...Politically Correct Cinderella We all know the story about Cinderella who starts out by being simple farm girl. And of course we also know the evil stepmother and stepsisters, and the fairy good mother. We also know about the ending where Cinderella gets the beautiful prince and they lived happily ever after. There is also another version of the story. Politically Correct Cinderella is the funnier and modern parody of the Traditional Cinderella story. Politically Correct Cinderella written by James Finn Garner in 1981. In this essay I’m going to analyze the Politically Correct Cinderella story, and then compare it to the traditional Cinderella story, and finally end it by relating to the concept of “political correctness”. The Politically Correct Cinderella has the main plot as the traditional Cinderella Story. It’s about Cinderella whose birthmother had died when Cinderella was just a child, and then her father married the evil stepmother, with the evil stepsisters. But this story is written in a different way. An example could be the language: when he writes woman he write it like this: “wommon or womyn” – in this case I believe it is to keep it more correctly. It is also to see it from a feminist point of view, which change the way we perceive the story. The fairy good person is a man here, which makes it a lot weirder for us, because the fairy good mother was one of the central characters in the story we became familiar with. Just as we are used to the fairy good person...
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...The stories I have chosen both originate from the story of Cinderella the first story is a Cinderella story from Germany written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, and the second story is called the broken pitcher which was from England and I couldn't seem to find the author. The stories listed in the last paragraph both have many things in common such as they both originated from Cinderella, they both have a sister or sister’s that are treated better by the mom or in the case of the story from Germany stepmother, I know this because in the story from Germany it quotes “What is that useless creature doing in the best room?" asked the stepmother. "Away to the kitchen with her! And if she wants to eat, then she must earn it. She can be our maid.’’...
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...Ever After – Still the Same Old Cinderella Story In the movie, Ever After (1998), director and co-screenwriter Andy Tennant attempts to put a spin on the fairy tale we all knew growing up, Cinderella, by trying to empower the heroine and updating the film to appeal to a modern audience. Tennant explains, "I wanted to tell a very different version of Cinderella because I have two daughters, I did not want them growing up believing you have to marry a rich guy with a big house in order to live happily ever after" (Friedmeyer, p. 4). Did he accomplish? On the surface it would seem that Ever After is a modern feminist film, empowering women, but under the disguise, it still has the underlying traditional gender roles and stereotypes that Tennant tries to discourage and remove. In both Disney’s Cinderella and in Tennant’s Ever After, the male sex is ranked higher than females and has real power and social status. Kelley (2003) explains, “Males are seen as rescuers; females are more passive" (p. 651). The King and his son Prince Henry are the two highest ranking males in the film and they are shown to have ultimate power; the power over life and death. After Danielle hits Henry with apples, making him fall off the horse she thought he was stealing, she feared for her life because she assaulted royalty and the heir to the kingdom. In the same scene, in an attempt to quiet Danielle as to not cause a ruckus which may alert the royal guards, Prince Henry drops coins to the...
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...As a young child growing up and developing she was a Daddy’s girl, but unfortunate her parent separated when she was three years old. She never forgot her father even though he had move to another state and had started another family. When her father would come and visit her and her other siblings, She would cry her eyes out to go home with him and his new family, so one visit her mother had gotten weary of her crying her eye out so she said (you can go and live with your father), not knowing what kind of life she was sending her to or that she had never met my niece step mom. My Aunt was under the impression that Trina was going to be alright; upon arriving in the big city (CHICAGO) she was very excited and overwhelm; by her being from the south she had all kinds of ideas about the north. Trina was seven year old when she relocated to live with her father, during the time she had live with her mother she had live a shelter life and church was the basic of the upbringing. To say that she grew up fast and learn more than a seven old year was supposed to learn at that time is an understatement, Trina stepmom was having children back to back and Trina was the one who took care of them while the adults of the house went to work, missing school was a normal thing for her because she had to stay home and watch the children. Being eight of nine at the time a person would think that a child at her younger years would be outside playing jump rope or hop scotch with her friends, but...
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...Who are the Garretts? Samantha’s neighbors 2. How many children were in the Garretts’ family when they moved? Five 3. How does Sam’s mom describe the Garretts? As the family who never mows their lawn. 4. What is the name of Samantha’s sister? Tracy 5. How many months does it take for a baby to become a child? 22 months 6. What are the names of the Garretts? George, Patsy, Jase, Joel, Duff, Harry, Andy and Alice 7. Who is Sam’s best friend? Nan 8. Who is Nan’s boyfriend? Daniel 9. What is Samantha’s mom job? She’s the state senator. 10. Who is Clay Tucker? The boyfriend of Sam’s mom 11. Who does Sam meet first in the Garretts? Jase 12. Who is Tracy’s boyfriend? Flip 13. Where does Sam work? At Breakfast Ahoy 14. Why does she...
