“And they all lived happily ever after”. Throughout a child's life, someone has once read to them a fairytale. Every word and every picture of fairytales usually play a magical image in a person's mind. While reading a fairytale it can open magical worlds, possibilities, hopeful thinking and allows the reader to explore new ideas. Fairytales hold an important piece of children's literature that has a lasting impact on society. Most fairytales were written to fit the needs of society...
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The themes we will be analyzing are, “make the best out of every situation,” and “those who are truly kind-hearted will receive good fortune.” The two themes apply to actuality and are above board. The second theme is more engaging than the first considering it speaks a truth that most disregard or take for granted. The main character of the book, Cinderella’s Rat, is a small rat who’s accompanied by his sister, Ruth. Page 3 starts off the book with...
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Introduction: The Gendered Narratives in Fairytales The portrayal of men and women in fairytales has always served as a representation of societal gender roles for centuries. Gender roles in popular fairytales such as Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty invigorate controversy and conversation for critic and reader alike. The role of women in such tales reflect the society of the time period in which they were written. In the eighteenth century when these tales were first written, women were ghosts of society...
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Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella is the twenty-first century because it reflects feminist ideals, conveys an updated message of love, and explores the duality of human nature. In most of the stories analyzed in class the Cinderella character was subservient and very passive. However, the 2015 Cinderella is feminist in many ways. One aspect of the movie is that she is intellectual. In most if not all of her conversations with the prince she points out the wrongness of some traditions. During...
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The story commences with the introduction of four characters who live in a small village in a far-off kingdom at the edge of the woods and all of them have very important wishes. The Narrator first introduces a fair maiden called Cinderella, who really wants to go to the King’s festival but is unable to go because her evil Stepmother and Stepsisters called Florinda and Lucinda laugh and joke at even the idea of her going to a ball. The...
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What Was Happening at The Time ‘Into the Woods’ Was Set? Cinderella The first written European version of the fairy tale Cinderella was by Giambattista Basile in 1634 called ‘Cenerentola’. This name comes from the Italian word ‘Cenere’ which means cinder or ash. This is a reflection on the modern-day fairy tale that most people associate ‘Cinderella’ with as her evil Stepmother and Stepsisters treat her as a servant. Therefore, the words cinder and ash usually were covered in ash...
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Chinese Cinderella is a compelling autobiography written by Adeline Yen Mah. Chinese Cinderella is an extraordinary book that shows the reader how cruel we live in. Many wise lessons are woven into each sentence. While reading, the reader connects the book to the world, making the audience realize how cruel society and the world we live in can be. This novel is based on a child yearning for acceptance and love in a flawed and deliberated family. In the Novel...
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Cinderella is a story that many people know and love. In “America’s Cinderella” Jane Yolen argues that the American Cinderella that is loved and adored by many is wrong. Yolen explains that true Cinderella stories entail a number of themes and incidents. Yolen says that the themes are “riches recovered” (21), “rich person rescued from improper enslavement”(21) , and a “shrewd and practical person winning a share of power”(21). Her incidents include: “a scene with a radiant display” (21), “aid...
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The message Disney is trying to say is simply if you have a good heart, good thing will eventually happen. The American dream was showed when then the fairy brought the puppet to life-giving him the opportunity telling him “Boys who minister tenderly to their parents, and assist them in their misery and infirmities, are deserving of great praise and affection”. I say this because there's a reason why Disney's motto for Cinderella is 'Dare to Dream'. Going into further...
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Some fairy tale story can affect people physically and emotionally, but once in a while a story can call a person to escape it. The Cinderella is an misogynist story with toughness use of setting and scandalous characters that engages readers and can move them to treat women fairly. Perrault was born in Paris to a wealthy bourgeois family, the seventh child of Pierre Perrault and Paquette Le Clere. He attended very good schools and studied law before embarking on...
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Life is not only about success and failures; it is also about the adaptation of positivity and perseverance in traumatic conditions. Human nature is prone to success, failures, depressions, and traumas coming to and fro in life; the way we overcome the traumas and troubles in life with hope and determination is what really matters. It is called as “Resilience”. The term “Resilience” means “bounce back to normal”. The word ‘Resilience’ originated from the Latin word “resilire” or “to leap...
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The differences between “Cinderella” stories are caused by the particular historical context of when they were produced. First, a very blatant variation between the Grimm version and the Perrault version is the fate the step sisters suffer at the end of the stories. In the former’s version, “for their wickedness and falsehood, they were punished with blindness as long as they lived.” (Grimm) while in the latter’s version “[Cinderella] forgave them with all her heart, and wanted them always to...
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Abstract Cinderella is a classic folktale written by French author Charles Perrault, which was originally titled ‘Cendrillon’ and has been passed throughout generations by the medium of storytelling and fairytales. Cinderella’s story was adapted as a full-length animated movie by Disney Animation Studios in 1950, followed by the live-action adaption of Cinderella in 2015 by the same company. Disney’s version of storytelling in animated movies and live-action movies leaves an enchanting effect on the viewers through elements of “timeless narrations,...
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