Everyone knows the famous story of Cinderella. In 1950, Disney produced the animation of this story, and it became the most famous version of the story (Corliss 54). Just like any other artworks, the animation Cinderella sends hidden messages throughout the story. The messages perpetuate the gender roles and stereotypes. One way to analyze the gender roles and stereotypes is by addressing the class identity. Cinderella sends the idea of gender roles and stereotypes from the gender class and the social class. The story of Cinderella starts with the happy life of Cinderella and her father as the upper-middle class family. Her father then remarry a widow woman with two daughters because he wants his daughter to get a love from a mother figure.
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This identity can be analyzed into two different ways: from the gender class perspective and the social class perspective. The gender class perspective is analyzing the animation based on the characters’ genders. The characters have different positions based on their gender such as the work for the particular gender. On the other hand, the social class perspective analyzes Cinderella based on the characters’ economic status and their power. There is no determination on the education level which will not be included in the analyzation for the social class. Both gender class and social class identities send the gender roles and stereotypes message throughout the …show more content…
In Cinderella, the male characters are in higher status: the King, the Grand Duke, and the Prince. On the other hand, the female characters are in lower class: Cinderella, the stepmother, and the stepsisters. This story is also sending the message of men have the power to control, and women are depended to men. In the animation, the King shows that he has the power to get a woman for the Prince. When the Grand Duke tells the King that the maiden for the Prince ran away and left her slipper, the King gives an order to find the maiden who fits the slipper. He says, “If the shoe fits, bring her in” (Cinderella). This shows that the King does not care who the lady is, as long as the Prince will marry her, and she gives grandchildren to the King. Another scene that shows the gender class is when the mice and the birds are making Cinderella’s dress. When the male mouse, Gus, says, “I’ll cut it with the scissors,” nobody says anything (Cinderella). However, when Jaq, the other male mouse, says, “And I can do the sewing,” the female mouse stops him and says, “Leave the sewing to the women” (Cinderella). The gender roles message is clearly shown in this scene. The men should do the labor work that using heavy equipment, and sewing is not a men’s
This identity can be analyzed into two different ways: from the gender class perspective and the social class perspective. The gender class perspective is analyzing the animation based on the characters’ genders. The characters have different positions based on their gender such as the work for the particular gender. On the other hand, the social class perspective analyzes Cinderella based on the characters’ economic status and their power. There is no determination on the education level which will not be included in the analyzation for the social class. Both gender class and social class identities send the gender roles and stereotypes message throughout the …show more content…
In Cinderella, the male characters are in higher status: the King, the Grand Duke, and the Prince. On the other hand, the female characters are in lower class: Cinderella, the stepmother, and the stepsisters. This story is also sending the message of men have the power to control, and women are depended to men. In the animation, the King shows that he has the power to get a woman for the Prince. When the Grand Duke tells the King that the maiden for the Prince ran away and left her slipper, the King gives an order to find the maiden who fits the slipper. He says, “If the shoe fits, bring her in” (Cinderella). This shows that the King does not care who the lady is, as long as the Prince will marry her, and she gives grandchildren to the King. Another scene that shows the gender class is when the mice and the birds are making Cinderella’s dress. When the male mouse, Gus, says, “I’ll cut it with the scissors,” nobody says anything (Cinderella). However, when Jaq, the other male mouse, says, “And I can do the sewing,” the female mouse stops him and says, “Leave the sewing to the women” (Cinderella). The gender roles message is clearly shown in this scene. The men should do the labor work that using heavy equipment, and sewing is not a men’s