finds Paul “handsome and well spoken” (Souci, 1998). This confirms that she is open to love. When Cendrillon returns home from the ball it is revealed how Cendrillon feels about her future. “I will keep this [slipper] to remind me of this wonderful night and a happiness I will never know again” (Souci, 1998). Can readers assume the happiness she speaks of is a result of obtaining love, wealth, and prominence? Lastly, the ideology that love, wealth, and prominence is associated with success and happiness can also be found in the story, Cinderella. Cinderella like Yeh-Shen is not necessarily interested in finding love at first, but is more interested in attending the ball. Cinderella desires to be accepted and noticed. While some components of the ideology are missing in this story, the reader is still allowed to believe that because Cinderella has married the prince (love), and has a home in the palace (prominence) and wears beautiful gowns (wealth) that she has discovered success and happiness.
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In examining each story, we can confirm that this theme is reflected in the story of Cinderella and most often is the central theme in the story. It can also be concluded that this same ideology can be found in different cultures and multiple versions of the story. While none of the stories we analyzed suggest “that they lived happily ever after”, the reader is led to believe that the primary character will live a life of happiness and bliss as a result of obtaining love, prominence, and
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he narrator, Jim Burden has his perception of happiness and indicates that finding happiness through success is “to be dissolved into something complete or great (Cather 15)”. However, some people would refute this definition of happiness as false due to other scenarios that prove otherwise. Even though Jim and others around him pursued their dreams and realized them by going to college and pursuing different careers, there are others who sought the American dream by immersing themselves completely in their work but are not overly elated after realizing their dreams. For example, Tiny Soderball was inspired to find immense wealth and ended up losing three of her toes to frostbite in the pursuit of wealth. She eventually became a very wealthy and successful woman but the journey to achieve her dream took a toll on her, she found that “was satisfied with her success, but not elated (Cather 12)”.
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In the movie “Cinderella,” Cinderella is a maid to an evil stepmother and two very heartless and obnoxious stepsisters. The only reason that Cinderella still puts up with their orders is an example of the Behavioral perspective. The Behavioral Perspective puts emphasis on learning by experience with rewards and punishments. She knows that if she does not do the chores, she will be punished or thrown out of the household. She does not have anywhere to go because her mother and father have passed away. Because Cinderella is a genuinely kind human being who wishes to please, she usually does not stick up for herself against the others in the household. She is used to taking on the brunt of
The sobs were long and sad and echoed throughout the whole house. Cinderella was so devastated that she could not even bring herself to look in the mirror, scared of how the dress looked. During her sobbing, the lock of the door clicked, the little boy entered the room and took a seat next to her, “I thought you were going to the party.”
There also is another form of symbolism in this essay and that is Cinderella’s dress. This too provides magical powers so that the prince notices the immaculate beauty that Cinderella possesses. It is believed that the prince or Cinderella never actually confessed any love, but in the magical powers that the dress endows has the prince so enchanted that marrying Cinderella could only be the right choice. The author just simply wants the reader to grasp the fact that there really