Grimm Brothers And Cinderella Comparison

Literature adapted into film presents a new visual experience to the audience through color, movements and sound effects. When reading literature, the reader must imagine the descriptive language; thus, in film the image is already presented with a vivid detailed creation. Through stories, the writer is who controls the evolving set of actions and plot events; however, in a film several professionals such as: producers, directors, and actors come together to create a rein action of the story by graphic presentations in cinemas ("Adaptation: From Novel to Film"). The story of “Cinderella”, written by the Grimm Brothers in 1812, two brothers left to aid their younger siblings after their mother’s death in 1808. They moved to their homeland

The brothers collect tales from the people to then make reversions of the works to include religious beliefs. After spending thirty years of war, many German’s had died early and others were left to face deadly diseases. As the short story, “Cinderella” begins with the horrifying tragedy of her mother’s death, and soon after the replacement of her evil stepmother. This was a common arrangement at the time; young children were left without their biological parents and mistreated as servants by their stepparents. In today’s society there are many dysfunctional families, and Barangh wanted to demonstrate that there is not one perfect family, regardless of your social

The movie Cinderella begins with Ella’s mother becoming sick and dying. But before she dies, she tells her daughter “have courage and be kind” (Barangh). In other words, “… be good and pious, and God will always take care of you” (Grimm). Both film and story begin with Ella’s mother’s death. The latest film released in 2015, nearly 200 years later changes many parts of the original 1812 short story. As Ella’s father prepares for a trip, he asked his daughter what she wanted on his return. Cinderella requests a “twig from the branches, to know he has come home” (Barangh). In the story, Ella’s father does return home with all the gifts wished by his daughter and stepdaughters. In the film, Ella discovers her father’s death, after the messenger hands her the tree twig. Moreover, in the fairytale, the birds grant all of Cinderella’s wishes before the ball, but in the movie it is Ella’s fairy godmother that gifts all her wishes. At the end of the story, the stepsisters marry the prince after falsely pretending to fit the golden slipper; however in the film both sisters do not end up married with the prince, rather Cinderella marries the prince and the stepsisters bow to their new royal