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    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. In Charles Perrault’s version, Cinderella is treated as a maid and has

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    It’s known that Cinderella is a familiar story that is appealing to all ages. No matter how many versions of Cinderella is made, a new fondness could be emerged when it is watched again and again. No matter what month or year Cinderella is made, Cinderella will always be the same. In Another Cinderella Story directed by Damon Santostefano and A Cinderella Story directed by Mark Rosman, are two versions of the same fairy tale that convey a modern twist to Cinderella. The films demonstrate different

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    treated equally. “Cinderella” does not portray women as equal to men, rather it suggests that a woman’s value highly depends on a man and teaches girls to become patient victims. For instance, it places attention on a woman’s chastity, beauty, passiveness, as the story accepts abuse, discourages powerful women, and insists on a double standard. 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

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    Well Although cinder and cinderella are different like one is cinder gets along with one of her sisters and ella doesn't get along with any sisters . But overall i think they have more difference than similarity in my opinion. Well i'll be telling u reason there different and the similar . First i'll start with differents .Because they have way more differences than similarities. So ill be telling u first there difference than similarities Well i'll be telling you some difference between

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    Throughout the ages countless versions of “Cinderella” stories have been written in multiple different cultures, and despite their superficial similarities, there are many striking differences that cannot be ignored. In the Egyptian, Bulgarian, and the Chinese version the ways the fairy godmother is portrayed, the people who bullied Cinderella, and the delivery of the slipper to the prince. These key differences give each culture's version its own unique spin. The “fairy godmother’s” portrayal

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    We all know the traditional Cinderella story, right? The one where the beautiful girl who contrast has an evil stepmother and stepsisters, until one day her fairy godmother comes and makes all that go away, when she meets her prince charming at a ball one night. What most people do not know is that there are several different versions of “Cinderella” with the same idea of the “Cinderella” that we know, but some differences as well. The German version of “Cinderella” her fairy godmother figure was

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    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

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    "Cinderella" Analysis Through literary devices such as simile, repetition and symbolism, Anne Sexton delivers the message that there is no way to live "happily ever after." Using four short stories as a lead in, Sexton makes powerful arguments about society by creating the symbol of the dove and alluding to the story of Cinderella. For Sexton there is no Cinderella, there is no prince charming, and there is no happy ending. However, through "Cinderella," she argues that the "happy ever after" ending

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    Cultural Cinderella Cinderella is one of the most well-known stories in every culture. Cinderella comes from many regions and time periods. Folktales are stories inspired by popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth. The Egyptian Cinderella (the first version of Cinderella) is a folk tale that suggests breaking social and racial barriers. Fairy Tales are stories, like myths, that provide supernatural explanations of everyday events, often with a moral outcome, or the portrayal of justice

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    Cinderella Story Analysis

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    One of these stories is Cinderella, with a classic story that is loved and known by many people. Cinderella is about a girl whose mother dies, leaving Cinderella and her father. The father marries another woman, who has two daughters of her own from a previous marriage, and eventually the father dies as well. The stepmother and her daughters treat Cinderella terribly and make her do all of the chores in the house. An opportunity arises where she can go to a ball the prince is having, but she isn’t

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