discuss the cinderella version- compare & contrast?

Question

compare and contrast the 17th century version of the cinderella tale by charles perrault with Roald Dahl 20th century re-writing the tale. focus on character changes and the implicationc

Answer 1

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Answer 2

In Perrault’s version of “Cinderella,”: persecution of the adolescent stems directly from the father’s remarriage and the new stepmothers jealousies. The stepmother could not bear Cinderella’s beauty and good qualities because it made her own daughters hated and despised. “Cinderella’s stepmother employs her to complete the worst work in the house. Cinderella’s deceased mother represents the source of the daughter’s goodness. The fairy godmother becomes her substitute and helps release the heroine from the stepmother’s bondage. Emancipated from enslavement as a cinderlass, Cinderella, blossoms fully into a marriageable young princess at the ball” (Zipes, Don’t Bet 212-14).

Perrault’s version has a more forgiving ending because Cinderella finds husbands for her sisters. In Perrault’s version of “Cinderella,” she is described as the most beautiful woman in the world. Cinderella is weak and is carried along by her fate, her beauty, and the help of enchantment to her ultimate fate, and which is a perfect marriage to the prince.

Marriage is an important role in the writing for women at this time. Perrault treats marriage as a reward for good behavior from the heroine. Marriage to a wealthy aristocrat, preferably of royal blood, is the ultimate goal of all females. The prince recognizes the excellent qualities and wants to marry her. She must be passive until the right man recognizes her virtue and marries her. “She lives only through the male and for marriage” (Zipes, Fairy Tales and Art 25).

Roald Dahl version: In bouncy verse and pithy language, Dahl gives his own irreverent versions. In "Cinderella," the prince isn't as charming as everyone thinks, and Cinderella, a young woman who wants to marry a nice ordinary man. She marries someone else.

Answer 3

Cinderella Roald Dahl