ipl-logo

Analysis Of Cinderella By Anne Sexton

566 Words3 Pages

Throughout generations, fairy tales have become a main influence in fantasies occurring in children and adults. It begins as a tragedy that ends with riches and happily ever after. In “Cinderella,” Anne Sexton mocks the happiness and perfection brought within the stories. She gives a whole new perspective of the famous happily ever after ending. Most of the characters in these stories are not doing so well but then by chance, become wealthy. Throughout the story there were points about terrible decisions being made, and most of the people would rather marry in riches, which is also going to extremes to get the easy life.
To get to the great affluent lifestyle that most hope to reach, would be earning it with good decisions rather than acting a part. The narrator tells of how she slept in a “sooty hearth” and “walked around looking …show more content…

The prince comes to find Cinderella, only to find her step-sister. The sister tries on the slipper, but would not fit, so she slices her foot. Sexton’s narrator claims, “That is the way with amputations/They just don’t heal up like a wish” (86, 87). How the step sisters sliced parts of their foot for the prince. This shows how blind they are when it comes to easy living. It’s almost as if Sexton’s speaker is saying how extreme measures are taken for “love.” The whole idea of the perfect lifestyle in riches with your soulmate would lead people to wish upon a star and take drastic measures.
Most of the characters in these stories are not doing so well but then by chance, becomes wealthy. Sexton’s speaker told of terrible decisions being made, and of how most people would prefer to marry into riches, and also how extreme actions will be done to get the easy life. There was many sarcasm being made in this poem about the perfect fairy tale ending. Taking the easy route to riches won’t be as fulfilling in the end as you thought it would in the

Show More
Related

  • How Does Money Change In The Great Gatsby

    682 Words  | 3 Pages

    Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don’t want, and to impress people they don't like. In the book The Great Gatsby, a man named Jay was madly in love with his long lost girlfriend Daisy. Five years later when he finds her Daisy is married and has a daughter. Every character in the novel is money-obsessed, whether they were born with money, whether they made a fortune, or whether they’re eager for more. Money changed lots of the decisions the characters made, maybe even most of the decisions made apart from Nick were done for money.

    Read More

  • Corruption In The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald

    1250 Words  | 5 Pages

    The wealthy couple can create anguish to anyone who is more underprivileged than they are because the couple has a sense of suffering no consequences because they maintain the position that money can overcome any problem that comes their way. Source 2 also mentions the novel’s theme of money obsession corrupting those in the aristocracy. This theme is critical for the students of Buena High School

    Read More

  • A Raisin In The Sun Theme Essay

    916 Words  | 4 Pages

    The world stereotypes rich people as rude, stuck up and selfish. Ever wonder why? Studies from Yale, The New York Times, TED and more have concluded, money changes everything. Whether it’s attitude, morals or values, money can affect and change all aspects of someone’s life. The play, A Raisin in the Sun, has a theme showing this claim clearly.

    Read More

  • Of Mice And Men Hell Essay

    801 Words  | 4 Pages

    Other people do not get the chance to marry rich or succeed in the world. Even though they are smart and have other positive attributes. On page 74, Crooks talks to Lennie, “ Just like heaven. Ever’body wants a little piece of lan’. I have read plenty of books out here.

    Read More

  • Poverty And The Outsiders Comparison

    499 Words  | 2 Pages

    “Wealth… And poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other of meanness and viciousness, but both of discontent.” Poverty and wealth are basic factors of everyday life. The poem “Poverty and Wealth” relates to The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton because their themes are very similar. Being rich does not always make you happy. The poem states that the poor man “dies with a smile on his lips” and the rich man does not.

    Read More

  • Similarities Between Grimm Brothers And Cinderella

    700 Words  | 3 Pages

    In both stories, she was mocked and treated like a slave by her stepsisters and stepmother. In the original Cinderella told by the Grimm brothers, it states, “Then she seated herself on a stool, drew her foot out of the heavy wooden shoe, and put it into the slipper, which fit like a glove. And when she rose up and the king's son looked at her face he recognized the beautiful maiden who had danced with him and cried, ‘That is the true bride!’ ” In both versions, Cinderella loses her shoe and the prince finds his one true love by putting it on her. In the modern version retold by Disney it states, “He obliged Cinderella to sit down, and, putting the slipper to her little foot, he found it went on very easily and fitted her as if it had been made of wax.”

