hat every child thinks that because of his secret feelings he deserves to be degraded, and thinks that his siblings do not have such kind of secret wishes. Because of such feelings a child would think that his parents do not love him and would prefer other child to him. According to Bettelheim, this arouses the feeling of jealousy for his siblings that give birth to sibling rivalry – the theme of the story.
             Bettelheim mentions about the five-and-a-half-year-old girl, and says that it is very easy for a child to feel that he or she is a "Cinderella." This five-and-a-half-year-old girl tells her mother and sister that they are jealous of her because she was the most beautiful in the family. Bettelheim says that a child believes that Cinderella deserves her dejected state, and this is because the child's mind is end the end of the oedipal period.1 Bettelheim says that it is the child's feelings about his parents when his brothers or sisters are more capable than himself. According to Bettelheim, when a child thinks that his parents do not love him enough, his craving for their love increases, and he feels rejected by his parents. Bettelheim very nicely analyses the concept of guilt that rises in the mind of the child. Bettelheim says that the child feels guilty for having such desires to love his pare
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