Grimm And Cinderella Comparison

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In the classic story of “Cinderella”, a beautiful young woman is treated badly but in the end lives happily ever after with a prince. The French version of “Cinderella” is romantic and happy, where the Cinderella character forgives her bad stepsisters by finding them husbands and allowing them to live in the palace with her and the prince. However, in the German version of “Cinderella” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the stepsisters are violently punished for mistreating Cinderella. Cinderella is a young and beautiful girl that is mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters. In the French version Cinderella is employed in the meanest work of the house, she scoured dishes, tables and cleaned the madam’s chamber. The German version is similar …show more content…

This in fact drew the attention of the Prince. Cinderella sat with him in the most honorable seat and danced with him. She had to leave but he did not want her to. But she did and in the process left her slipper. The prince is determined to find out who the glass slipper belongs to because he would marry that one according to the French & German stories. Cinderella fits the slipper. There is a wedding ceremony Cinderella and the Prince are married. It’s interesting that the stepsisters want to share a part of Cinderella’s new life in spite of all the mistreatment. The German story states they want to walk down the aisle with her but there eyes are picked out and blindness comes upon them. The French story Cinderella forgave her stepsisters, giving them lodging and most of all found them lords of the court. It comes down to Cinderella being happy ever and forgiving to others. In conclusion Cinderella gets mistreated by people who you would think should have love and affection for her but find loves in the end. The two versions can be summarized this way: (1) Both talk about a beautiful young girl who was treated slave, deprived of going to a ball and found a way to get there, not knowing the love of her life would be there. (2)She faced a trial overcame it with happiness in the

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