" 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. ... The fairy tales, "Cinderella," "Little Red Riding Cap" and "Little Snow White" help children learn how to follow rules. ... The Brothers' fairy tale version of "Little Red Riding Hood" offers a symbolic meaning. ... "Little Red Cap" learns, "Never again will you stray from ...

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Cinderella, in the Brothers story, is constantly being tormented by her stepfamily but in Everafter the youngest stepsister shows her a little compassion and she has human friends, not wild animals, who live in the home and help her with her daily tasks. ... In Everafter, the prince throws a ball in order to find a prospective bride. In the Brothers Grimm version the king threw a three day festival for the prince to find a bride. ... In the Brothers version, the prince falls for Cinderella but does not know who she is all he has is the slipper was left behind. The prince vows to wed the woman ...

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There was a handsome prince in Perrault's version, but in Tuans version there was a king. ... Finally in the ending of Perrault's version, which I liked very well, Cinderella married the prince and invited her stepsisters to come live with her and marry two noblemen. ... This version would also be the one I would recommend to be read to a little child. Tuans version was just too gruesome in some parts to read to a little child and a child would not be able to understand what was going on. ...

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Sexton takes further time to show the audience an obsessive Prince and careless father. While in pursuit of Cinderella, the Prince "covered the palace steps with cobbler's wax and Cinderella's gold shoe stuck upon it. ... The word choice in these lines leads the reader to think of the Prince as more obsessive as though Cinderella is a prize to be won. ... The reader would think that the father was partial to the other women of the household and cared little about Cinderella. ... Sexton refers to Cinderella and Prince Charming as "two dolls in a museum case never bothered b...

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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. ... The prince is an important character in this film also. He plays the role of a spoiled prince, who does not desire the life or the marriage that he was destined for, and when he finds Danielle he falls in love, then rejects her and then ends up with her in the end. ... "People who want to eat bread must earn ...

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The minor characters in this play( the two princes, the giantess, Rapunzel, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and the baker's father) were also well done, which I have found in other plays to be "half rate" or quickly whipped up to add a twist which really wasn't a twist at all, but something everybody knew was going to happen to a certain extent. ... 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, Cinder...

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• Grade Level: High School

Possibly the most popular fairy tale, Cinderella, isn't just about a poor maid who magically transforms into a beautiful princess and marries the handsome prince and lives happily ever after. ... Cinderella is known and admired as the young, beautiful, girl whose evil stepmother makes her life into a living hell, but prevails at the end and marries her handsome prince. ... Cinderella planted the branch at her mother's grave, and every time she wept and prayed onto it, a little white bird would swoop down and toss to her whatever she wished for (Tatar 117-118). ... Feasibly the most ...

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