Like the Disney version, the cruel stepmother and wicked stepsisters put Ella and Edna through the same burdens. But Cinderella’s gloomy attitude, tendency to mope and her dependency on others are the reasons for her unhappiness. In contrast to Cinderella who is as fragile
so it also goes in the politics section. In a few of a very popular stories known in the world, Cinderella and Yeh Shen, the villains, the stepmothers and stepsisters, have a lot of character traits that are similar and
Kelly Link’s “The Cinderella Games” is different from other fairy tales referenced in the story because “The Cinderella Game” has an untold story inside. Link presented the story as a fairytale but as the story went on she gave the story a dark and twisted message. Even though, “The Cinderella Games” has multiple references to classical fairytales, according to Bettelheim it is not considered a fairytale due to the fact that it is missing a fairytale ending and a sense of fantasy. In normal fairytales, there is just a princess and prince and they all live happily ever after together but that is not the case in this story.
Yeh-Shen’s father had two wives, each of them gave birth to baby girls. Yeh- Shen’s mother died and the stepmother had to watch after her and she hated Yeh-Shen because she was very beautiful and more kind than her own daughters so she mistreated her. She was given the worst jobs and the only friend she had was a fish, but the stepmother killed it and cooked it for dinner. Then an old wise man told her that she needed to go get the fish bones because they were wishes she could use so she did. She used her wishes to go to the festival and wore a beautiful gown of azure blue with a cloak of kingfisher feathers draped around her shoulders.
She longs for love and affection. She finds it when at the ball, but when she has to leave, she leaves in a hurry and one of the slippers that she is wearing gets left behind at the ball and the Prince finds and starts to look for her. Even though they were separated for short periods of time they still find each other in the end. The Prince takes her to his palace and they get married. This general plot stays the same for all versions of the story, but the differences between Disney’s Cinderella and Grimm’s Cinderella are striking, and they deserve through examination.
Grimm’s Cinderella is similar and different from Perrault’s Cinderella or (The Little Glass Slipper) because of the moral of kindness, themes, endings. The Grimm version of Cinderella can be compared to the Perrault version because the Grimm’s Cinderella has a darker theme than the Perrault’s version because it has gruesome details. Some gruesome parts in Grimm’s Cinderella is more towards the end of the Grimm fairy tale when the sisters cut off part of their feet. In Grimm’s version the shoe was too small for one the daughters so, “ the mother gave her a knife and said, "Cut the toe off; when thou art Queen thou wilt have no more need to go on foot. " When that did not work the other daughter tried on the shoe and her heel was too large.
For instance, the ball. In spite of the fact that both stories have balls as well as both girls showing up have some sort of business with the prince, in the book, Cinder (the main
Due to the lack of things such as media, people’s concerns with aspects of pieces of work were not as known allowing the older works to have less influence by the outside world. This is also allowing for the reality and the brutal truth of how life really goes to show. With Disney releasing their version of Cinderella in 1950, and there being more media communications at this point, Disney was able to adapt their story to appeal to a wider audience. More people didn’t want to see a girl being treated as poorly as Cinderella was in the Grimm version so therefore many aspects of the original story was
After watching Cinderella and reading the book cinder they both share very comparable roles in the book and the story. Cinderella is a cyborg and is a mechanic, but Ella is human and is a servant. Both of their stepmothers and step sisters are very inhumane towards both characters and play mean roles in both stories. In addition,both cinder and Ella have very sad past occurrence in regards to their parents.
“Always be a good girl, and I will look down from heaven and watch over you.” (Page 1) The Disney Cinderella was released on February 15th, 1950 but the tale told by The Grimm Brothers is a different twist on the Disney classic movie; instead of a fairy godmother and sweet, little mice running around, The Grimm Brothers wrote about a tree growing on Cinderellas mothers’ grave and with the help of tiny birds, every wish Cinderella makes comes true. The violent version of Cinderella by the Grimm Brother explains the struggle she faced trying to get away from her stepsisters but also keeping her humble and kind side looking for true love.
Belle and Tiana are common girls who refuse to conform to the expectations of women of their time. Neither girl placed much importance in finding love and were ready to give up the opportunity completely for what they believed in. However, by the end of the movies they discover that their dreams are still obtainable even after they find love. Their princes share many characteristics as well. The boys were spoiled as children and never had to learn the way the world works.
When the family heads to a ball, Cinderella dreams of attending come true with the help from her fairy godmother, where she will meet the prince. Although Cinderella and Yeh-Shen had similarities throughout the plot,
In both stories, how she was treated by her stepsisters before meeting the prince, and Cinderella’s way in marrying the prince was the
You may know the traditional fairy tale cinderella. Well all over the world there are many different versions of it. A few examples are Aschenputtel (German), Yeh-Shen (Chinese), Little Burnt Face (Native American) etc. So let's find out the similarities and differences in two of them. The multiple versions of Cinderella can and are seen differently in different eyes.
3. The comparison of similar plots Two stories have different culture background and atmosphere. But they show the customs and habits of different historical periods. Through comparison of Cinderella and Yexian, we can find in these two stories have some similar circumstances. Such as: the abused by the stepmother; the help of the divine; the grand banquet; the checking of shoes.
