Cinderella Compare and Contrast Essay

     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

In “Cinderella” by the Grimm Brothers, the moral is that one should never lie or be wicked to others. In the story,

In both stories Cinderella’s mother died while she was still young, and her father re-married a vile woman with two equally wretched daughters who abused Cinderella. Further similarities include the event held by the King to find a bride for his son, the Prince and Cinderella receiving beautiful clothes and shoes to wear to the festivities. Also, in both stories the prince chose Cinderella without hesitation and her identity was not discovered by other party goers. A slipper was left behind in each story as well, which remained how the prince eventually discovered the mystery princess to be Cinderella so he could take her as his bride after many failed to make the fit.

The stepsisters were cruel to Cinderella therefore not receiving any happiness in the end. The step sisters attended Cinderella’s wedding “[They]...wanted to get into favour with Cinderella and share her good fortune” Since the stepsisters were obedient to someone who is not obeying natural order they get punished. “...the pigeons peck out one eye of each of them...afterwards they came back..the pigeons pecked out the other eye of each...thus, for their wickedness and falsehood, they were punished with blindness as long as they lived.” The stepmother was punished as well, it may not have been a physical punishment as the sisters received but she never really achieved power outside her home and that could possibly be worse to her than any physical punishment. Cinderella on the other hand got all of her “rewards” due to the fact she was obedient, but disobedient when it seemed

It is always a competition between the step sisters to be the most beautiful one for the prince. In the dominant narrative by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, they explain the role that Cinderella was given and she was miserable. Looking for an escape her godmother “beautifies” her. Giving her that perfect look to get the prince’s approval. Cinderella had to leave the ball before the spell and lost her slipper.

The new version of Cinderella is a live action film whereas the Grimm Brothers’ version is in a book and not a film. The version of Cinderella that was collected by the Grimm Brothers was called “Aschenputtel” which was written in German in 1857. What happens in the version is that when the prince is looking for Cinderella one of the stepsisters cuts off her toes and the other her heel. The live-action film starring Lily James is not gruesome at all because the stepsister does not cut their feet to fit in the shoe.

A beautiful young girl, leaves her two step sisters and her stepmother whom treated her poorly, marries a young prince, and she lives happily ever after. The fairytale of Cinderella has been one of the most told bedtime stories of all time. Most people can say they associate the story of Cinderella with the 1950 version of Walt Disney. Many people are oblivious of the many versions of this fantasy tale. The original fairytale of Cinderella, by the Brother’s Grimm, was written in 1812 which had many differences from the Walt Disney version. Like most of Walt Disney’s films, they are produced to capture the attention of a certain type of audience, the young. Since Disney films are targeted to the young, they conclude with a romance and happy ending. Unfortunately, because of such endings, the original story is being manipulated taking away from its original content. One of the scenes that have been changed from its original version are the different rolls of Cinderella’s parents, Cinderella’s godmother, Cinderella’s character and the stepsisters punishment for being cruel to Cinderella. I believe that Walt Disney changed some of the original parts of the Brother’s Grimm version of the story due to some the graphic scenes, which did not stay faithful to the original version of Cinderella. Walt Disney wanted to make the story as “ kid-friendly” as possible to attract more audience.

Cinderella’s step mother is not truly wicked, but simply misunderstood. The Grimm Brothers, who have been known many times before to alter reality, took the story of her daughters and stepdaughter and spun it into a work of fiction. Cinderella’s stepmother has sued Disney for the movie’s portrayal of her and her family and for taking things way out of proportion. Disney made Cinderella seem incapable of an indecent thought and far from able to plot revenge, which is far from the truth. Cinderella, which is not even her real name, was a strong willed and foul mouthed fourteen year old girl at the time of the ball.

They force Cinderella to help them hem dresses for the ball. Cinderella hopes to go to the ball but can’t because she has no dress but her animal friends make one for her. When Cinderella comes down ready to go to the ball, her stepsisters start yelling and rips her mother’s dress into pieces. In Grimm’s Cinderella, her stepsisters are breathtakingly beautiful. They once again treat Cinderella like a slave and has her hem their dresses.

A biological orphan who endures obstacles on a daily basis, mentally and emotionally broken, physically drained, and yet still wakes up in the morning with a bright perspective and looks forward to the day. The classic story Cinderella is being delineated here, as a young kid, the happy ending is what usually remembered nothing additional, however in every story, she is crushed down solely to get up from the ashes from the fire her “family” lighted . “Cinderella”, the Grimm Brother’s version, the 2015 disney film version “Cinderella”, and the Little Golden Book Cinderella, have large similarities, however in every one of the story, there's one thing that stands out into its own fascinating version. The theme, archetypes, and the deaths in all

Take a moment to think of your favorite Disney childhood movie, what if you found out that film was not the real story. The story of Cinderella is about a girl whose mother dies and father remarries. The woman he marries is cruel and has two children both wicked. The tale tells readers about Cinderella’s strugglsome life and how everyone treats her like their personal maid and not “one of them”. One night Cinderella wishes to go to the grand ball with her stepmother and two step sisters, but her stepmother restricts her from going by giving her difficult tasks for her to finish before the ball begins.

The story of Cinderella can be traced back to a time before books, to the time of oral tradition. Although there are many versions of this story, the main purpose of the story stays the same; it is to teach a lesson about goodness. If you are good, then great things will happen to you, but if you are bad then you will be punished. There are two versions of this story that this essay will look at, the Disney’s version and Grimms’ version. Although there are many similarities, the differences between the two versions are striking and deserve to be addressed.

Cinderella’s relationship with her dad is very distant after he gets married to the evil stepmother. Therefore, Cinderella is a very neglected daughter that is constantly abused mentally and physically, by the stepmother and stepsister, because of the housework and tasks she had to complete. Consequently, right after Cinderella was done with her beginning tasks the stepsisters would give her an even harder task. This showed the stepsisters had no sympathy for cinderella's well being and it also showed how wicked the stepsisters were. In spite of all the problems Cinderella had with her stepsisters and stepmother his dad decided to travel to the fair and when he was about to leave Cinderella's dad asked her stepsisters and her if they liked

Cinderella in this film is portrayed as a sweet and innocent child who years to be loved after her father passes on leaving her in the care of a very evil stepmother. The character of the prince was very different then in the first film. In the other film we find that the prince has feelings and emotions, whereas in this film, he is portrayed as a very dedicated man who falls in love and becomes obsessed. The odd thing about his character is that he is not seen very much in the film, it focuses more on Cinderella, and her family and her attempts to go to the "ball". Also it focuses on the fact that the king is forcing his son to marry.

In “Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior,” Elisabeth Panttaja makes a claim that the Grimms’ version of “Cinderella” provides reasons that Cinderella may not have been so fortunate due to her being “good and pious.” One main point that she discusses within the article is the mother/daughter relationship Cinderella shares with her deceased mother, in comparison to the mother/daughter relationship shared between the stepmother and stepsisters. Panttaja argues that the mothers in each relationship are both motivated by the same thing, “to ensure a future of power and prestige for their daughter” (Panttaja). Panttaja continues to identify how both mothers’ motives are similar, but her argument falters when she attempts to bring Cinderella’s