Fairy tales fill children's imaginations with wanting to be princesses and have magic powers. A very special story that always seems to stick out is Cinderella. Cinderella has been around for a long period of time which has made kids dream big. To the little ones Cinderella seems like she's just a poor girl who wants to be free and a princess, but it's more than that. In fairy tales like Cinderella, there are many female archetypes including Cinderella, and feminism has an affect on Cinderella as well. In the Cinderella we all know, Cinderella gets treated unfairly by her evil step mother and ends up at the ball she's not supposed to go to and dances with the prince. When she runs to go back home she loses her slipper. The prince then …show more content…
When he does he just can't get his eyes off her. They dance until she has to go and doesn't want to let her go. Grimm's version Cinderella goes to a dance three times and he try's trapping her three times. Eventually he gets her slipper! He goes around trying to find his match. I don't think the prince is a big archetype but he is one of the important characters. The fairy god mother is very important in Cinderella's because she is the one who helps Cinderella. In Grimm's version, doves help Cinderella throughout the story. In many Cinderella's different things may help Cinderella. It's usually animals or a fairy god mother. Sometimes she gets help by both and in time Cinderella I think gets more help through the new versions that come out. Feminism was questioned when the Cinderella story had come out. Did Cinderella get treated like trash because she is a woman? In the story, her step mother makes her do chores and clean her daughters messes. When feminism was a big deal, woman didn't want to be stuck at home and acted like they were maids. They wanted real jobs and to be treated as equal as men. Cinderella was treated as woman were then and it was a big
Cinderella is a childhood fairytale created through Disney that highlights fairy godmother magic, animated nature with talking animals, and happily ever after ending. While the latent meaning we grow
According to Refinery 22, “Cinderella” began being a story all about “persecution and the dangers of systematic oppression”.
This passage from the story insinuates that men need women to see it they way they do, and men don’t appreciate it when women are free-thinking. Women in fiction, not just in books but in movies and television as well, are often represented in certain molds or ideas. The story of Cinderella and the story by Hurston both reinforce the idea that fictional portrayals of women are
The version in the United States is known as Cinderella. Cinderella's mother dies when she is young and her father remarries. The woman he gets married to has two daughters. They become Cinderella´s new evil stepsisters. Her sisters are jealous because she is very pretty and petite. They treat her very poorly. She is to do chores around the house and attend to every need of her stepmother and stepsisters. The Prince is having a ball and requests that every available lady in the kingdom attends. Cinderella is told by her stepmother that she can not attend the ball unless she finishes her chores. She finishes her chores and
The Glass Slipper Fairytales, the short stories that most children hear as they go to bed, are actually folktales from previous decades. The fairytales today are primarily adaptations of older versions recreated by Disney— the pioneers of this generation. With that said, the modern versions consistently display good triumph over evil, a prince charming that constantly comes to the rescue, and a happily ever after ending. However, the original folktale version didn’t always come with fortunate events, but often were more violent and gruesome. With the fairytale Cinderella, Disney maintains a similar theme as its Grimm version; however, the conflicts, events, and characters that support this idea are rather different.
The Grimm’s stories have strict criteria for good and evil. Good women are not the hero, they do not plan, nor do they get themselves out of bad situations; they are obtuse and wait until a Prince saves them. These qualities doom the female protagonists (and readers) to pursue the only destiny women have, and that is to be a wife and mother (Rowe, 1978). Cinderella is the heroine and the ideal good girl. She is unambiguously beautiful, kind, and compassionate. She does not complain or get angry. This is foreseen early in the Grimm’s Cinderella story:
In the Brothers Grimm, the first characterization of Cinderella is a description that “she was always good and said her prayers” (Grimm 122). This helps define her as an obedient daughter who will later be rewarded for such behavior. Obedience was clearly an important aspect for women in the Brothers
of the Cinderella story are psychologically harmful to women.” (p648). The fact that Cinderella is a limited character may give the girl an impression that she should be happy with what she has and not have any or aspirations in her life. That is, until her Prince comes to rescue her. Since these comments were made, the Cinderella story has been modified and changed. In order to see how gender roles have changed in fairy tales from the old to the new, let’s compare the classic version of Cinderella by Charles Perrault to a recent version which is a movie that was released in 1998 called “Ever After”which was directed by Andy Tennant.
