Life Lessons In Cinderella And The Little Mermaid

The fairy tale helps the child to understand a balance between the good and the evil; it gives him a hope for a good future.” Fairy tales assure the

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.

Since Disney has been known to alter stories to have cheerful endings, it’s no surprise that the little mermaid is depressing. While Disney does have creative license to alter tales to create good productions, I am troubled by the rate at which stories are changed.

Hans Christian Andersen’s story “The Little Mermaid” addresses many dark ideas that Disney’s film “The Little Mermaid” avoids. The avoidance of dark topics by Disney can be attributed to Disney targeting a different audience as well as Disney wanting to keep a happily ever after on the story of Ariel. The role of suffering in Andersen’s stories is attributed to the desire of young girls for something in which they should not or cannot have. This desire propels the characters in Andersen’s stories to make decisions that lead to them losing their own identity as well as their families. In Anderson’s story “The Little Mermaid” sees a Prince on her fifteenth birthday and she ends up saving his life when his ship sinks (Andersen, 220-222). After

Fairy Tales are a piece of actual reality, human nature and moral dilemmas we all have to face at one time or another. But, sometimes, it isn 't as simple as “good vs. evil” as we would like to think it is. In the story of Cinderella we are presented with the theme of good vs. evil in a very straight forward way. Good and virtue is rewarded, while evil and injustices are punished and therefore good always triumphs over evil. In the story of Cinderella, we are presented with a beautiful young girl who is abused and ridiculed by her step-mother and step-sisters. The ‘Evil’ Stepmother despises Cinderella 's goodness, as it highlights her and her daughter’s weaknesses. Throughout history we have been presented with these simple characters, but as our understanding of human nature grows we find more developed characters that

The main lesson in this story is symbolizing children. It reminds children to remain humble and kind even when surrounded with evil and bad behavior. The evil is the stepmother and stepsisters. It shows us to always stay strong and that all bad things come to an end. Cinderella shows us that good behavior and kindness will be paid out and rewarded.

Fairy tales are a fundamental part of our world and the way we tell stories. There are great deal of fairy tales that have been changed and retold throughout the history of literature. If there were a folktale that ruled the world literary canons, it would have to be “Cinderella.” The literary canon is considered to be a body of literary classics. They are the “must reads.” By now, the story is widely familiar in the world of literature. The tale is of a damsel in distress, forced to work while her mean stepsisters are incredibly self-centered and lazy. With the help of her fairy godmother, she has the magical opportunity to transform into a beautiful princess and attend a ball, where she loses one of her glass slipper and catches the eye of Prince Charming. Hugely significant and popular in the American canon of children’s literature, Walt Disney’s Cinderella is the most beloved examples of a literary canon.

I chose to do romantic love for my myth analysis. The components to a romantic love are like a fairy tale. Women are waiting to find their knight and shiny armor. Men and women expect to have the perfect marriage and live happily ever after. In romantic myths couples are seen as perfect with no issues at all. Romantic love is shown in movies, songs, and novels. Romantic love never shows the actuality of realistic relationships. Realistically people get divorced more than marriage.

Disney fairy tales, sweet and seemingly innocent tales, are they causing children to lack certain knowledge that they need or are they helping our children? When one thinks of Disney fairy tales they might think of Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty and have happy thoughts, but would they have the same thoughts if they knew that these tales were derived from the rather gruesome Grimm’s Fairy Tales? Did Disney actually hinder children’s learning by watering down these tales and sheltering the children from the dark realities of the world? Does teaching little girls that princesses are treated like royalty and everything works out, in the end, make their expectations too high?

A Modern Day Fairytale take of the Cinderella Story. I am such a sucker for sweet books and I’m glad I one clicked on this one. This book wasn’t as long as I thought it would be, it’s actually a very quick fun read. With a sweet spunky heroine and a sweet sexy Prince Charming.

Stories like Cinderella don't only teach young children simple morals but can teach adults that “the evolution of the fairy tale tells [them] about [themselves] and [their] changing society”(Abler). If one evaluates the growth and changes inside a fairytale they can discover many changes that coincide with what is happening in the word and society during that time period. For example, “the late 1960s and ’70s saw a surge of interest in women’s rights in the Western world as the Equal Rights Amendment gained approval in the United States”(Abler). This shift in cultural beliefs inspired writers to no longer have a weak princess but rather give the women a say in their own fate. During this time, Disney changed with the culture and moved away from more submissive heroines into and age of feminine power. Being able to adjust to the times is what makes fairy tales still relevant and popular in today's

In both versions of ‘The Little Mermaid’, the mermaid is depicted as a strong character who faces the challenges of growing up and struggling to obtain what she most aspires to attain in

As I stated before, once the Little Mermaid reaches the top of the water, she begins to wonder more and more, going further than any of her sisters. She also begins to dream of a life on land and is curious about what a life with the prince on shore would be like. This is unlike Cinderella because she goes to the festival night after night to try and conform to society, Andersen never wrote that Cinderella dreamt of a life with the prince. The only characters in Cinderella that dreamt of a life of fame and fortune were the stepsisters, who wanted to marry the prince, and the stepmother, who wanted one of her biological daughters to marry the prince.

When deciding what Disney fairy tale I wanted to cover I started looking into Disney, to my surprise there are many movies that had of course evil, spiritual images and rituals. Some movies had a great message about family and life not allowing evil to prevail. Most stories were about being brought into a traditional family that he or she didn’t want to be apart of in the beginning. Having to live up to a standard that you don’t want to be apart of but you were born for a reason and traditions need to be carried on through you. For my Disney fairy tale I decided to go with Disney newest Moana. I didn’t think it was going to be any good but the message and the Character Moana reminded me of my self.

Once upon a time in a beautiful castle lived four women, the ugly step mother janet, the two mean twin sisters Julie and Julia they’re the daughters from janet then there’s Cinderella her father married janet before he died so she has custody over Cinderella until she is 18 years old.