Cinderella Research Paper

The Westernized "Disney Version" of Cinderella that many young boys and girls grow up reading as a bedtime story is one of young girl having to grow up without a mother and father, living with her wicked step mother and two stepsisters. Cinderella is treated horribly; constantly hearing how disgusting she is and how she could never attend the ball for not just her looks but, her personality as well. Cinderella is told crudely that she will never be able to attend the ball because she does not have the necessities to attend. Necessities’ include, proper attire and accessories. Cinderella runs out to the garden where starts to weep out of misery. Her fairy godmother appears from thin air to grant Cinderella her one and only wish. The fairy godmother

Cinderella tries to find more distractions by continuing to ask how will she ever get there, where the fairy godmother responds with a wave of her wand. Poof, out of a pumpkin comes a striking carriage to bring Cinderella to her awaited destiny. The only by-product is she must be back before midnight. As the clock strikes midnight and Cinderella realizes the great proportions she must take, she leaves her glass slipper on the top stair running off into the night. Prince charming finds her shoe whilst running after the mysterious woman, he declares that he will find his princess. He travels from village to village to try and find the foot that will perfectly fit the shoe. The prince tested every foot in the village. He ultimately reaches Cinderella’s house where her two wicked step sisters are waiting. Although both try on the infamous glass slipper neither of their foot fit. Until, the prince asked the wicked step mother if she had another daughter, she answers, yes and in fact it was Cinderella. The shoe that fell off her foot fit perfectly, portraying true love and destiny

The Buddha is summoned by her cries always have been there to comfort her. The Buddha helped Tam to attend the ball by using his magic manifesting itself in a contrasting manner in a "beautiful silk dress, a silk yêm and a scarf of the same material. In the second jar she found a pair of embroidered shoes of a cunning design which fitted her perfectly." (197) The king then found the shoe in a pond declaring "The girl who wore a shoe as beautiful as this must herself be very beautiful." (197) He then sent out to find the woman who could be this beautiful to make her his wife. This is in comparison with the westernized version because although the cultural aspects may differ the main plot points have stayed the same. While in The Algonquin Cinderella the invisible prince and his sister had set off to find a wife for him. The difference in this essay, is to find the right person for the prince the sister asks the woman if they could see the