Essay about Comparing Perrault's Cinderella with Disney's Cinderella

Cinderella is one of the most well-known fairytale around the world. It is a story about a girl who lives with her step mother and her 2 step sisters, she is not treated with respect, more like a servant. She mets the prince, and then ultimately he saves her from her step mother. Cinderella highlights key issues with gender roles and stereotypes. It suggests when determining a woman's worth, it is based on their physical appearance, not on other aspects of them, such as personalities or beliefs. These ideas are clearly evident in sections of the film when Cinderella is determined as ugly because of her original rag-like clothing, this idea changes when she is dressed in her ball gown, because of this the prince falls in love with her.

Disney’s Cinderella demonstrates that, whatever the intention of its makers, modern day fairy tales function in our society as hidden instructions for morals and behaviors that we give children. On the surface, it seems to be a simple story about a young woman whose wishes come true. However, the story also reflects cultural expectations of women’s behaviors and goals and defines expectations of “goodness” for women. Power belongs to men in “Cinderella”, and it is depicted as a female ambition and goal. The storyline describes the rise of the submissive haracter to becoming a Princess; she is portrayed as a passive character who waits for the Prince to come for her. While waiting for her Prince Charming she also bears the mistreatment from her stepmother and stepsisters. While masculine power is taken for granted in the figure of the Prince, becoming his wife is the only way women have to share this power. The

In her article, “Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior,” Elisabeth Panttaja illustrates the important role of parents in a childhood. She talks about the importance the mother plays in all versions of Cinderella as well as evidence showing what lack of parenthood does to children. Panttaja claims by way of the Grimms Brothers version of Cinderella and how each mother wants to guarantee a bright and happy future for their daughters by marrying them off to the prince. The similarities between the wanting of Cinderella and the stepsisters married- and doing anything to get it- contradicts the idea that Cinderella and her mother were morally superior, or different at all, from the stepmother and sisters.

All people recognize the charming story of Cinderella, and at its core, it is a story that relates to the hearts of all societies worldwide. The magic that transforms an underprivileged girl into an affluent beauty captures the attention of a prince, but outside of the story, it also mesmerizes readers in their pursuit of their own happily-ever-afters. In “America’s ‘Cinderella’,” Jane Yolen expounds upon the “true nature” of Cinderella that is hidden from modern, American society but lives in the tales of other cultures. She criticizes the modern, mass-marketed version of Cinderella that is leading society to a false hope in America. Also, an art historian, Bonnie Cullen, writes about the Cinderella tale. In “The Rise of Perrault’s ‘Cinderella’,” Cullen investigates how Charles Perrault’s version of Cinderella grew to its fame and how the story was affected by the Victorian Era. Both authors see the Cinderella story in diverse colors; however despite all controversies, the enchanting tale of Cinderella continues to thrive in modern society. As an example, Ever After, directed by Andy Tennant, came to theaters and restored the obsession with Cinderella. In the movie, the Cinderella story is given a transformation: fresh colors, heroic protagonists, deceitful enemies, and glitzy clothing. However, the story maintains the Cinderella plot. Like most Cinderella stories, Danielle, the main character, is forced into servitude by the hands of an evil stepmother after the passing of Cinderella’s beloved father, but her life changes when she meets Prince Charming. While audiences can see that Ever After parallels Perrault’s version of Cinderella and contains the necessary ingredients for the traditional story, the main character, Danielle, exhibits new, contemporary attributes that alter the personality of a standard Cinderella figure, but ultimately, Danielle still falls victim to Victorian ideology.

In "Cinderella" by Charles Perrault, the story depicts an imaginative fairytale through the hardships of a mistreated daughter and the magic of a fairy; in essence, Cinderella demonstrates that focusing on materialism is more important and more effective other than working up the path to majesty. Cinderella is a character who is often mistreated by her stepmother and god sisters. Bearing unsuitable personalities, they treat her harshly, leaving all of the chores to her. However, she admits that her tattered clothes are not worthy of a formal event, and continues to be belittled by her stepsisters. Portrayed with low self-esteem and insecurity, she does not respond harshly to their cruel insults. As a result, the main character relies on

Cinderella Frozen in Time: Why Cinderella continues be portrayed as a victim in the era of feminism

In both “Cinderella Is Traditional and Straightforward, but Plenty Charming,” by Richard Lawson, and Madonna Kolbenschlag’s “A Feminist’s View of Cinderella,” the popular fairytale of a girl becoming a princess is discussed. Lessons of identity, rivalry, and grief are displayed through both the tale of Cinderella herself and the film. Even though both Lawson and Kolbenschlag address the lessons taught by the story of Cinderella, the extent as to which each author elaborates on if the morals of the story are convoluted or simply modest differ drastically.     Both pieces agree that Cinderella conveys moral lessons to children. Lawson expresses the belief that Cinderella emits simple and straightforward messages to both young girls and boys.