    Read More

  • Examples Of Money In The Great Gatsby

    673 Words  | 3 Pages

    “Money doesn’t buy happiness” is a phrase used throughout history and is still effective in society today. This phrase conveys the American dream people strive for all their lives; wealth. Wealth seems so magnificent that people would do almost anything to obtain it. However, money isn't as extravagant as it may appear. It can cause the destruction of one’s character and dreams, as it does in The Great Gatsby.

    Read More

  • Consequences Of Wealth In The Great Gatsby

    929 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Consequences of Having Great Wealth “You can have all the money and power in the world but it can’t buy you happiness and it certainly can’t buy you love” (Anonymous). True happiness comes from the inside and cannot be bought. The concept that happiness can’t come from wealth is a prevalent theme in Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby. In The Great Gatsby, Nick Caraway narrates his life in a world filled with rich social gatherings, corruption and love affairs.

    Read More

  • William Hazlitt's On The Want Of Money

    682 Words  | 3 Pages

    "To be of want of it...is to live out of the world, or to be despised if you come into it;" (lines 2-4). William Hazlitt compares the desire of money to ultimate rejection by society. Hazlitt explains that individuals who want more money will never gain the approval or the status of the wealthy. Another example of his use of metaphor is, "To be in want of it... it is to be compelled to stand behind a counter, or to sit at a desk in some public office, or to marry your landlady, or not the person you would wish;" (lines 16-19).

    Read More

  • Analysis Of What's Wrong With Cinderella

    1343 Words  | 6 Pages

    From its onset with its first feature-length animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in 1937, Disney has grown to become a worldwide phenomenon today. But over the years, various parent groups, scholars and film critics have accused Disney for creating shallow, stereotypical princesses whose ultimate aim was to find her 'prince charming ' and live happily ever after. In her article, “What’s Wrong With Cinderella?” in the New York Times, Peggy Orenstein expresses her concern over the effect of princess figures like Cinderella on young girls ' perceptions of themselves and how they should behave (“What’s Wrong With Cinderella?”).

    Read More

  • What Is The Pursuit Of Wealth In The Great Gatsby

    1439 Words  | 6 Pages

    His story warns that the pursuit of wealth—even as a means to an end—causes loss, despite the seeming gain. In order to achieve fulfillment, we must abandon that pursuit in favour of the direct pursuit of the things that would do

    Read More

  • Her Kind By Anne Sexton Essay

    1636 Words  | 7 Pages

    She took it and related it to her feelings of isolation. Sexton struggled with depression but it was mainly caused by isolation and feeling alone. She expresses these feelings throughout the poem by mentioning how lonely the narrator is lonely and readers can assume that 's how Sexton feels too (“Her Kind”). She also refers to abuse and other dark things like dead bodies to show how her brain is in a dark place. Throughout her poem, she uses literary elements to mention these themes as a way of connecting to the reader about her life and the world

    Read More

  • Psychoanalytic Analysis Of The Disney Film 'Cinderella'

    1318 Words  | 6 Pages

    Abstract Most of us have grown up watching Disney films but never really thought of what they exactly mean to us. Our understanding of what it means to be a Disney princess is probably one of the reasons to what made us subject to the regulation of cultural values. Cinderella and other similar Disney princesses may be recognised as a part of an individual’s childhood but the values and ideas it conveyed can still be reflected in our decisions and behaviour as adults. Many young girls perceive Cinderella as a role model and create expectations and beliefs based on what is portrayed through her unfortunately these expectations are not fulfilled and ends in dissatisfaction.

    Read More

  • Female Circumcision Essay

    734 Words  | 3 Pages

    Wealth for them is seeing their young ones go to school. Jane, a business owner, became a commercial sex worker before to provide for her family. She has now risen from that terrible nightmare and is happily living her life with her kids. She is provided with enough materials to make clothes for her business. With the tuition fees of her children, her solution is fasting.

    Read More

  • How To Write An Analytical Essay On The Rocking Horse Winner

    965 Words  | 4 Pages

    While labor and development of proficiency helps to raise an income at some levels, only discovery of a way to quick enrichment would lead to the desirable status. First phrases of the short story suggest Hester tried to achieve it with the aid of her marriage. A beautiful girl “with all the advantages” (Lawrence) chose Eton alumnus in hope to enter upper middle class or even an elite. While Lawrence said Hester loved her husband, this feeling does not cancel potential expectations of material and social benefits. The woman did not believe normal labor can help to achieve desirable results.

    Read More

More about Analysis Of Cinderella By Anne Sexton

Open Document