Examples Of Archetypes In Cinderella

Cinderella is one of the most common archetypes used today, along with her deep story put into different perspectives. Three examples of this are Cinder by Marissa Meyer, “Cinderella” by Brothers Grimm, and “Adelita” by Tomie de Paola. Each of these stories used the archetypes of her common important family member or pet, her stepmother, and her terrible family, along with how she always has some form of work or job.

Next, in all three of these books “Cinderella” always has a terrible step-family. In Cinder, her “stepmother” is Adri. “Adri fixed a cold glare at her, ‘The coronation is starting,’ she said. ‘Go wash the hover. I want it to look brand new’” (Meyer 306). This shows that she is treating her like a servant, and it's because her real parents are gone and she doesn’t know them. Because she doesn’t know them, her step-family treats her like nothing. The following example of this in “Cinderella” is when the author says “Besides this, the sisters did everything imaginable injury - they mocked her and emptied her peas and lentils into the ashes, so she was forced to pick them out again” (Grimm

Cinder shows this when the book tells “Without a sign, her booth hinted at her trade only by the shelves of stock android parts that crowded the walls” (Meyer 4). This shows that Cinder is an engineer, and she is forced to fix things around the world. Because of this, she is disregarded. In “Cinderella”, the author shows this by saying “ When the two step-sisters heard that they were to appear among the number, they were delighted, called Cinderella and said, ‘Comb our hair for us, brush our shoes and fasten our buckles, for we are going to the festival at the king's palace” (Grimm 2). Once again, Cinderella’s step-family is using her as a servant, trying to show that her only job in this world is to make them happy. Because of this, Cinderella feels once again, like she doesn’t