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Dr. Kristin LaFollette

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14 March 2020

Cinderella Fairy Tale

Cinderella is a folk tale that embodies domestic oppression, suffering, neglect, and

eventually triumphs. The character is a little girl raised by her stepmother following the death of

her mother and father. There exist various productions, adaptations, and storylines regarding the

Cinderella story. Cinderella is born from a noble family. Her father is married to a descent,

joyous, and a caring woman. The 1919 story by Charles Perrault gives a little if no description of

her father and mother. After the death of her mother, the father marries the second wife, who alo

has two daughters. Cinderella was adopted by her stepmother, along with her two daughters. The

Stepmother was jealous of Cinderella's beauty and felt that her husband lover Cinderelle more

than her. After the death of her husbad, the stepmother became cruel and unruly towards

Cinderelle. She made Cinderella do all the household chores, while living in a terrible

environment with little to wear and nowhere to sleep.

One day, their King and Queen announced that they were going to hold a ball for their

son the Prince. Cinderella was asked by her stepmother to dress her two daughters for the event,

but she told Cinderella that she was supposed stay at home during the ball. When everyone had

left leaving Cinderella attending to house chores, her fairy Godmother intervened. Through her

powers, she was able to dress Cinderella in an immaculant gown with glass slippers and provided

her with a horse carriage and foreman. When she turned up at the ball, she was stunningly

beautiful, and everyone admired her, including the Prince. Her sisters did not recognize her

either. The Prince asked her to dance with him untill a quarter to midnight when she knew that

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the spell her fairy godmother had placed would wear off. She left the ball in hurry, leaving a

glass slipper behind her. The Prince had fallen in lover with her and vowed to find her using the

glass slipper she had left behind. Eventually, he found Cinderella amidst shock from her sisters,

and stepmother. Then she happily married with the Prince. Charles Perrault gave this initial

story, and many writers from different settings adapted the initial script and modified it to fit into

modern society.

Just Ella 1999 by Margaret Peterson reimagines the fairy tale of Cinderella from a

feminists perspective, providing a much-detailed life experience. Her folk tale illuminates the

frustrations, sufferings, and how women were disillusioned in society. In Peterson’s version of

Cinderella, Ella is enganged to prince charming. The story begins where the traditional stoy left

off, Peterson had Ella describe her life with her stepmother and stepsisters to some of her

servants. Then she picks up and describes Ella living in the castle planning her soon to be

wedding to the Prince. She starts to realize that she does not like being royalty, and all of her

new royal expectations. She realizes that the royal family cares about beauty rather than love.

Ella manages to escape the castle, and the marrying the Prince.

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson is a 1997 adaptation of Cinderella. Carson's description of

Ella's life includes education background, love, parental care, and family feuds. Ella was given

the gift of obedience by Lucinda the Fairy at birth. This gift forces her to follow through with

every command that is asked of her. When Ella was 15 years when her mother passed on, and

she met her prince charming who pal around before being sent to school. While at school, she

meets two girls who interestingly turn out to be her stepsisters later after their mother got married

to her father. The two girls and their mother made Ella live in rags while serving them. They

learn of Ella’s gift and use it to command her to do everything for them. Ella eventually goes

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Sara Hartman 1 Sara Hartman Dr. Kristin LaFollette HUM 3140 14 March 2020 Cinderella Fairy Tale Cinderella is a folk tale that embodies domestic oppression, suffering, neglect, and eventually triumphs. The character is a little girl raised by her stepmother following the death of her mother and father. There exist various productions, adaptations, and storylines regarding the Cinderella story. Cinderella is born from a noble family. Her father is married to a descent, joyous, and a caring woman. The 1919 story by Charles Perrault gives a little if no description of her father and mother. After the death of her mother, the father marries the second wife, who alo has two daughters. Cinderella was adopted by her stepmother, along with her two daughters. The Stepmother was jealous of Cinderella's beauty and felt that her husband lover Cinderelle more than her. After the death of her husbad, the stepmother became cruel and unruly towards Cinderelle. She made Cinderella do all the household chores, while living in a terrible environment with little to wear and nowhere to sleep. One day, their King and Queen announced that they were going to hold a ball for their son the Prince. Cinderell ...
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