In the critique Cinderella: Not So Morally Superior, Elisabeth Panttaja critiques a version of a Cinderella story, Ashputtle, by Jakob and Wilelm Grimm. Panttaja goes in depth about hidden details of Ashputtle and how Ashputtle is not actually motherless, and the real mother is behind all the magic. Even though Panttaja states that Ashputtle’s real mother is violent and evil, she is actually a sweet, godmother like person. Panttaja argues that even though Ashputtle does not have a real living mother, the hazel branch, given to her by her father that she planted at her mother’s grave, which grows into a tree, acts as her mother by taking care of Ashputtle (Panttaja 659). The tree grants Ashputtle’s every wish; from her clothes to helping out with chores.
Andrew Rawlins Mrs. Bonham English 12 ACP 12 October 2012 Too Much Princess In both The Princess Paradox by James Poniewozik and Cinderella and Princess Culture by Peggy Orenstein the authors suggest that there is an over exposure of princess themes to young children and that they have many different effects. Poniewozik offers evidence from Hollywood and different movies that have been released with an underlying princess theme to them. Then, Orenstein takes the approach from the social aspect stating that young girls are thought of being “princesses.” Although both of these authors have the same underlying claim, their approaches are very diverse and one author is much more effective in supporting their claim than the other author. Poniewozik,
So many girls have this fantasy of being Cinderella and having a “fairy tale” life, but what version of Cinderella and what types of fairy tales are these girls looking up to for their idea of an ideal life? In Marcia Lieberman’s essay “Some Day My Prince Will Come,” she opposes the views of another scholar, Alison Laurie, who believes that fairy tales are something that radical feminists would approve of because the stories, “suggest a society in which women are as competent and active as men, at every age and in every class.” Lieberman argues that it is popular fairy tales--the ones that we all know and the ones we read to our children--that actually acculturate the masses of young girls in society, therefore the lesser-known stories cannot
Cinderella: Many Cultures Different Aspect Cinderella is an extremely popular fairy tale for all ages and has been progressing as an inscription over many centuries. It is a story that has been told over many periods of time together with its characters. Actually, the tale Cinderella is so enchanting that many different stories of the fairy tale have appeared in many cultures, the Native American chronicle, “The Rough-Faced-Girl”, and the Vietnamese chronicle, “Tam and Cam.” These stories possibly can be based on distinct beliefs, except they both have something in common, they all immerse in the moral creativity that “good always overcomes evil.”But they contrast in the way they are described. Each story intensifies the aspects of spirituality, illusion, sensation, and outcomes. In the Vietnamese chronicle, “Tam and Cam”, the aspect of spirituality can be visualized overall the incidents in the story.
Now, what makes a villain so evil yet so interesting? A great villain is someone who has a dark heart due to things in their past not going the way they want. They have no compassion whatsoever, are extremely prideful and what all legit villains seem to all have in common is their amazing intelligence. The Queen from the worldwide known story of Snow White is a match for those characteristics. Who exactly is The Queen though?
This applies to Jane's life when her home life wasn't great and it just kept getting worse, until she got to go to Lowood and she liked Lowood more then home. Then she went to work as a governess at Thornfield and to her it was a whole new experience for her, being appreciated. “The wheel breaks the butterfly.” My interpretation of this line is that the “wheel” is really life itself and the “butterfly” is a delicate young girls dreams and life or reality 'breaks' the dreams. The reminds me of Jane because reality hit her when she was young because of her family. She knew at a young age that life was rough and woman didn't have much say in anything.
English 101 13 June 2012 “Beauty: When the Other Dancer is the Self” - Alice Walker Essay How does a person learn to accept herself after her image is altered? It took Alice Walker half of her life to learn to accept her altered appearance after an accident at the age of eight. Alice Walker’s journey from confidence as a beautiful little girl, through insecurity as a scarred young woman, and eventually to acceptance of her altered appearance is a journey that readers travel on with her. As a little girl Walker had an abundance of confidence. She writes, “Whirling happily in my starchy frock, showing off my biscuit-polished patent-leather shoes and lavender socks, tossing my head in a way that makes my ribbons bounce, I stand, hands on hips, before my father.
Lucinda was one of Ella’s fairy godmothers who actually started the story of Ella of Frell. Like every fairy, she liked to go to weddings and births of babies. Lucinda was known for her spells she casted on the married couples and new born babies she met. She called her spells gifts. Everybody thought her gifts were terrible.
The story of Cinderella is told in various ways over the years.. This particular story is the Native American version of the tale that keeps the traditional theme of characters that are found in the Native American culture. The story "Oochigeaskw—The Rough-Faced Girl" was originally told in the Algonquin language and written by the Mic Mac Indian people of North America.There was rumors that there, once lived a great Native American warrior with extraordinary power. He could make himself invisible to many except to his sister. Any girl in the village who could see him would get to marry him.
"Walt Disney's 'Cinderella,'" adapted by Campbell Grant, is the Little Golden Book adaptation of the Disney film. "Cinderella," by Anne Sexton, is a poetic retelling of the "Cinderella" tale that exposes the artificiality of the fairy tale. The last version, written in 1976, is John Gardner's "Gudgekin the Thistle Girl." After the variants, in "'Cinderella': A Story of Sibling Rivalry and Oedipal Conflicts," Freudian psychologist Bruno Bettelheim analyzes "Cinderella's" hidden meanings and asserts that the tale appeals to children because it focuses on the sibling rivalry many children feel at a young age. A Jungian analyst, Jacqueline Schectman, examines the tale to find a sympathetic Stepmother in "'Cinderella' and the Loss of Father-Love."