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...you ever wondered how the same story can have so many different versions? For example, Cinderella. This might sound absurd, but the Disney Princess version of Cinderella isn’t the only version. There are hundreds of Cinderella stories. For example, “The Irish Cinderlad” which is the Irish version of Cinderella. Not every Cinderella is the same, but they all follow the basic plot line. “The Irish Cinderlad”, the Irish version, and “Cinderella”, the French version, have similarities, but they also differ from each other. A difference is represented in both story’s social necessities of the individual culture. These two stories have very different cultures. At the same time, there culture is what makes both stories different from each other....
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...There are many fairy tales that we have heard as children, but as society is changing so are those fairy tales. Cinderella as so happens to be one of those fairy tales that has been changed over the years. Now in days there are many versions of Cinderella. Almost every culture has their own version of Cinderella. All the Cinderella stories have a similar plot, but all still share some differences. Differences such as who helped Cinderella, how she was helped, what cloth she wore, and the ending are different as well. Charles Perrault and the Grimm Brothers both wrote similar versions of the famous Cinderella story it is the differences in each story that make each of them a masterpiece. In each story of Cinderella...
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...Stories of a person overcoming adversity have been told since the beginning of time. These stories are not only appealing to the reader but they also teach the reader important life lessons. In the article “Fairy Tales and Modern Stories” by Bruno Bettelheim, Bettelheim explains the effect fairy tales have on a reader in their actual life. He lists different reactions readers have after they read a fairy tale. Another article, “An Introduction to Fairy Tales” by Maria Tatar, summarizes the basic principles of all fairy tales. In addition, Tatar introduces a message brought across from many fairy tales. Both of these articles directly relate to the movie Breaking Away, which is about a group of four friends who grow up in the poor suburbs of Bloomington, Indiana. In the movie, the group of friends struggle to find where they belong in society. One of the main characters, Dave Stoller, resorts to riding his bike as an outlet to his life problems. Dave Stoller’s life is a classic example of a modern day Cinderella story. The movie and the articles show how a person can rise from the most challenging and...
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...listen to fairy tales. When we were young, we ask our parents to tell us stories. People are not sure why fairy tales are so interesting and why every children love them. While it is entertaining, it is also moral lesson to young children. They learn from the fairy tales about good and evil. They learn how to distinguish good and evil, wise and foolish, and moral and immortal. Children learn many lessons from the characters of fairy tales and it is very interesting to see that they love heroes in the fairy tales and do not like the bad guys in the stories. When I was thinking about the research topic, the one thing pulled my attention was why there are villains in almost all fairy tales. It is very interesting to think that all fairy tales have villains. In this paper I am going to talk about who the villains in the story are, why authors talk about villains in their stories and what readers learn from them. I will use mostly about fairy tale villains such as my favorite fairy tale’s villain, Cinderella’s stepmother. When we read the stories, we can tell who the villain in the story is. They are usually described as stepmothers, witches, monsters, sneak, thief, robber and traits. For example, in the Cinderella story, Lady Tremaine is a villain. In the article “Top 10 Most Evil Disney villains”(Antonia) the author described the Lady Tremaine as self centered and wicked person. She physiologically abuses Cinderella. When I see the characters I listed above, they all are wicked. It...
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...shows, and books are always coming up with new strategies to help parents cope with children’s expectations for life and other material goods. “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros and “Cinderella” by Anne Sexton both show how kids grow up expecting perfect situations in life like fairytales; the main difference is that Cisneros’ story shows a young person waiting for the parents to provide her with happiness whereas in Sexton’s piece the young girl shows initiative to make her dreams a reality. In “The House on Mango Street,” by Sandra Cisneros, a child details her living situation with her parents. She talks about how they lived in apartments and moved around before finally moving to a house. The house the family finally moves to does not meet her expectations that were created by her parents. Although the house is “a real house that would be ours for always so we wouldn’t have to move each year” (Cisneros 392) it has lots of problems and things seem to break a lot. At one point her teacher passes by the house where she sees the girl playing and reacts in a way that makes her embarrassed of her home. The story ends with her expressing a desire to move to “A real house. One I could point to.” (Cisneros 392) but her parents just say this is how it is for now. “Cinderella” by Anne Sexton starts by giving examples of...
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...literature are Cinderella for the fantasy story and a poem by Eloise Greenfield called “Tradition”. Both selections are from different cultural traditions, but portray positive messages to children and adults in today’s society. Every little girl dreams of finding her prince charming. There are more than 1500 different versions of “Cinderella” from cultures all over the world. The story of Cinderella has been in existence since 1865 and published by George Routledge. This fairy tale is one of the oldest and most familiar to young children that inspire them to believe anything is possible. The literary elements in Cinderella include the setting, characters, plot, conflict, climax, and ending. The setting was in a faraway kingdom a long time ago. The characters included a young girl name Cinderella, her stepmother, two stepsisters, the prince, and fairy godmother. The Plot of this fairy tale is a young girl who is being treated unfairly, but dreams of finding her true love. She is being mistreated by her stepmom and sisters and works as a maid in the home. Cinderella begs to go to a ball and is told she could go after all chores are completed. Once she completes the chores and finds a dress, she is maliciously attacked by her stepsisters and destroys her dress. Cinderella was shattered and thought she would never recover from this. The conflict in this story is the continual dislike from the stepmother and stepsisters against Cinderella. The climax is so exciting in this story. After...
