Compare And Contrast Cinderella And The Applicant

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Societies standard change every year. Women are constantly overwhelmed to attain a standard of beauty that is equivalent to perfection. Women are judged by their looks more than any other aspect. In the poems “Cinderella”, “Barbie Doll” and “The Applicant”, the authors illustrate that many people falsify their bodies in order to conform to society. In these poems the authors suggest that the standards of society are more constraining to women than men. In the play “Cinderella” written by Anne Sexton, women are viewed as as unintelligent and single-minded in this poem. The the stepsisters’ decide to alter their body in order to get the prince. Sexton states “her big toe got in the way so she[Cinderella’s eldest step-sister] simply sliced it

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