Cinderella ends up getting the prize (marriage to the prince) based on looks alone. Most fairy tales follow this general concept: pretty girls who don’t do much get the prize in the end. Lieberman also argues that for boys, it is the bold and active ones that win whatever prize is available, which follows the ideas of traditional gender roles. Lieberman makes a strong point throughout her essay that, “Marriage is the fulcrum and major event of nearly every fairy tale” (325). What Lieberman is trying to stress is that fairy tales always have an emphasis
In this story Panttaja says it is both mothers that are wicked. Panttaja states the real mother “plots and schemes, and she wins” (Panttaja 660) when it comes to fulfilling the wishes of Ashputtle. But actually the two mothers have the same goal in mind; to have their daughters married off and have a joyful life. To be able to do this, the real mother puts a charm on the prince to make him fall in love with Ashputtle instead of anyone else. The prince did not dance with anyone else all night and would always say “she is my partner” (Grimm 630).
In the Disney book, My side of the Story: Snow White/Evil Queen, The Queen marries someone whom she does not love at all just for the title of becoming the Queen of all the land. This causes her to become Snow White’s loving stepmother. At first, The Queen is actually very gentle and courteous towards Snow White. She enjoyed having Snow around and had no worries because she thought she was the fairest of them all. After a while, she starting developing a serious case of jealousy over her stepdaughter Snow White’s incomparable beauty.
Growing up, I thought my mother looked just like Cinderella and had the same pretty voice. I was excited to watch this movie again, with my daughter, because I thought it would bring me back to my childhood. I must admit that while watching it for absolutely different reasons, and taking notes, it was hard to enjoy it as much. Without immediately referring to the sheer passivity of the heroine, Cinderella, I’ve found that this story not only gender-stereotypes, but sets societal norms right out there on the table for you, and agrees and supports every one of them. Cinderella is not the role model I want for my daughter.
The Grimm Brothers tell the story of Cinderella in a more drastic and bloodier way than Disney presents. The Grimm Brothers wrote the story to show punishment for lying and being cruel to other people, but Disney had actually entitled their fairy-tale to show a beautiful daughter that had been treated unfairly and deserved a happy ending. Each has its own
EN101 Prof. M. Dolan Melissa Perdomo October 20th, 2010 “The Algonquin Cinderella” Native American Myth Traditions It is said that there is a moral to a myth story. The evil one always has the first laugh and the good one has the last laugh or the good guy finishes last. “The Algonquin Cinderella”, a Native American Myth shows us the true story of “Cinderella”. The inner beauty in someone is far more important than just appearances. Oochigeaskw succeeded in marrying the “invisible boy”.
While the plot markers are indeed a Cinderella story, this version contains a girl’s journey that resembles Sleeping Beauty’s. The parallels between Cinderella and Ella Enchanted are easy to point out. They are crude surface likenesses, the generic characteristics one always attributes to Cinderella. A cruel stepmother and two nasty stepsisters replace Ella’s mother. They treat her very poorly, having her serve as a scullery maid.
“the two older sisters were very vein and cruel…[they made the girl do all the house work and charred her face] pg.” The story really shocked me. I thought that the girl would become beautiful like in the other Cinderella stories but, I was wrong. I really liked this version better than the one I grew up with because of the magnificent theme that it had. The theme is that beauty is on the inside rather than just on the outside. Even though, the girl’s face was burnt the invisible man looked past that and saw her for her.
Has Anyone Seen My Shoe? As we like to think of them, most fairytales are the stuff of which dreams are made. Usually, the heroine is a beautiful girl who faces many struggles, but by the end of the story, she gets the handsome prince, and they live happily ever after. This was the case in the 1950 animated production of Walt Disney’s Cinderella, as well as Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s 1965 television musical Cinderella. In “Cinderella,” poet Anne Sexton presents a cynical viewpoint of fairytales and of life lived “happily ever after.” “Cinderella” begins with a litany of stories on the “rags to riches” theme; stories that would have you believe the participants lived happily ever after.
To best summarize Disney’s ideology is simply put that Disney exist teach a moral or lesson. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs made in 1937 has a moral that could be true love can overcome all or you could say that it is that selfishness will ultimately doom you. Beauty and the Beast has simple morals which are that even a hideous person can find love with the right woman or that if you are ugly to someone they might just do something ugly in return. Most recently is the 2013 film Frozen which has a moral that is summarized by saying that nothing can break the bond of sister and the love that they have for one another. My opinion is that this criticism is not valid.