In Charles Perrault's version, which is considered the most common, Cinderella is seen as passive, limited, dependent and inferior. ... In order to see how gender roles have changed in fairy tales from the old to the new, let's compare the classic version of Cinderella by Charles Perrault to a recent version which is a movie that was released in 1998 called "Ever After"which was directed by Andy Tennant . ... "People would laugh if they saw a Cinderbottom at the ball" Charles Rerrault (p599). ... Unlike Perrault's version, the movie does not have any magical events. ...

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