I like the moral of the Cinderella fairy tales. The story emphasizes the importance of inner beauty of women. In all versions of the story, Cinderella was not only beautiful but also had her inner charm.
In the story written by Charles Perrault, he portrayed her as a women who had good sense of beauty to consult her stepsisters’ clothing. She was also so generous to share the oranges, and lemons with her stepsisters who insulted her, and to take them to live in the palace with her. Although the author illustrated Cinderella’s forgivingness and generosity as her charm, I think she was unrealistically nice. In the modern day, if she was too nice, the sisters might take advantage of her and she would not have a happy ending.
The moral of the importance of inner beauty continues in other versions. In the ‘Cap o’ Rushes’ of Joseph Jacobs, Cinderella became smarter, and more confident. In this version, there was no element of fairy or fate. Cinderella stood up for herself by asking to serve in the mansion for shelter, going to the dance, and volunteered to cook the soup for the son’s master so he could find her again. Cinderella’s beauty is now in her intelligence …show more content…
While all girls lied to impress the most desirable man Strong Wind, Cinderella was honest that she did not see him. She was rewarded with a happy ending with Strong Wind. However, although the tradition moral of Cinderella fairy tale is honoring women’s inner beauty, the man was the desirable one and was the only character named in the entire story. Furthermore, he actually was the one who chose Cinderella by becoming visible to her. A detail of this story I find interesting was that Cinderella was not pretty when she met Strong Wind. She had scares on her face, but he loved her just because of her inner beauty. It is an innovative, beautiful proof of the power of inner