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    important in these young children’s life because when it’s comes to films that are all they watch. Cinderella is one of the most common Disney tales that’s been around from ninth century, in different languages and countries. The tale is a about a pretty young girl Cinderella who lives with her step mother and step sisters. They make Cinderella’s life miserable by making her do all the housework but Cinderella never complained. She did everything happily believing that one day her someone (a man) will

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    even when it comes to fairy tales, like Cinderella. Although many people believe that fairy tales are the same across all cultures, the truth is that they are extremely different depending on the value of the culture. Our American “Cinderella” is an amazing story, but do we read and get inspired by every single other cultures’ fairy tales. The one thing that never changed is the love and care in the heart of the lovely, lady, Cinderella. All Cinderellas are amazing, but at the end of the day we

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    therefore it is reasonable that many fantasy stories, even those not traditionally categorized as eco-fantasy, connect their pure protagonists to symbols of nature. Many stories written by the Brothers Grimm demonstrate this, particularly the tale “Cinderella,” and J.R.R. Tolkien’s massive fantasy trilogy The Lord of The Rings

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    Slipper” by Charles Perrault, “The Girl with No Hands” by the Grimm Brother and the Disney Movie “Cinderella” all successfully convey important and educational messages to their young reads. Many children are exposed to fairy-tale at a young age, and for these children fairy-tales play an important role in the development of their personal morals and values. “The Little Glass Slipper” and “Cinderella” both focus on a young girl who is mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters and is later rescued

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    most sacred is his daughter Cinderella. In Grimm’s version the two stepsisters are not ugly but actually beautiful with evil inside them. The step-sisters continuously abuse and mistreat Cinderella and her father doesn’t die but instead turns a blind eye to the situation and lets it continue. As the story continues it is clear that Cinderella’s father abandons her. After the ball Disney ends their story with the prince searching for the maiden who fits the shoe. Cinderella is locked away so she wouldn’t

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    He does not state whether the step-sisters are attractive or ugly, only that Cinderella is prettier than them. This is important because it offers the message that appearances do not matter, but how someone treats others does matter. This is a message that parents often try to instill in their children nowadays, so it is nice to have

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    Many children read this story in school. What they don’t know is what Grimm actually portrayed in the story. They are many hidden messages in fairy tales, and Erich Fromm just revealed one for the community. Grimm also inspired Disney’s version of Cinderella and this one also has many subliminal

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    Today I’m bringing you our second edition of Disney vs Grimm, and we are focusing on the ever popular Cinderella. A tale of wonder, magic, and love! The original was just as wonderful as the Disney version, though it had its darker moments. As usual we all know the story… or do we? The Disney classic focuses on a lovely young woman, the death of her mother, her father remarries then passes himself, and her step mother being a vicious woman with two less than pleasant daughters who then treat the

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    Fairy tales is the term also used to describe something adored with unusual happiness, like “fairy tale ending” a happing ending or “fairy tale romance”, though not all fairy tale as a happy ending. A fairy tales is a type of short story that consistently features European folkloric fantasy characters, such as dwarves, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, mermaids, trolls, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. Fairy Tale Fairy tales may be acclaimed from other folk narratives such as

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    little extra help from some critters she lives a happy life with the prince. This is considered to be the most recognized version of Cinderella, a template of sorts. Now consider, as Bonnie Cullen does, author of “The Rise of Perrault’s “Cinderella”” and “The Lion and the Unicorn”, that this template is as iconic, memorable, and viewed by many as the truest Cinderella, and now moving on from Cullens beliefs a new modernized version emerges from Hollywood studios. This new version is as Karol Kelly

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