During the 50’s TV and media usually portrayed women in domestic roles or the ones taking care of the household and children. In the fairy tale “Cinderella”, Ella is an example of these domestic roles that women play. Ella is a kind- hearted girl, she is loved by all of the animals because she treats them like humans and is very kind to them. After her father's passing, Ella was forced to live with her evil stepmother, Lady Tremaine, and her two stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella. Her stepmother and stepsisters were cruel and mean to Ella, they enjoyed making her do all of the cleaning and cooking, and they named her “Cinderella”. Ella is depicted as weak and submissive, afraid of standing up to her evil stepmother and stepsisters and defending what is rightfully hers. Lady …show more content…
Anastasia and Drizella ripped cinderella’s mothers gown, which cinderella was planning to wear to the ball. Cinderella was devastated, but her fairy godmother appeared and turned cinderella's destroyed gown into a stunning gown with glass slippers. This shows that Cinderella is portrayed as a weak female, who is to afraid to stand up for herself and do absolutely nothing to get out of her situation and instead cries and waits for her wishes to come true. The fairy godmother warned Cinderella that when the clock struck midnight, the magic would wear off and everything would turn back into what they originally were. At the ball, Prince charming could not take his eyes off of Cinderella and fell in love with her instantly, because she is beautiful and was dressed in a beautiful gown, this shows that if you are wealthy and beautiful then you will be the top priority for men who are looking for a bride and that getting a wealthy man to fall in love with you will result in true happiness. It also conveys the idea that females are always the ones that need to be rescued by