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    Jane Yolen Cinderella

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    variations in Cinderella throughout history in America’s “Cinderella” Yolen began a career in publications as an editor and later became a professional writer, winning numerous awards and publishing over seventy novels. Yolen observes that the European Cinderella and the Asian Cinderella possess more strength than the helpless modern Cinderella. She attributes this evolution to cultural incorporations and mass market’s reproductions of the tale. American interpretations of Cinderella result in a

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    at the dining table recalling cruel stories of what they put her through growing up. Cinderella never spoke up for how she felt, although she hated reliving the stories as she listened to them. One day Cinderella got fed up with her two stepsisters mocking her. As she sat at the table eating her meal, the prince watched as her face grows bright red by the minute. He asked if she was ok, and that’s when Cinderella yelled “Shut up!” There was silence in every corner of the room. Everyone was

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    Grimm Brothers Cinderella

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    In the famous story of Cinderella, what do you think is the theme or main lesson of Cinderella? The theme of Cinderella is bad people never succeed and good people will always prevail. The Grimm Brothers Cinderella presents the theme of the Cinderella Archetype the best. The three different examples that best present the theme in Grimm Brothers Cinderella are a bird takes out both of the stepsisters’ eyes for mistreating Cinderella poorly, making fun of Cinderella and not giving her a dress , and

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    After reading the Novel Cinder, and watching the Disney movie Cinderella, I now understand how these characters are very different and very alike. I see how they have more differences than similarities.They are both 16 & Princesses they also both attended the ball. They both get the same type of actions towards just expressed in different ways. I will explain to you all the differences they have than similarities that i have discovered in this novel. Cinder’s real name is Princess selene & this

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    There are many versions of the fairy tale “Cinderella ”, but they all have the same main concept, that an underdog character , Cinderella who is patient and kind, comes out and defeats her rivals, the stepmother and stepsisters. In the article “Cinderella : Not So Morally Superior” by Elisabeth Panttaja analyzes the more gruesome version of “Ashputtle” by the Grimms Brothers. Panttaja states that the mother is perceived as absent and it is up to Cinderella to overcome this obstacle, but also that

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    The Origins of Cinderella For as long as humankind has been around, stories of folklore have been passed down from generation to generation. In order to teach children a lesson in an interesting way, people began fabricating stories filled with adventure, royalty, and villains. As the invention of novels started to become more popular, so did these elaborate stories. In time, the wild fables once reserved for a number of countries now existed all over the world. This is how fairy tales came

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    Like any other childhood memory, Cinderella is one that sticks. Over the past decade many Cinderella movies, plays, and books have been created but the one that takes me back to my childhood is the original Disney movie Cinderella. If you have read the Grimm brothers tale “Cinderella” you will find it is not the same as the original Disney movie “Cinderella”. Throughout these stories the characteristics and problems that Cinderella faces are the same. Like every book and movie, there is common diffrences

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    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

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    Although Cinder and Cinderella are very different they stayed strong. There are many similarities and differences in both Cinder and Cinderella. When comparing both stories it is clear that there is more differences than similarities. The main conflict is basically the same, but the details are not. Cinder and Cinderella are not only two different stories, but they’re also two different characters. The differences in Cinder are: She’s a cyborg, she’s immune to letumosis, she’s a lunar, she’s

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    The Disney Version of Cinderella and the Egyptian version are different and similar in several ways and they have different cultures, characters, looks, and the characters and the actions taken by them are different. There were also some similarities found amongst these different things. These two stories are both very different and similar in the ways that were described. Many places have different cultures, the Disney version of Cinderella is based off of the American-European culture, whereas

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