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Cinderella
Cinderella is a fairy tale about a mistreated young woman who gets a chance at a better life. This category will teach you all about the story, from the characters and setting to the mood and themes.
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Cinderella was first recorded in the 1st century BC with a Greco-Egyptian girl Rhodophis. Then Disney remade the fairy tale in 1950.
Ciderella was forged in the evil cider-pits of cideronia. She comes out once a year to pour cider on children in their sleep.
Should Cinderella have gone to the ball?
Cinderella got to the ball in a coach drawn by horses. In the Disney version, the coach was apumpkin originally and the horses were transformed mice. In other versions, a different vegetable was used to make the carriage.
What can we learn from the Cinderella story?
Kindness is important.
Forgiveness is needed.
Never lock your stepdaughter in the attic.
How are Cinderella and her stepmother and stepsisters different?
They kept on being jerks and envying Cinderella.
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It depends on which version you read. In the French version, Cinderella forgave them and found husbands for her stepsisters. In the Russian version, they burned up from a flaming skull sent by Baba Yaga.
What is the problem in Cinderella?
She has an evil step-mother and step-sisters that treat her like a slave and not a person. Her father dies and she is forced to dress in rags and wait on them hand and foot.
What was the theme of the glass slipper?
Cinderella is given the glass slippers by her 'god mother', a representation of the divine teacher in all of us
She goes to the palace , the heart of the kingdom, and meets the prince, where she enjoys her time but remembers to return to the earthly realms at the time she was told. The slippers vanish with the gown back to whence they came.
The second time she leaves the ball late, and a slipper remains for the prince to find, while the second is with Cinderella. The slipper is neither of this world or of the palace but a representation of the unique qualities of Cinderella herself. It fits her and only her, no one else can fill her shoes. The prince who is the complement of Cinderella recognizes her as his mate, and uses this piece of her uniqueness to lead him to her.
Although others try to fill her shoes, only she can fill them, only Cinderella has the True fit.
Thus the slippers function on a number of levels:
* representing our own unique qualities that belong only to us
* these are qualities that lead us to the union of opposites within us
* these qualities are not of heaven nor of earth but something that transcends both these realms, because they lead to union of opposites and have come from that same transcendent space that is beyond opposites
* the slipper remains in the world, because it has been separated from its mate, representing that piece of transcendence that exists in all ppl, and if kept safe, nurtured & protected (as Cinderella keeps the shoe) will eventually lead back to her true origin
* Cinderella can dance in the heart of the kingdom because she is wearing HER shoes, the shoes that are her unique qualities...these allow her to shine & sparkle like no other....for she is not pretending to be something she is not, nor is she inflicting suffering on others in order to reach the kingdom, like her step sisters
* when Cinderella's step sisters try to fit the shoe, they are trying to be someone else for the sake of winning the kingdom...but because they are not being who they Truly are, they ultimately fail
* Cinderella wins the kingdom and the HEART of the kingdom because she accepts her roles patiently & doesn't compromise who she is ...she quietly slips into the shoes without display, but because she has wholly accepted who she is and gracefully wears her shoes, others celebrate her victory & ultimate union, while some cannot do anything but be envious/jealous as they do not understand true happiness comes from accepting things as they are, and accepting ourselves as we are.
What is Cinderella's occupation?
In most versions of the fairy tale she isn't literally a slave, but she is a child, and therefore subject to the whims of her (step)parent in an age before Child Protective Services was a thing.
What country is Cinderella set?
Cinderella is actually a story from Chinese folktalethat has derived into a western fairytale. But if you're talking about Disney's Cinderella, she's most likely from France because of the way she dresses and the setting is very french.
No, it's a very old fairy tale. Its motif circulated even in Ancient Greece. It was first written down (as, initially, stories circulate orally) during the 17th century, when it was made famous by French writer Charles Perrault and only later by the Brothers Grimm (during the 19th century).
How many Chinese Cinderella books are there?
There are 3 books in the Chinese Cinderella Series.
1st book- Chinese Cinderella
2nd book- Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Dragon Society.
3rd book- Chinese Cinderella: The Mystery of the Song Dynasty Painting.
Hope this helped you.
Where did Cinderella take place in?
France. In the 19th century, the Grimm Brothers of Germany started a movement to record local stories of local people. They recorded the stories of Germany. Other people wrote the stories of other people. Many different versions of the Cinderella surfaced. We use the French one. While no one particular event occurred just like the story, it does happen that kind and beautiful servant girls do marry princes. Tales like Cinderella contain some truth.
When was Disney's Cinderella released?
there were many many films of Cinderella made, but the first one was released in 1899
for the release dates of other movies of Cinderella check out this website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella#Films
What was the conflict to Cinderella?
In the Disney version the fight between Cinderella and her Step sisters right before the ball is about the borrowed clothing and jewelry that the mice borrowed to make her pink dress and outfit (The stepsisters were saying they hated everything that the mice borrowed)
What are the names of the two sisters of Cinderella?
The names of Cinderella's step-sisters are Anastasia and Drizella.
What are the stepmother's character traits in Cinderella?
The Step-Mother is Stubborn, obnoxious, Demanding, Loud and Snobby
What is a summary of The Egyptian Cinderella?
I think the theme of the Egyptian Cinderella is that don't let people discourage you.
What are some of the events in the Cinderella story?
the main events were probably:
- the death of her mother
- her grandfathers funeral and everybodys reaction
- Class Pres.
- duckling
- boarding school
- time on boat
- her off to school in england
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What does Cinderella represent?
A good example of a optimistic person. In the Disney version she was a good natured girl and she believed there was good in everyone. But of course when her father died and her stepmother became who she really was out of jealousy, she started to be more sarcastic and stubborn in private but still did what she was told and believed that one day she would have her dreams come true. In the end she got more than she ever thought was possible.....
In the REAL story, her mother dies when she is young and her mom tells her that she needs to promise her that she will be a good girl and love God and that if she does that everything will be alright. She of course does that even though she is beat up by her step sisters, nicknamed Cinderella by her step family, betrayed by her father, and such..... At the end its a karma thing.
Did Cinderella lose her left or right slipper?
Cinderella lost her glass slipper as she was leaving the Ball. She was leaving in a hurry, and was being chased. She didn't have time to return to grab her shoe, and fell off of her foot on some stairs.
