After reading Cinderella, I noticed that the fairy tale of Cinderella is not what you’d consider an ‘average’ fairy tale. There is no quest, no difficult task to complete, and no real adventure; however, I think it is filled with examples of social roles and class conflict. The plot of Cinderella is based around the separation of classes, in that it is about how an oppressed family servant marries a prince. Social roles are evident in the story from the author’s detailed description of each character, and defined gender roles played in their society. Depicted in the story of Cinderella and often in modern society, it is evident that girls are made to battle for approval through their appearance and men hold power over choosing which girl to
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As defined in the dictionary, role conflict is “the dilemma an individual experiences when required to play two different parts (e.g., spouse and aggressive business competitor) that cannot be easily harmonized.” In the fairy tale after Cinderella’s father passes away, her stepmother becomes so evil in the sense that she doesn’t act anywhere close to being a mother to her deceased husband’s daughter anymore. Instead, she forces Cinderella into being her own personal servant, shows no sympathy towards her extensive hours of household work, and neglects to allow Cinderella to do anything besides chores. As Cinderella’s evil stepmom decides to be more of a slave owner to her own stepdaughter, I think it shows a serious role conflict as she completely disengages all activity of being a mother in any way to Cinderella. Given the time period as well, I think it was highly uncommon for a mother to be so neglectful to her own children, but Cinderella’s evil stepmom definitely changed that …show more content…
As defined by McIntyre in our text, “status inconsistency generally involves a situation in which a person with a particular ascribed status achieves an inconsistent status. For example, status inconsistency frequently exists when a woman (ascribed status) goes to work as a truck driver (traditionally a status achieved by men) (pg. 125). I found this concept of status inconsistency present as Cinderella’s evil stepmom goes from being a happily married woman with two of her own daughters and one step daughter, to a widowed mother that turns into this evil stepmom that forces one of her daughters to be her personal servant. I think this idea of a loving mother turning into more of a slave owner to her own daughter is a great example of status inconsistency within the fairy tale of Cinderella considering during the time period it was definitely uncommon to see these actions from a
As defined in the dictionary, role conflict is “the dilemma an individual experiences when required to play two different parts (e.g., spouse and aggressive business competitor) that cannot be easily harmonized.” In the fairy tale after Cinderella’s father passes away, her stepmother becomes so evil in the sense that she doesn’t act anywhere close to being a mother to her deceased husband’s daughter anymore. Instead, she forces Cinderella into being her own personal servant, shows no sympathy towards her extensive hours of household work, and neglects to allow Cinderella to do anything besides chores. As Cinderella’s evil stepmom decides to be more of a slave owner to her own stepdaughter, I think it shows a serious role conflict as she completely disengages all activity of being a mother in any way to Cinderella. Given the time period as well, I think it was highly uncommon for a mother to be so neglectful to her own children, but Cinderella’s evil stepmom definitely changed that …show more content…
As defined by McIntyre in our text, “status inconsistency generally involves a situation in which a person with a particular ascribed status achieves an inconsistent status. For example, status inconsistency frequently exists when a woman (ascribed status) goes to work as a truck driver (traditionally a status achieved by men) (pg. 125). I found this concept of status inconsistency present as Cinderella’s evil stepmom goes from being a happily married woman with two of her own daughters and one step daughter, to a widowed mother that turns into this evil stepmom that forces one of her daughters to be her personal servant. I think this idea of a loving mother turning into more of a slave owner to her own daughter is a great example of status inconsistency within the fairy tale of Cinderella considering during the time period it was definitely uncommon to see these actions from a