves in a similar fashion. ... Rapunzel relies completely on a prince, for her to escape her imprisonment; Cinderella has to use the mythic powers of her fairy godmother to achieve her goal and Sleeping Beauty is rendered helpless until her prince charming awakens her from her slumber. ... Cinderella is another good example of the negative gender expectations placed on women in fairytales. ... Cind...

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Cinderella also plays a very passive role in her story. ... Sexton mentions Snow White's "doll eyes," Sleeping Beauty as a "little doll child," and Cinderella and her prince like "two dolls in a museum case." ... On the other hand, the stepmothers in "Snow White" and "Cinderella" have an obsession with their mirrors. ...

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"Into the Woods" is a modern twist on several of the well known Brothers Grimm fairy tales, intertwining the plots of the stories and exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. This movie starts out as sickeningly sweet with the combination of well known fairy tales but it turn...

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As time progressed a similar style of tales emerged in Hindu civilisation and by 850AD the first literary version of Cinderella had been written in China. ... They experienced immediate success with the inclusion of such classics as The Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots and a Western version of Cinderella. ... They are persecuted by wicked stepmothers (Cinderella), eaten by wolves (Little Red Riding Hood), or fall asleep for a hundred years (Sleeping Beauty). ... His series of assaults included A Gander at Mother Goose, Red Hot Riding Hood, Blitz Wolf and Swing Shift Cin...

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Is "Silas Marner" a fairy tale? Some people say "yes", while some say it is a novel with the memories of its writer, George Eliot's early days. "Silas Marner" opens with an overview of the society where Eliot's story took place. The setting is in the English countryside in which she described ge...

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In Briar Rose, Jane Yolen uses the tale of "Sleeping Beauty" as a point of reference for a haunting Holocaust mystery - within a romance - within a compelling fairy tale - within a novel which will fascinate young as well as adult readers of all ages. Briar Rose is an unusual and poignant novel. It ...

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We've seen them all, all of those fairy tales with the same plots, same themes, and same "happily ever after "endings. And then you see Shrek, and your perspective on fairy tales changes. You notice that this movie is not exactly your average fairy tale. While the story line is much the same as coun...

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