Cinderella and its variations
What exactly makes a story a Cinderella story? Is it the ending? While there seem to be several interpretations of Cinderella they all seem to have the same conceptual endings. The main-character a girl named Cinderella who is mistreated by her two stepsisters and mother. Cinderella is a good, kind person. Cinderella's goodness is always rewarded with magical assistance or by a fairy godmother. The ending always leaves Cinderella elevated in position by a royal person, who loves her for her good qualities that is noticed at the ball by the prince. The traditional ending usually has one or more characters at a higher ranking within the story then another set of characters; everything is happy and all problems are resolved in the end. Or in fairy tales the common ending phrase is, "And they lived happily ever after". There is more to a fairy tale such as Cinderella then that everyone lives happily ever after. Fairy tales are stories meant for children to teach a moral and valuable lesson. The variations in Cinderella offer different lessons and values. The classic Cinderella fairy tale, is Walt Disney's; Moreover, Walt Disney's version of "Cinderella" was the only version ever creat
As the clock strikes twelve, a spell placed on the prince and Ashella evaporates into nothing. Ashputtle has a father who doesn't die and there is a slight twist of fate in this version. Cinderella's father dies and now she is stuck with her wicked stepmother and two stepsisters. For example the classic story of, "The Boy Who cried Wolf". Eventually Cinderella is able to attend the ball thanks to the fairy godmother, and Cinderella meets with the prince. Once Cinderella tries on the slipper she becomes the new princess. This shows that you need to treat other's as you would like to be treated. The wicked stepsisters who treat Ashputtle just as a servant suffer when they have their eyes pecked at and are blinded for the rest of their lives for being so wicked. Her mother's main goal in life is to torture and eventually kill the Duke and his son. The variations in !"Cinderella" decipher the outcome of the story and the moral value learned ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**Writing across the curriculum. Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm's versions lesson was that your actions come back to haunt you; they treated Ashputtle unkindly for so long that the sisters where blinded for their wickedness and ironically their last sight was seeing the happiness of Ashputtle. Tanith Lee's When the Clock strikes Twelve is a very different version of Cinderella. Walt Disney's version in contrasts to other "Cinderella" endings such as "When the Clock Strikes" by Tanith Lee and "Ashputtle" by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, there is no happily ever after. The prince is in awe at the sight of Ashella, that after a night of dancing he asks for her hand in marriage. Both "Cinderella" endings end with either death or misery.
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