The CR Exercise #2 was on Cinderella Tales and I chose a prompt on the gender convention in comparing “The Story of the Black Cow” and “Donkeyskin”. Because the prompt was narrowed down to gender, I found it easier to compare both of these tales as I had a theme that I could compare it with. As I was reading each tale, I found the huge contrast between both of these tales especially since they were written from different perspectives. Because “The Story of the Black Cow” was written in a view under a male Cinderella, the hardships faced weren’t as severe as the those faced by the female Cinderella in “Donkeyskin”. While comparing “The Story of the Black Cow” and “Donkeyskin, I utilized specific situations in the plot structure as evidence
