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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His character is parallel with the Prince Charming in all traditional fairy stories. ... The story of Gemma ended happily where Gemma marries her prince, and eventually escapes to the refuge of America where she has her baby. ... This kiss recalls the kiss of the prince that woke the sleeping beauty, and Josef's mouth-to-mouth resuscitation of Gemma. ... Gemma's fairy story never ended happily ever after except for the princess Briar Rose and her own little girl. ... In Gemma's story, everyone - other than the prince who wakes the princess with a kiss and Briar Rose and aft...

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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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Stephanie Hanes, author of, "Little girls or little women? ... When kids are little many don't really care for the aspect of their appearance, because the parents dress them how they want to feed them, on how they dress, et cetera. ... She sat on the front step quietly – waiting, she said, for her prince. ... In conclusion, Hanes argument on how little girls in today's society are possibly hitting a fast forward button to adulthood is supported greatly by her appeal of Ethos. Hanes uses it to her advantage by enlisting credible sources that help back up her argument, on th...

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