The Prince in Cinderella 2015 and Ever After play a key role, and the role of prince is pervasive in other versions of Cinderella. Prince’s role is to save Cinderella from the stepmother and to marry with her. Because of his role, princes in many different stories have very similar characteristics that are kindness and generosity and fall in love with Cinderella. Although many different actors played a character prince, this is what most people know and care about a prince in Cinderella stories. In fact, each prince has distinct character and personality, and two films, Ever After and Cinderella 2015, demonstrate how much two princes are different from each other. Ever After was published in 1998 and was directed by Andy Tennant. This film
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The first conversation between Ella and the prince starts after he help her with stopping the horse. On this scene, Ella is wearing worn-out dress and headband. From her outlook, he could tell that she is not from royal family. Nonetheless, he treats her as same human as he is with a respect unlike the prince from Ever After. Kit does not blame her for not getting out from the horse nor for not knowing him. In fact, he hides his social status. He calls himself Kit and does not tell her that he is a prince. He is hiding his status for Ella to stay in much comfortable manner. This scene is filmed on the same height for both characters giving audiences the feeling of friendliness. He also understands and accepts Ella’s opinion. There are two important quote comes out in this scene. One is this: “Simply have courage and be kind,” and the other one is this: “Just because it’s what’s done, doesn’t mean it’s what should be done.” As the royal prince, he could have punish Ella for having a contradiction. However, instead of punishment, he accepts her opinion and follows her request. From the prince’s behavior during the conversation, it is very clear that he does not follows hierarchy system and treats everyone in the same way regardless of their status. Such belief brought enormous impact on the prince’s life. His belief made it possible for Cinderella to influence the
The first conversation between Ella and the prince starts after he help her with stopping the horse. On this scene, Ella is wearing worn-out dress and headband. From her outlook, he could tell that she is not from royal family. Nonetheless, he treats her as same human as he is with a respect unlike the prince from Ever After. Kit does not blame her for not getting out from the horse nor for not knowing him. In fact, he hides his social status. He calls himself Kit and does not tell her that he is a prince. He is hiding his status for Ella to stay in much comfortable manner. This scene is filmed on the same height for both characters giving audiences the feeling of friendliness. He also understands and accepts Ella’s opinion. There are two important quote comes out in this scene. One is this: “Simply have courage and be kind,” and the other one is this: “Just because it’s what’s done, doesn’t mean it’s what should be done.” As the royal prince, he could have punish Ella for having a contradiction. However, instead of punishment, he accepts her opinion and follows her request. From the prince’s behavior during the conversation, it is very clear that he does not follows hierarchy system and treats everyone in the same way regardless of their status. Such belief brought enormous impact on the prince’s life. His belief made it possible for Cinderella to influence the