Cinderella Vs Grimm Brothers

The Disney version of Cinderella was raised by her stepmother who mistreated and bullied her as well as her two older stepsisters. Cinderella was friends with animals such as rats and a dog. Cinderella didn’t become a princess until she redeemed herself with the fit of glass slipper. She also had a fairy godmother.

Fairy tales evolve over time as they are told from generation to generation, regardless if they are passed on by word of mouth or through print. Some have great variations; some are the same except a few mini details. No matter what the differences, they all have the moral in common at the heart of the story. With Cinderella, one learns that despite being unappreciated and doomed to serving others, as long as you are kind natured and a truly good person, your dreams will come true.

Pumpkins, blood, and crushing boulders, each Cinderella goes through a story of happiness and death. Step sisters getting eyes gushed out and feet getting cut off, and step mother eating a precious childhood pet. These versions are not so bippity boppity boo, and here are their stories. Fairy tales have been told for centuries, and Cinderella’s origins are found in 9th century China (Asia Society 1). Cinderella is written in thousands of versions. In Aschenputtel, the German version, brings you stepsisters cutting parts of their own feet off just to fit in a shoe. In Cinderella, the French version, brings you a fairy godmother turning pumpkins into a carriage,mice into coach men, and a beautiful silver dress for Cinderella. Even though Cinderella’s

Many people wonder where all the Cinderella stories originated from? They originated from the most popular version written in French by Charles Perrault written in 1607. The Little Golden book, the Grimm brothers version and the 2015 Disney Film version of Cinderella are all taken from the original story. All Cinderella stories have the same storyline, but there are differences and similarities between the archetypes and the characters and in the theme in the three versions.

Cinderella is a folktale that dates back as an Ancient Chinese story and many versions have evolved over the centuries including a more graphic version by the Grimm Brothers and “the French version by Charles Perrault that Disney adapted for screen” (Stahl). This is the most familiar version due to success of the Disney film. The storyline of Cinderella is predictable but one can not help adore the fantasy. Cinderella was mistreated by her step mother and sisters while her father is away. They made her work tirelessly.

As explained in the paragraph above there are subtle and large differences in each tale, one of the bigger differences and more noticeable changes among each version is theme. Theme is the subject or moral in a piece of writing, film, or work of art. The version with the most change is the Grimm Brothers story. Being known for their horrid stories the theme of this version is “what you do to other can be done to you”. The Grimm Brothers story has a “what comes around goes around” ideal to it. The theme is shown through how awful the Stepsisters treated Cinderella and in the end when the “... older sister walked on [Cinderella and The Prince’s] right and the

First let’s start off with the French version of the story. This version of Cinderella is very similar to the version that people came to know. For characters you have Cinderella, the prince, The stepmother, the stepdaughters, the father, and the godmother. Cinderella is the beautiful daughter that is hardworking and kind to others. The

There is not many things they have in common. The first thing I can think of is the time period is similar, and the fact that they are in servitude to their evil stepmother, and sisters. In the end of both story’s they marry the prince and there step family is punished for their evil crimes. Also I know this is a miner detail but unlike in other stories in both of these there is a king and queen. The Cinderella’s in the story are kind and true to their self’s, helped other, and honor their mother though she is dead.

In the three different revisions of Cinderella, they each have different settings and are written by different authors. All three stories involve a young girl who has been treated horribly by her step-sisters and most importantly her step-mother. The Disney adaption has the most child-friendly version of Cinderella and is the less violent version as well. The basis of the story is a young girl meets her fairy godmother who transforms her world to give her a chance to encounter a prince. Later, as she is leaving because she has to be home by midnight her slipper comes off, but the prince finds it and makes her try it on and they live their life happily ever after. In the version by the Grimm brothers,

Cinderella is a fairy tale that has many different interpretations. This tale has also been made into many films, advertisements, amongst other mediums. Although films and advertisements are very different certain aspects can be brought together through the Brothers Grimm version as well as from a gender and sociological standpoint.

It intrigues me that little details change throughout all the different version of Cinderella. While they all follow the same main story line, Cinderella having two step-sister and going to the ball and marrying the prince, little aspects change throughout all of them. For example in “The Little Glass Slipper” by Charles Perrault, Cinderella looses her glass slipper by trying to get home before midnight. In “Cinderella” by the Grimm brothers, Cinderella looses her gold slipper because the prince but pitch on the stairs in attempt to catch her. While it might not sound like a drastic change, the glass slipper changing into a gold slipper can change a variety of meanings. Also in the Grimm’s brothers version, Cinderella gets her transformation through the magical effects of her late mothers tree planted on her grave. In Perrault’s version, Cinderella gains her transformation through the use of a Fairy-godmother. While both cases call for a higher being to intertwine and enhance Cinderella, they were vastly different and therefore offer a different outlook.

Each version of Cinderella is unique and special in its own way. From Disney’s “Cinderella” to “Cinderella” by Charles Perrault to “The Wicked Stepmother” written by James Hinton Knowles. In Disney’s version of Cinderella,

Throughout time many classic fairytales have been retold in many forms, thus the meanings of the stories get lost in translation like when you play the telephone game. The stories change from culture to culture. However, Disney took the tales to a completely different level, smothering the original meanings and life lessons with sugar plums, fairy dust and happily ever after. Comparing Snow White with Grimm vs Disney we will see that Grimm versions have morals, life lessons and well some points that will scare you into learning. Disney, on the other hand says life will be happily ever after and the kindness of the heart will always prevail in the end. It is a good thought but just not how the real world works. When comparing Grimm vs Disney there are some major difference in the tale. One, how Snow gets into the woods, two how she finds the house, third how many times the queen tries to kill Snow, as well as how Snow awakens from the poison and how the evil queen dies. Grimm takes the approach of shame on me shame on you while Disney removes the violence and the runs with the happily ever after ending.

Myths and fairy tales have a way of sending an audience into a whole new world. Things are happening that would seem crazy in real life. This new world is often something everyone wishes they could be apart of. It triggers the creative side of the brain, and allows people to use their imagination. Cinderella is one of the many fairy tales that allows people to be apart of a different world.

Cinderella was created from an old folk tale by Charles Perrault in 1867 which was later modified by the Grimm Brothers. The elements of the story— like the fairy godmother, the pumpkin coach, and the glass slipper—made it famous. The story pointed out that Cinderella, a kindhearted and patient young girl, was abused by her stepfamily after the death of her parents. Up till the end of the story, she stayed humble and forgiving even though her life was turned upside down when she married the prince in her kingdom. Cinderella is considered the “most retold fairytale of all” as it has been adapted through the years (The Mischaracterization of Cinderella, 2015).