(183) Instead of one night as in the Disney version of Cinderella. She is brought a new dress more magnificent then the last by the turtledoves and pigeons by praying, “Little tree, little tree, shake over me, that silver and gold may come down and cover me.” at her mother’s grave under the tree she planted. The last night of the ball she is given golden slippers unlike in the Disney version where she is given crystal glass slippers. Asheputtel, each night before Cinderella escaped the ball before the prince discovered who she was, but this time he has set a trap.
In a society unbridled with double standards and set views about women, one may wonder the origins of such beliefs. It might come as a surprise that these ideals and standards are embedded and have been for centuries in the beloved fairy tales we enjoyed reading as kids. In her analytical essay, “To Spin a Yarn: The Female Voice in Folklore and Fairy Tales”, Karen Rowe argues that fairy tales present “cultural norms which exalt passivity, dependency, and self-sacrifice as a female’s cardinal virtues.” Rowe presents an excellent point, which can be supported by versions of the cult classics, “Cinderella” and “Snow White”. Charles Perrault’s “ The Little Glass Slipper” and the Brothers Grimm’s “ Snow White” exemplify the beliefs that females are supposed to be docile, dependent on the male persona and willing to sacrifice themselves. In many cases, when strong female characters are presented they are always contradicting in these characteristics, thus labeled as villainous. Such is the case of the Cinderella’s stepsisters in Perrault’s “Cinderella” and the stepmother in the Brothers Grimm’s “Snow White.” These female characters face judgment and disapproval when they commit the same acts as male characters. With such messages rooted in our beloved fairy tales it is no wonder that society is rampant with these ideals about women and disapprove of women when they try to break free of this mold.
Each person in the world has heard of Cinderella, no matter what kind of version it may be. Cinderella is the one fairy tale story that has been popular and will always be the one tale that has to be told to children. Words and story lines might be twist and turn, but in the end the knowledge of the story will be learned in similar ways. As we all know when one story is told another is created, when one is at its best then another is at its worse. One version will always be better than another, but no matter what version it might be the story will be told.
In Walt Disney’s version of Cinderella, directed by Geronimi, Jackson, and Luske, the directors display the scene where the king invites all young ladies to the royal ball so the prince can find a wife to propose to. Drusilla, Anastasia, Cinderella, and the evil stepmother were heading out to the ball when the stepmother allowed her daughters to pick and tear away at Cinderella’s dress for the ball. This of course , saddened and hindered Cinderella’s chance to experience joyous time. The jealousy and envy is obvious the stepmother wants nothing else than to see her daughters on top while Cinderella remains the
The evil stepmother made Cinderella be a maid. Making her get up before daybreak and work hard from morning to evening. She forced her to sleep by the ashes that is why Cinderella was so dirty. The
The story teaches us that society expects women to be passive. Cinderella’s abuse by her stepsisters and stepmother cause her to live in grief silently without expressing her emotions. She does nothing to fight for her freedom except sing about all the dreams of happiness that she hopes will come true someday. She only wishes for things to change rather than attempt to do anything to change it for herself. Cinderella waits to be rescued by Prince Charming instead of fighting for her own freedom. This teaches women that they should suffer in silence without doing anything for themselves.
Cinderella’s mother passed away and her father remarried a woman who had two daughters from a previous marriage. A few weeks passed and a prince is holding a three day festival and all the beautiful young girls in the town were invited. Cinderella wanted to go but her evil stepmother gave her two impossible tasks to complete before she could attend the festival. Cinderella completes the two tasks with the help of her bird friends and her mother’s grave. Cinderella goes to the festival and she dances with the prince all three days. Finally, the prince has fallen in love with her and eventually they get married. Fairytales and Disney productions threaten gender politics and women’s role by portraying women in certain areas like domestic behaviors