Another Cinderella Story

Another example of the kidnapped woman using fairytales as a tool for survival is when she compares her imprisonment to that of Cinderella. She pleads, “At least Cinderella had her work to keep her busy – the familiarity of sweeping floors and washing windows and cooking the daily bread. If nothing else, because she had truly suffered she could appreciate her ever after” (p. 37). Knowing the Cinderella story gives the kidnapped woman perspective on her situation. She does not have daily tasks to…

storylines and themes. Analyzing Brothers Grimm’s Cinderella and Joseph Jacobs’ Catskin with the Propp’s Thirty-One Functions, the Cinderella and Catskin tales are versions of the same tale for they have similar story attributes and themes even though they do not share every function on the Propp’s list. In both tales, a female hero who has a father works as a kitchen maid and is constantly harassed and ridiculed by a maternal figure. In Cinderella, Cinderella is harassed by her stepmother…

can be seen in Cinderella the older Disney princess film Cinderella and Rapunzel in the more modern film Tangled…

creative thinkers. Children have grown up on these stories for age and should continue to grow up on them because the stories teach children life lessons. (Orde) Fairytales can teach children lessons like manors, helping people, and being courageous in a fun and exciting way with princesses, dragons, and other magical creatures. Grimm’s fairy tales can seem inappropriate to adults for children to read but to the children it’s just another story about princesses, princes, and magical creatures.…

of fairy tales and where people can escape real life. Disney helps children and even adults dodge real-life problems. There are many stories that Disney has sugar-coated just for children sake, but the truth is still out there. The Grimm tales are the true and first princess fairy tales, but they are not magical like Disney’s are. It is easy to take someone's story and change it but can they keep the realistic appeal behind it, like the Grimm brothers did. Although Disney tends to be more…

A classic princess story, Cinderella remains to be one of Disney’s most popular movies. However, what is disturbing is the manner in which this movie imposes gender roles by depicting women in a negative manner. This film seems to be reinforcing the notion that women are weaklings and that the only way in which any society can survive is by upholding male dominance and embracing female submissiveness. The movie begins by showing Cinderella living happily with her parents in a faraway kingdom.…

explain aspects of society and culture. “Disney’s Cinderella” by Tennessee Reed captures an older piece of literature and places the story into modern times. The story of Cinderella places her living with her ungrateful stepmother and stepsisters. She is the maid, caretaker, and slave to the women. In this story, Cinderella is accused of “stealing (a stepsisters) dark blue boot-cut jeans and white cotton blouse by Guess?” (Reed 320). The current story incorporates some of the brands that are…

Cinderella with a Y Chromosome Fairy tales have been communicated to one another for centuries; they all tell a story of each culture’s views by the way people convey it. There are many diverse fairy tales, but one of the most iconic, which has been around for a long time, is Cinderella. One version from the 1960s is a film entitled Cinderfella. In this comedy, Jerry Lewis plays Cinderfella, a male Cinderella. I chose this text because I feel it is a good example of Linda Parsons’ reference to…

Howard Gardner was a professor of cognition and education at Harvard School of Education. Gardner was a very influential individual of his time, very knowledgeable when it came to the Cognitive and Education topics. Gardner wrote many great books and was part of many very important education projects throughout his career. On this paper we will be analyzing and providing specific examples on the “star wars script” which Gardner writes about during one of his cognitive studies. Gardner writes…

Another family infrastructure that dominated traditional China was the concubinage system (Engel, 1984). It is not uncommon to have men acquiring multiple wives in ancient China during the dynasty era. Yeh-Shen, was born into a family with two mother figures and one father figure (Yeh-Shen). This coincides with the traditional family structures that the society at the time adopted. The women in the house all considered the children’s mothers regardless of whether the wife is the child’s…