The Cinderella Games By Kelly Link: Literary Analysis

In “What's Wrong with Cinderella?”, Peggy Orenstein retaliates against the princess culture that bombards her daughter's life. Princesses, it seems, dominate the market for toys to young girls due to their inexplicable appeal to being pretty, pink and - as most girls see - perfect. As a feminist mother, Orenstein feels the need to rebel against this not-so-sudden craze that attracts her daughter's attention. The author assumes that the subliminal messages presented to her daughter's developing mind aren't beneficial to her future expectations in life. Because of this, she critiques the faults of princesshood in order to demonstrate the possible detrimental impacts that the princess culture may have on a young girl.

47-52). As Francis James Child claims “[t]he queen of the fairies undoing the spell of the witch is a remarkable feature, not paralleled, so far as I know, in English or northern tradition” (314). Thus, this does not seem to be a very common motif in fairy tales despite the fairy queen acting similarly to a fairy godmother in this ballad. Nevertheless, the ballad does comprise fairy tale characters and motifs, albeit realized differently. “Allison Gross” also has a happy ending, just as fairy tales usually do.

Know that people will be punished for things, but that their distress will not bring you joy. At the end of the Brothers Grimm 's fairy tale, Cinderella 's step-sisters were "punished with blindness for as long as they lived ", but nowhere does in this original fairy tale the author talk about how Cinderella felt about this. Was she overjoyed by the fact that her step-sisters were punished for their "wickedness and falsehood"? Or was she upset because she didn 't feel that joy? Is ending the story with wicked justice better than ending it with unrealistic expectations of

Remember when your parents used to read bedtime stories to you as a little kid. You would always think the hero, prince, or princess was the best character, but you had negative thoughts about the villain. Have you ever thought about why the villain did awful things and what caused them to do it? The story of Sleeping Beauty is not the same story you have been told, but with the view of the Mistress of Evil in Maleficent, one sees how the roles of Maleficent, the fairies, and the curse differs from Sleeping Beauty to Maleficent. (THESIS STATEMENT and INTRODUCTION) Because of the different viewpoints of Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent has another face to her; there was once a time when The Mistress of Evil had a heart of gold.

Which is a story about a girl who was treated unfairly but because she was kind she gained a good reward, and in Cinderella the magic helper is the fairy godmother which is a mythical creature. And a long time ago in France people believed in mythical creatures and magic before christianity came. So therefore the fairy godmother was a symbol that the culture of France used to believe that there were mythical creatures like goblins, fairies, and dragons. The magical helper is the fairy godmother, and without her Cinderella would have never been able to go to the ball. The fairy godmother was a mythical fairy who helped Cinderella go to the ball with her magical powers.

This brings in to question whether or not it is acceptable for a woman to simply walk away from a marriage, involving three children, and not attempt to work things out. Nora realizes she and the life she has been living has been a complete construct of the way society expects her to be. Nora is Torvald’s doll and her life has not amounted to anything more than making sure he and the world around her is happy. The result of the inequalities she is faced with results in Nora being completely unhappy. Torvald fails to recognize everything that Nora does to ensure his happiness.

Frankenstein breaks down, returning to his vulnerable state. He looks for Victor and finds him taking shelter in a boat. Since Frankenstein wants to kill Victor, he jumps in the boat. Victor attempts to persuade Frankenstein not to kill him. Frankenstein loathes him and but says, “I can not live in your world.

The main character Claudette expresses this idea through the quote: “...but who did we have to run back to? Only the curled black grimace of the mother. Only the father, holding his tawny head between his paws. Could we betray our parents by going back to them?” (Russell 232). Although the girls would love to go home, returning home would upset their parents and cause them to be ashamed of the girls.

Mr. Hutchinson's last words to his significant other were " “Shut up, Tessie Mrs. Hutchinson, when she sees the probability of herself being picked, rapidly tries to decline her chances by asking that her married young lady pick moreover. Her children, instead of imparting alert over her quick moving toward passing, exhibit perfect festival when they see that their lives are spared. Towards the complete of the story, kids and adults alike take an interest in stoning Mrs. Hutchinson. To be sure, even Little Dave, who may have been as energetic as five years old, was offered stones to hurl at his mother. This exhibits the desensitizing of murder which to town inserts in the youthful.

The art of storytelling is at the heart of fairy tales. Since the beginning, fairy tales have captivated readers with its magical worlds and enchanted characters. Quintessential to fairy tales are destined happy endings and the clear division between good and evil. The nature of these stories creates distorted perceptions that do not align with reality, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and illusion. This is portrayed in Terry Pratchett’s Witches Abroad, in which Lilith Weatherwax struggles to free herself from the fictitious world she has fabricated.