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Research Paper On Dulce Cinderella

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In many modern fairytales, ie. Disney’s Cinderella, we are used to seeing beautiful and perfect princesses who have been placed into difficult situations. In the story Revenge by Isabel Allende, we follow the life events of Dulce Rosa, the daughter of Orellano. In the first paragraph of the story we are introduced to what is described as Dulce Rosa’s exaggerated beauty. But why exaggerate Dulce Rosa’s beauty for seemingly no reason? I believe that Isabel Allend chose to make Dulce Rosa an imperfect character beauty wise to help make the character of Dulce Rosa appear more human to the reader rather than appear as a princess who seeks revenge.
Building a Relatable Character In the first paragraph of the story, Dulce Rosa is crowned as Queen …show more content…

If Dulce Rosa had been crafted into this beautiful and perfect woman, this type of change would seem somewhat odd. For example, in the Disney movie Cinderella, we are given this beautiful character who is abused by her family. However, throughout the story, she is still the same person. A housemaid who happens to meet a fairy godmother gives her an opportunity to live a different life. She never has to carry a weapon with her, nor does she live to exact any sort of revenge. Cinderella had no character flaws, but rather a flawed life imposed upon her by her family. The intrigue in her story comes from the happily ever after tale of a beauty. Not from character development and …show more content…

She is no beauty queen contrary to what the many songwriters, poets, and men of the country think she is. By creating a character with exaggerated beauty, Rosa is just another woman living in the town. The plain life that Dulce Rosa lives throughout the story is what makes her relatable and easy to sympathize with. I believe that Allende chose to make Dulce Rosa an imperfect character in order to allow her readers to better relate to or and to allow the reader to sympathize for her easier. By leaving Dulce Rosa as an imperfect character, Allende also left herself with more freedom to develop the story and the character however she saw fit in order to reach such a powerful ending to the

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