1. The Plantation Mistress
Many stories throughout history have portrayed males and females following these stereotypical gender roles, and there are countless tales of a man rescuing a woman from some sort of evil or dire situation. ... It is only because of outside intervention from the fairy godmother that the course of Cinderella's evening changes. ... Though the fairy godmother is a woman and has power, her power is supernatural, thus there is no good woman with natural power represented in the story. ... Cinderella is able to escape the horrible life that she lives under the roof of her stepmother, but it i...