How Is Cinderella Different From Other Cultures

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Cinderella is known all around the world. Cultures are never exactly the same but yet they have some things in common. The main thing they have in common is fairy tales. The story of Cinderella is told all around the world. It is told in many different languages and in many different versions. Some cultures have other names for their Princess. In some versions the Cinderella of the story is not a girl it is a boy. Cultures have some of the same fairytales but their versions are a little different from the ones known today. One of the most common fairy tales known around the world is Cinderella. Cinderella is usually a pretty girl with evil stepsisters and a stepmother that treat her poorly. The version in the United States is known as Cinderella. Cinderella's mother dies when she is young and her father remarries. The woman he gets married to has two daughters. They become Cinderella´s new evil stepsisters. Her sisters are jealous because she is very pretty and petite. They treat her very poorly. She is to do chores around the house and attend to every need of her stepmother and stepsisters. The Prince is having a ball and requests that every available lady in the kingdom attends. Cinderella is told by her stepmother that she can not attend the ball unless she finishes her chores. She finishes her chores and …show more content…

Both of their fathers remarry and they end up with new stepsisters and a stepmother. They are both treated very poorly. One difference is that Cinderella is a girl and Becan is a boy. Another difference is that Cinderella is to do chores around the house and Becan is to be a cowherder. Cinderella is very pretty and petite. Becan is ugly and has very big feet. In Cinderella the Prince goes looking for Cinderella when she loses her glass slipper after she leaves the ball. In the Irish Cinderlad the Princess goes looking for Becan after he loses his boot after he fights the sea dragon and saves

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