Modern day fairy tales function in our society as hidden instructions for morals and behaviors that we teach children. One such fairy tale is Charles Perrault’s classic known as Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper‚ which on the surface seems to be a magical story about a young woman who is forced to live as a servant in her own home due to her evil stepmother and stepsisters‚ but then is ‘rescued’ by her Prince Charming. However‚ the story tends to perpetuate numerous gender roles and stereotypes
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Macmillan and Charles Perrault’s “Cinderella” tales describe Cinderella as a gentle and beautiful young lady. Cinderella in both versions had a tough life at the beginning that her sister treated her very cruelly‚ yet she received a good marriage at the end because of her good characters. However‚ those two versions have difference. In Macmillan’s “Cinderella”‚ the author focuses on the character of protagonist. The warrior married Cinderella because she had spoken truth. In Perrault version‚ the
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menstruation‚ and the princess’s sexual maturity into womanhood. Beyond any doubt‚ her awakening from the cursed sleep is also a sexual awakening‚ where the once innocent princess makes her life as one man’s wife. The Grimm Brother’s Little Brier Rose‚ Charles Perrault’s Sleeping Beauty in the Wood‚ and Giamattista Basile’s Sun‚ Moon and Talia are three versions of this classic tale‚ all of which share the basic plot. Wise beings (wise women in the first‚ fairies in the second‚ and finally wise men in the
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Fairy tales are part of every Western child ’s upbringing‚ and have been for decades. The method of telling and the stories them selves may have changed from the purely oral tradition to that of the written word with the introduction of the printing press and more importantly the Chap Book in the eighteenth century (Montgomery‚ 2009 p. 13). But the basic core of the tales remain hundreds of years on to instruct and delight children to this day. These days children are surrounded by fairy tales in
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Comparing Grimms ’ The Brave Little Tailor and Aschenputtel In Germany‚ fairy tales were a part of day-to-day life and "the Germans have repeatedly used fairy tales to explain the world to themselves" (Zipes 75). In fact‚ Kinder-und Hausmärchen was indeed in nearly every household in Germany. These fairy tales written by the Grimm Brothers are known for being "German fairy tales." So what makes these tales so Germanic and others tales not? How do Grimms ’ "German tales" compare to others? Through
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Around the world‚ fairy tales have been to children for many centuries. These stories let children experience the wonders of unimaginable worlds with strange creatures and events. Fairy tales are thought to be vital to children and society because they develop the imagination and critical thinking skills that are necessary in adulthood. Undeniably‚ fairy tales have withstood the test of time due to their appeal to both children and adults. As seen by analyzing the history‚ archetypal elements‚ and
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in The Economist website‚ a reputable global magazine with renowned writers and reporters. The author quotes experts in the study of fairy tales without providing specific credentials. For example‚ the quoting of ‘Bruno Bettelheim’ (para.8)‚ ‘Charles Perrault and Hans Christian Anderson’ (para.8)‚ indicates that the target audience of this article are individuals who have been exposed to the study of fairy tales and thus expected to have some foreknowledge. In this article‚ the author claims that
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tale-telling was their way of speaking in a society that would not let them. She takes the reader on a tale of a complex history that starts in ancient history with the Greeks‚ goes to the French‚ the English‚ German and ends with folk tale writers such as Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. The history that is exhibited displays that as long as spinning has existed‚ women and storytelling has existed. Women have forever used spinning or weaving as a way of having a voice in a time when they could not have their
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thousands of years with millions of different styles and version. One of the most eminent versions is “Aschenputtel” by the prominent Grimm Brothers. This tale‚ though well known‚ is not the original. One of earlier versions is “Yeh-Shen” by Charles Perrault in which‚ like “Aschenputtel”‚ has the classic rags-to-riches motif. The stories came from different backgrounds‚ they each have different ways of going from rags to riches. As the story starts you can see the similarities‚from the loss of beloved
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Walt Disney’s 1950 animated feature film Cinderella‚ which was based on the fairy tale “Cendrillon” by Charles Perrault and the Grimms’ Fairy Tales. Everyone knows the story‚ and the animated film is a beloved classic. The challenge then for Resorts World Manila’s production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is to measure up to such high standards. Just an aside: Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a 1957 musical written for television‚ starring no less than Julie Andrews. It’s been
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