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...about the story of Cinderella, the first thing that pops into their head is the animated movie Disney had created. They think about the poor servant girl who was dressed in nothing but rags who cleaned the entire house and was mocked by her cruel step sisters and step mother. As the story continues, Cinderella then receives help from her fairy god mother and ends up at the ball where she meets her prince. The animated Disney version had become a big hit towards younger children because of the moral lessons they receive at the end of the movie. When kids think about Cinderella all they believe and see are the good things that can happen to them. They see the little mice and the happy ending where Cinderella marries the prince and they live happily ever after. This story was originally created by a man called Charles Perrault. Little do they know that there are multiple stories about Cinderella, some even containing violent and aggressive behaviors unsuitable for a child to hear. For example another version of Cinderella was made by Jacob and Wilhelm Grim which told the tale the same exact way as Charles Perrault, the only difference was that the step sister’s eyes were plucked out by birds at the end of the story for treating Cinderella badly in the beginning. Also, before Cinderella was revealed the step sisters were so desperate to be with the prince that they ended up chopping their own toes so they would be able to fit their foot inside the glass shoe. Although the story may be...
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...Encouraging children to believe in a fantasy that is unobtainable is what Disney has successfully done with the help of their fairytale movies. Altering the gruesomeness of blood soaked feet and empty eye sockets of Grimm, into a lighter hearted humorous version of Cinderella has changed the moral and what we are trying to teach our children. If Disney’s movies were made identical to Grimm’s versions would they still be as magical, would the movies still be geared for a younger audience? Has Disney taken away the true hardships and meaning of the classic fairytale by censoring the stories to fit their ideal mold? Children who have grown up with Disney have been given entertainment first and to believe in a fantasy world and where morals are no longer the focus. Children want to believe in characters and certain setting and events that occur and Tolkien makes a good claim at that by saying, “children are capable, of course, of literary belief, when the story-maker's art is good enough to produce it.” The story of Cinderella is a tale of a girl that goes through abuse and is made to be a servant in her own home and given a new name in mockery of her suffering. Grimm made Cinderella’s mother present and an important factor in her personality by saying "Dear child, be good and pious, and then the good God will always protect thee, and I will look down on thee from heaven and be near thee." That line in itself shows the way society thought at that time and the type of message...
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...For centuries, the fairy tale Cinderella, that everyone has come to know and love has been told in many different countries and in a variety of ways. Although each story is different, they all have similar meaning and each one "demonstrates how universal the Cinderella story is, as well as how unique each version is to the particular culture out which it grew" (Tam and Cam, 2012 Pg 194). Little girls all over the world are told some type of Cinderella story and they grow up dreaming that one day they'll be a princess just like the characters in the stories. They will find their prince charming to sweep them off their feet. However, these manipulative stories tend to teach girls that they do not need to be dependent on a man to take care of them. Girls should not grow up with that idea in their head, they should be told from the beginning that through patience and determination anything they set their mind to can happen without the reliance of anyone but themselves. The Cinderella characters are presented as civil and obedient young women. In "The Twelve Months", Marouckla, who was the "Cinderella like character" lost her father and was stuck living with her stepmother and step sister. She had to do all of the chores and wait on them hand and foot. They both treated Marouckla as a nuisance and whatever her stepmother asked, she did. "The stepmother also added her threats to those of Helen, and with vigorous blows they pushed Marouckla outside and shut the door upon her. The...
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...ECE-1 CINDERELLA Charles Perrault Thesis Statement: The story tells about a beautiful, young, kind, patient, and abused girl named Cinderella, who dreamed of going to the ball but could not, and with the help of her Fairy Godmother, she was able to come to the ball and the Prince fell in love with her and married her after she tried to fit the slipper she had left the other night due to her haste. I. Cinderella A. Beautiful B. Young C. A girl with unparalleled goodness and sweet temper. D. She was forced to do all the housework. II. Beginning A. The Prince invited all the young ladies in the land to a ball so he could chose a lovely wife. B. Cinderella was told by the two Stepsisters she could not go. C. Cinderella cried in despair. D. Her Fairy Godmother appeared and helped her. 1. She turned a pumpkin into a coach. 2. She turned the mice into horses. 3. She turned a rat into a coachman. 4. She turned lizards into footmen. 5. She turned Cinderella’s rags into a beautiful gown. 6. She made a delicate pair of glass slippers for Cinderella. 7. She told Cinderella to return back home before midnight; otherwise the spells would be broken. III. The first ball A. At the ball, the entire court was entranced by Cinderella. B. She was unrecognized by her stepsisters. C. The prince never left her side. D. She was able to leave before midnight. IV. The second ball A. Cinderella attended...
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