... sculpted by thousands of storytellers. Each storyteller changed elements of the tale to fit their individual needs. For example, the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella (on which Sexton's poetic transformation is based) is based upon German folktales. Modern fairy tale writers tend to cleanse the tales of dark ... all and offered crude humor while providing good children with morals and bad children with threats. Sexton's poetic transformation of the popular fairy tale Cinderella is a blend of her own life experiences, as well as her view of contemporary culture. Throughout her life, Sex...

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... way to many other cultures and so many other children grew up listening to the same story in other variation. The Chinese Cinderella, by Tuan Ch"Eng-Shih, is the earliest version found, dates back to 850-860AD. There is even an African version ... is a time for parents and their children to "bond". Not to read to my child will be to deprive her this experience. Although in all the Cinderella's variations the characters and events are exaggerated somewhat beyond reality, I prefer Perrault's most popular version. Unlike many of the other versions, Perrault's focuses on ... kindness, forgiv...

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... gets her prince. She leaves her family, who treated her horribly behind in her past. She lives happily ever after. Everyone has heard of Cinderella, but people are unaware that there are many different versions of this legend. One is written by the Grimm Brothers and is titled "Aschenputtel." ... manages to leave her family behind, and live happily ever after with her Prince. Another version of the story is the Native American tale called "The Algonquin Cinderella." In this one the girl's own family treats her awfully. Yet she is also lucky and, as they say, "the slipper fits." She marri...

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... a way to provide for her family, except this time she is looking for a husband for her daughters and not herself. In the versions of Cinderella by Charles Perrault and Walt Disney, the king invites all the families in the kingdom to a ball where the Prince will be attempting to find a ... . We"d only be ashamed of you" (Grimm Brothers 533). It is appalling that anyone could do such a thing to poor, sweet, benevolent Cinderella. When closely analyzing this scene, it becomes apparent that the stepmother knows exactly what she is doing. Perrault and Disney both note in their stories that ......

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... such as the one by Karol Kelley we find that this might not have been the case in earlier days. Fairy tales such as Cinderella have been found guilty of possessing subliminal socialization traits. Classifying genders as inferior and molding young girls into the female that society expects them ... a good person and makes other people better. Apart from the inner beauty and strength, she is also strong physically. "This is one tough, Cinderella" Drew Barrymore (p634). She performs daily tasks that would be considered man's work. She takes care of the pigs and even plays role reversal ......

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... need a man to save them from their peril, while the original heroines take on the wisdom which comes with age, and survive on their own wits. Cinderella Cinderella, one of the best-known fairy tales, has over 340 variations and can be traced back as far 850-60 CE (Common Era), where a version was ... and protect her. In the version collected by the Grimm brothers a hazel tree grows over the dead mother's grave, and the tree shakes down the dresses Cinderella wears to the ball. It also shelters the doves which help and protect her, and in the end peck out the sisters' eyes. The Grimms' ve...

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... was a king. The only animal in Tuans version was a magical fish. While Perraults version had rats, a dog, and horses. The stories were also very different in their plots. Perrault's version Cinderella lived in a house with her stepmother and stepsisters. Where as in Tuans version Yeh-hsien lived in a cave with her stepmother and stepsister. The two girls had extremely different chores ... also, Cinderella had to clean, take care of her stepsisters, and cook, Yeh-hsien only had to collect firewood and draw water. Perrault gave Cinderella's godmother made her beautiful clothes to go to th...

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... portrayed within fairy tales, and how the image of women affects both men and women in society. This will be done through the use of Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper written by Perrault, Snow White collected by the Grimm Brothers, Beauty and The Beast by Mme Le Prince De Beaumont, ... women, and that "women must want to embody it." (Wolf, pg. 12, The Beauty Myth, 1992) Cinderella is an ideal example of the societal fixation on beauty, and the fairy tale Cinderella or The Little Glass Slipper is the perfect tool to teach kids the current view. In order for societal views ... women...

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... thoughts they seemed to "discharge". The catalyst of the plot were the main characters which were the baker and his wife, Jack, the witch, Red Riding Hood, the wolf and Cinderella were all major. It is this kind of interdependency that adds so much to this play. It was fascinating to me how much relied upon each character's actions. There was ... play were Red Riding Hood, because of how she seemingly made a transformation from little girl, who frequently was taken advantage of, to a mature young woman who could fend for herself, Cinderella, because of how at first all she dreamt of was...

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... both, but she was not part of their magic circle and never had been. In some ways, Shana and Sylvia can be seen as types of the "ugly sisters" in Cinderella although they still have a good, decent part in their personalities. They try as hard as they possibly can to forbid Becca when she was going to Poland. This shows that ... ...

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