Cinderella once sang “Have faith in your dreams, and someday, your rainbow will come smiling through. No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing, the dream that you wish will come true” (Woods). This quote suggests that no matter what you dream of if you believe it will come true it will. When many women are young they dream of finding their prince, living in a castle, and living out their happily ever after. This is typical of many young girls today and is even suggested when they are read stories like Cinderella where there is only happily ever after’s. In “Cinderella” by Anne Sexton, the author's theme is that no one should plan on happily ever after. In this poem she sets this theme by using imagery, allusion, and style.
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In this piece she talks about many famous items. One example of this is when Sexton says “From diapers to Dior” (209). This is a reference to Dior a high end fashion company from Europe. This allusion helps solidify the theme because even though she is saying you can go from diapers to Dior she is saying it in a sarcastic tone. This tone is suggesting that this isn’t likely to happen in real life and it only happens in fake fairy tales. Another time that Sexton uses allusion is in line 108 when she says “Regular Bobbsey Twins” (211). The Bobbsey Twins are main characters in children's novels that were very popular from 1904-1992. The stories were about the adventures of 2 children from an upper-middle class family. This reference suggests that Cinderella and the prince were considered the perfect pair. Another example of allusion in Sexton’s Cinderella is when she mentions Bonwit Teller in stanza 4. Bonwit Teller is a high end women's apparel store. This reference suggests that the charwoman she is referring to goes from the bottom to the top. These last two allusions also help suggest that happily ever after isn’t something people should plan on. It suggests this by her talking in a sarcastic tone about very simple things and how these things turning into high class things. By her comparisons and her tone the reader can see that happily ever after isn’t always how it
In this piece she talks about many famous items. One example of this is when Sexton says “From diapers to Dior” (209). This is a reference to Dior a high end fashion company from Europe. This allusion helps solidify the theme because even though she is saying you can go from diapers to Dior she is saying it in a sarcastic tone. This tone is suggesting that this isn’t likely to happen in real life and it only happens in fake fairy tales. Another time that Sexton uses allusion is in line 108 when she says “Regular Bobbsey Twins” (211). The Bobbsey Twins are main characters in children's novels that were very popular from 1904-1992. The stories were about the adventures of 2 children from an upper-middle class family. This reference suggests that Cinderella and the prince were considered the perfect pair. Another example of allusion in Sexton’s Cinderella is when she mentions Bonwit Teller in stanza 4. Bonwit Teller is a high end women's apparel store. This reference suggests that the charwoman she is referring to goes from the bottom to the top. These last two allusions also help suggest that happily ever after isn’t something people should plan on. It suggests this by her talking in a sarcastic tone about very simple things and how these things turning into high class things. By her comparisons and her tone the reader can see that happily ever after isn’t always how it