If the Glass Slipper Fits

             As a little girl, I always wanted to be a princess. My favorite bedtime story was Cinderella and as I slipped into dreamland, it would be with thoughts of glass slippers, fairy godmothers and prince charming drifting through my head. What little girl has not dreamed of being Cinderella at one point in her life? Before Barbie, before supermodels, before Miss America one woman represented what every little girl wanted to grow up to be: Cinderella. Cinderella has been charming children and adults alike for centuries and will continue to charm the world for centuries to come. Cinderella is beautiful, smart, kind, and she is, in the end, recognized for who she is: a princess. However, who is Cinderella really? When most people think about Cinderella they picture of the blonde beauty from Disney's version of the story, but this is not the only image Cinderella has had. Over time Cinderella has been portrayed in many different ways. She has been Chinese, Russian, German, Italian, American, and British; a brunette, a redhead and a blonde. She has been tall and short; chubby and thin. The image of Cinderella has changed drastically over the last 150 years, reflecting the changes in morale, society and fashion and these representations have changed her story immensely.
             There are many reasons for the discrepancies over Cinderella's appearance, the most notable of which is the culture in which it was originally told. Cinderella began as an oral tale and as such nothing was written down. Because of this, there are no records as to what Cinderella looked like in the mind of her creator. However, this is not necessarily a bad thing. The amazing thing about oral tales was that they were never told the same was twice; each time they were told they changed in some minor way. Whoever told the tales kept the same general story, but changed it to suit their listener, culture, and even personal tastes. When Cinderella was final...

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