Fairy tales such as Cinderella and many other Disney movies have portrayed themes of magical beings, mystical realms, beauty, and love. These fairy tales have been embedded in society and eventually became a favorite bedtime story. However, these stories were not originally intended for children as a few possessed a dark nature. Hence, rewritten fairy tales emerged to guide children with ethics of morality as a means to obscure vulgarity or a cruel reality. Even so, these didactic fairy tales subtly contain hidden underlying truths of our society. Cinderella has been adapted from its original version known as Yeh-shen and presented in different storylines through the Walt Disney Company. Therefore, creating popularity amongst children as well as capturing appeal to a diverse audience. As it is praised, older adaptations are criticized for the negative, psychological effects it may have on children. Like In Cinderella, gender roles are exaggerated as it displays women stereotypes. Contemporary adaptations of Cinderella have transcended from stereotype ideologies of women to contradicting the 19th-century notion of women in society.
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Yeh-Shen did not have much time to be with friends since she worked a lot for Jin, however, had a fish who lived in a pond as her friend. Creating a bond with the fish as she would visit it every day to feed it. This made Jin angry and one day cooked the fish for dinner. Yeh-Shen ran from the table crying to the pond. There she found an old man who asked what was wrong, leading Yeh-Shen to tell her story to the old man. The old man then told her to collect the bones and bury them in pots on the corners of her bed. This would give her the opportunity to ask for wishes since the bones contained a source of amazing powers enough to grant her whatever she wished upon. Yeh-Shen went back to the cave and did as the old man