Cinderella And Rodeopis Comparison

Almost everyone, as a child, has seen Walt Disney’s classic Cinderella (The French version). But, almost everyone hasn’t read another culture’s version of Cinderella. The story Cinderella (The French Version) and the story Rhodopis (The Egyptian Version) are two versions of the Cinderella we know today, and the “symbol” of the slipper, shows us both of the economics in each of the countries that these stories originated in In the French version, Cinderella, the symbol of the shoe reveals the culture's style of clothing. In the French version, Cinderella, the shoes are made out of a special something, and in this version glass. In all the Cinderellas, the symbol of the shoe, represents a material that is unique and valuable to that country. In the French version, when she loses her shoe, it’s called a slipper when she attends the ball, and in French culture wearing slippers dates back to the 15th century. In France when …show more content…
In the Egyptian version, Rodopis wears slippers, just like Cinderella, but instead of being made of glass, they’re made of red-rose gold, nevertheless proving the symbol of the shoe (that the shoe is made of something unique in that country). Rodopis lost her slipper, because the God Horus came down and took it to give to the Pharaoh so he knew who his queen should be. The reason why it was so valuable is simple; it was made of gold. Gold plays a big part of Egyptian history, as it was used as currency and was extremely valuable. Pharaohs were buried with mass amounts of gold in their tombs. It was the reason that the God Horus took her shoe and gave it to the Pharaoh. In addition to gold, the color red was also extremely close to ancient Egypt, because it represents life and victory. During celebrations Egyptians would paint their bodies red, and the normal skin tone of Egyptian men was depicted as