Compare and Contrast

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Aschenputtel and Yeh shen Comparing and contrasting Essay Aschenputtel and Yeh shen are two folktales written by different authors. The stories are about the life of two different young maidens from German and China respectively . They are both cinderella-like folktales. Although the stories have the same messages, their endings are definitely not the same. Both stories,Aschenputtel and Yeh-Shen shares the same sad background. Both stories are about two young maiden with beauty anf grace. They both lost their mother when they were young, raised by their evil stepmother and stepsisters. Just as Aschenputtel her dream of going to the prince’s ball, Yeh-Shen also had her dream; she “longed to go to the Spring Festival,” where young women met their husbands They both weren’t allowed to go to the festival but they got help and support from their Magical friends. At the end of the festival they both lose a golden slipper and later married a royalty. .Although they both share the same similarities, they also have some differences. Aschenputtel lives in a wealthy house, while Yeh-Shen lives in a cave. They both have help from their special magical friends, Yeh-Shen friends were her golden fish and its bone, and Aschenputtel friends were the doves and the magical hazel bush planted on her mother’s grave. In conclusion,aschenputtel and yeh shen both found happiness. The moral of the stories are be pious and good to others and God will always take care of you.The truth will be prevailed and goodness will always be rewarded at the
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