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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