Cinderella
Virtually everyone has heard one version of a fairy tale at some point in their lives whether they realized it or not. Some fairy tales change from generation to generation while others remain more or less the same for centuries. When examining adaptations of fairy tales you must look at the original source to see where the changes all began. This can be a very difficult task with fairy tales because we never really know where the original came from. Two brothers, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm wrote one version of Cinderella, called “Ashputtle,” in the early 1800’s. I will base my ideas on the theory that the original tale of Cinderella comes from the Grimm brother’s version. I will examine two movies that give a comparison to this story about Cinderella. The first movie is the Walt Disney cartoon version of Cinderella produced in 1950. The second one is the movie “Ever After” starring Drew Barrymore, which was produced in 1998. There are many similarities between these thr!ee versions of Cinderella, but there are also some differences. I would like to analyze these three versions and show the variations and correlations between them. In the Grimm version, "Ashputtle", the characters include Ashputtle as Cinderella, her st
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Approximate Word count = 2057
Approximate Pages = 8 (250 words per page double spaced)
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