... 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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... immediate success with the inclusion of such classics as The Sleeping Beauty, Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots and a Western version of Cinderella. Perrault's stories reached Britain, and became some of the best known fairy tales of all time. More writers chose to take up the ... more "politically correct-. Conventionally, women were portrayed as inferior beings that just had things happen to them. They are persecuted by wicked stepmothers (Cinderella), eaten by wolves (Little Red Riding Hood), or fall asleep for a hundred years (Sleeping Beauty). All most of them ever seem to .....

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