The story and symbolism of Cinderella is viewed in different kinds of ways. In 1697, the most popular version of “Cinderella” was called “Cindrillon” written by a Frenchman named Charles Perrault. Many individuals were drawn to Perrault’s story due to the elements: the pumpkin being transformed into a chariot, the fairy godmother, and the glass slipper. Later throughout history, about 1500 different versions of “Cinderella” were being altered by dissimilar cultures. The most popular story is about a girl that has a magical guardian who helps her overcome how her family treats her. According to Bruno Bettelheim in his article “‘Cinderella’: A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts,” shares Cinderella hopes and her troubles through sibling rivalry and how she overcame it. On the other hand, a feminist theologian, Madonna Kolbenschlag explains in her article “A Feminist’s View of ‘Cinderella’” that Cinderella displays patterns of “feminine socialization” by her feeling worthless and wanting rescue.

One difference that was noticeable between the two stories was the father. In both the Disney's Cinderella and the Grimms’ Cinderella the father was a widower. His wife dies early in the

In the story Cinderella is a girl who is treated awful by her Stepmother, Stepsisters and depending on which version you read the father also. She still shows kindness to them even though they force her to work as a servant for them and they belittle her all throughout the story. This shows that she is good hearted and cares about others. In order for Cinderella to go the ball her stepmother makes her separate the good lentils from the bad in the ash twice. But then her stepmother tells her she does not have a dress and can’t dance so she can’t go in the Grimm version. In Perrault she already knows she can't go to the ball which the sisters tease her about. After they leave she weeps and is visited by some magical creature like the white bird in Grimm’s or the fairy godmother in Perrault’s who instructs her to gather different items. Which shows again she is willing to work to get what she wants. They then proceed to give her a dress of gold and silver and shoes, in the Perrault the fairy also gave her a carriage, footmen, a driver, and horses. She goes to the ball with the same warning each night everything will wear off at midnight. She attends the ball 3 nights a falls in love with the prince, loses her slipper to which the prince finds, the prince searches for the girl he meet at the ball, the sisters try to force their feet in or cut off pieces of their feet so they can fit. Then finally tries on the slipper and it fits her and she is nice to her sisters in the Perrault version but, in the Grimm version she has the birds pick out her sister's eyes. Cinderella The story ends with Cinderella getting her happily ever after which she never would have got if she had not worked for it if she had not tended to the tree she would have never gotten the dress or the shoes from the bird. If she chose not to gather the items for her fairy godmother she would not ever gone to the

The adaptation of the different cultural versions of Cinderella has blossomed over the many years since this story was first told. From the Charles Perrault’s version to Jakob & Wilhelm Grimm, and Campbell Grants version for Disney and everything in between the authors write about a beautiful and kind girl that is treated very poorly by her evil step mother and step sisters. With magic on her side, she always comes out on top, to get the prince.

The original Cinderella dates back way before books were made. Most people have passed it down through generations, twisting the story into what they wanted it to be. In both Disney and Grimms´ version, there is very similar themes of both good and bad karma. The stories both get the idea across that if you are good, good things will eventually happen to you . Although they bear some minor similarities the differences between Disney's Cinderella and Grimms´ Cinderella are clear.

In “Cinderella”, a woman’s worth is identified with her chastity. As Cinderella’s glass slipper is the most famous symbol in “Cinderella”, it is also the most sexist. In Perrault’s version, the prince uses the glass slipper as the only proof that Cinderella was truly the princess he danced with at the ball (Lecture Notes, 5/11/17). Further analysis can interpret the glass slipper as a sexual symbol, like the “key in the lock” (Lecture 5/11/17). Since Perrault specifically made it a glass slipper, its brittleness and fragility can be an analogy to a woman’s virtue. During Perrault’s time, a woman’s virtue is so sacred to men, that one’s future would be shattered like glass if their reputation is tainted. This qualifies as an antifeminist symbol as it places much pressure to keep one’s virtue because men have said it would devalue her.

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.

Charles Perrault’s Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper was published in 1697. It is considered to be one the most prevalent reinterpretations of the classic story. Perrault’s version was “addressed largely to an adult and highly sophisticated audience” (Cullen 57). For this reason, Perrault seldom emphasizes the details of Cinderella’s mistreatment and instead shifts the stories’ focus on the moral and materialistic concerns related to his audience in order to “to please [his] aristocratic audience” (Tatar 189). Accordingly, Perrault portrayed Cinderella to be dependent, self-sacrificing, and “exhibits