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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Cinderella Sexton (An Analysis of Anne Sexton's poetic transformation of the Brothers Grimm's Cinderella) Ann Sexton's poetic transformation of Cinderella is a dark, comic version of the popular tale. ... For example, the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella (on which Sexton's poetic transformation is based) is based upon German folktales. ... Sexton's poetic transformation of the popular fairy tale Cinderella is a blend of her own life experiences, as well as her view of contemporary culture. ... In the fifth stanza, Sexton begins to tell the tale "Cinderella." ....

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Anne Sexton's poem "Cinderella" is based on the Grimm Brother's story of the same name. ... One of the largest controversies in "Cinderella" are the gender roles. ... While in pursuit of Cinderella, the Prince "covered the palace steps with cobbler's wax and Cinderella's gold shoe stuck upon it. ... The reader would think that the father was partial to the other women of the household and cared little about Cinderella. ... It is because she is trying to push society past the idea that Cinderella is the epitome of perfection, and that Cinderella and the other ...

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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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The story of Cinderella, perhaps the best-known fairy tale, is told or read to children of all ages. But Cinderella is not just one story; more than 500 versions have been found, and it seems almost every culture has it's own. ... For instance, some may object to the Cinderella in Lee Tanith's version "When the Clock Strikes," who's mother has "sworn allegiance to satanas" [558]. ... In this paper we will take a look at four of the different versions of Cinderella from around the world, each filled with magic and violent statements, and the possible arguments...

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Anne Sexton's "Cinderella" is a fairy tale poem about the life of Cinderella. ... The stanza then ends with "That story," referring to a typical "Cinderella story.... Sexton then starts to tell the story of a Cinderella, whose mother dies when she is younger. ... He then puts it on Cinderella, and it fits perfectly, so they ran off and got married. ... It is also shown when Cinderella gets the white bird that drops down whatever she wants. ...

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"Cinderella," was originally a European folk-tale, telling about a tyrannized heroine, who ends up marrying the prince of the story. ... Disney follows the fairy godmother's role, to grant all of Cinderella's wishes (Grant). ... These birds have spawn from an enchanted tree, that was planted on Cinderella's, dead mother's, grave. ... Grimm, on the other hand, chooses the witchcraft that Cinderella conjures via her wish fulfilling birds (Thorpe). ... This logically connects how the prince finds Cinderella in Grimm's. ...

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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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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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A close examination of "Cinderella" suggests that Cinderella's goodness lies in her passiveness and beauty. ... Perrault introduces Cinderella as a girl of "rare goodness and sweetness of temper" (17). ... A difference in the portrayal of Cinderella in the Brothers Grimm version of the fairytale, where she is called Aschenputtel, helps illustrate further how passive Perrault's Cinderella is. ... Though she takes more action than Perrault's Cinderella, in the end, both Cinderella and Aschenputtel are reliant on outside forces to change their destiny. ... 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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"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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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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