Prompt #1 - “Cinderella” Charles Perrault (1696) and the Brothers Grimm (1857)
Anyone that has read versions of Cinderella, may have a different perception of the story, it was not the norm for a middle class young lady to marry upper class not even in today’s age. However, we can begin with analyzing the story and each character as they come into the picture. In order to understand the psyche of the character, we must first understand the epoch the story was written and how society expected women to act. What message do the writers wish to convey to his audience, during the 17th century m, the cultural movement of the Baroque era in which visual exaggeration of motion, tension, exuberance and grandeur were the flavor of the day, social and scientific revolutions transcended the previous era of the Renaissance. Though religious conflict in France and prosperity weighed heavily on the lower class, the middle class (gentlemen) and upper class (monarchy) where privy to wealth and high social status., Henceforth, Cinderella’s father who was middle class was able to adequately provide for his new wife and three daughters. …show more content…
Then we have the newer live version of the story, it takes bits and pieces from the Disney version however, the evil queens evil persona is not as detailed as in the “LALA” version. In discussing the “LALA” version our group agreed that snow white is portrayed as a little girl not so old as in other versions. We also know that the queen is obviously green with envy and tries on numerous occasions to kill her, she first uses a huntsman to kill her but unknown to the queen snow white’s beauty melts his heart and he chooses to spare her life, once more beauty place a vital role in saving snow white’s
Anyone that has read versions of Cinderella, may have a different perception of the story, it was not the norm for a middle class young lady to marry upper class not even in today’s age. However, we can begin with analyzing the story and each character as they come into the picture. In order to understand the psyche of the character, we must first understand the epoch the story was written and how society expected women to act. What message do the writers wish to convey to his audience, during the 17th century m, the cultural movement of the Baroque era in which visual exaggeration of motion, tension, exuberance and grandeur were the flavor of the day, social and scientific revolutions transcended the previous era of the Renaissance. Though religious conflict in France and prosperity weighed heavily on the lower class, the middle class (gentlemen) and upper class (monarchy) where privy to wealth and high social status., Henceforth, Cinderella’s father who was middle class was able to adequately provide for his new wife and three daughters. …show more content…
Then we have the newer live version of the story, it takes bits and pieces from the Disney version however, the evil queens evil persona is not as detailed as in the “LALA” version. In discussing the “LALA” version our group agreed that snow white is portrayed as a little girl not so old as in other versions. We also know that the queen is obviously green with envy and tries on numerous occasions to kill her, she first uses a huntsman to kill her but unknown to the queen snow white’s beauty melts his heart and he chooses to spare her life, once more beauty place a vital role in saving snow white’s