They are both living with families that are not their natural families and forced to serve those families. Cinderella serves her stepfamily while Rapunzel serves the witch that she believes to be her mother. Both desire to leave their situations and imprisonment. Both escape and marry the man of their dreams. However, Cinderella is not an active participant in her own story. Others affect her, but she never makes a stand of her own to change her circumstances. Rapunzel causes the changes in her life and changes the destinies of others as well. She changes Flynn Ryder from a selfish thief to a caring person. She is able to cause a return to her parents’ lives, changing their lives. She exhibits strength and capability that Cinderella does not possess. Young girls watching these films should aspire to be like Rapunzel who is strong and capable and not like Cinderella who is affected by others but rarely makes her own way in the
They are both living with families that are not their natural families and forced to serve those families. Cinderella serves her stepfamily while Rapunzel serves the witch that she believes to be her mother. Both desire to leave their situations and imprisonment. Both escape and marry the man of their dreams. However, Cinderella is not an active participant in her own story. Others affect her, but she never makes a stand of her own to change her circumstances. Rapunzel causes the changes in her life and changes the destinies of others as well. She changes Flynn Ryder from a selfish thief to a caring person. She is able to cause a return to her parents’ lives, changing their lives. She exhibits strength and capability that Cinderella does not possess. Young girls watching these films should aspire to be like Rapunzel who is strong and capable and not like Cinderella who is affected by others but rarely makes her own way in the