Little Glass Slipper: The Social Statue Of Cinderella

The social statues of Cinderella changes multiple times in the stories. Cinderella changes from rock bottom, to the top by the end of the story. The story of Cinderella is that of a young girl, who has the help of others, climbs to the top of the status scale, and overcomes various social obstacles. Cinderella goes to a ball and makes people believe she is a princess with her astounding beauty when truthfully she is the lowest of the low, a house maid. In the stories, she marries the prince and later becomes the queen, thus ensuring her newfound social status.

This conclusion can be reached by studying many Cinderella stories and watching Cinderella movies. In all the stories the people are tricked into believing a servant is actually a princess .In “Little Glass Slipper” by Charles Perrault, Cinderella is first born to a gentlemen, and then is forced to be a maid, cook, and servant to her stepmother and stepsisters.

The class of someone would be determined by “their economic status, educational status, racial status etc.” (“Social Class Structure”). This could determine if you are royalty or if you were the poorest servant. The social hierarchy, of the time many stories were written, was divided into three main categories, upper lower and middle (Social Class Structure). Although one may be born in a a class, “One can move up in the social status and one can move down too in the social status[,] This transition depends upon various factors such as achievement levels, will power to make a position in the society and the surrounding environment etc.” (“Social Class Structure”). Cinderella is stripped of her family's achievement and the environment her stepmother and sisters made cause Cinderella to move down in the social