... ). In these works she delivers feminist retellings of Grimms fairy tales. This collection "reflects Sexton's facination with the cultural powers of myth" (Hibbard). Her poem "Cinderella" proves this idea, here ironic satiric humor is prevelant. She describes Cinderella's ball as "a marriage market, the prince was looking for a wife" (ll 42-43). She demeans the nature of what was once, a fun loving fairy ... tale which children dream to be their futures. Of Cinderella, Sexton writes: Lived, as they say, happily ever after. Like two dolls in a museum case Never bothered by diapers or dust,...

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• Approx Pages: 14
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School