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Cinderella Research Paper

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I watched “Cinderella” from the list of Animated Fairy Tales for Children. The characters in this fairy tale are Cinderella, cruel stepmother, and stepsisters who reduce Cinderella to scullery maid. Cinderella is the main character in this movie, and there is no heroic character in this story. As Seger emphasizes in Creating the Myth, “the hero begins as a nonhero; innocent, young, simple, or humble” (qtd. in Seger 336). In Cinderella story, Cinderella is the main character; she shows innocent and pure image throughout the story. She also is a simple person who is being exploited by her stepmother and stepsisters. The next pattern is that “Then something new enters the hero’s life. It’s a catalyst that sets the story into motion” (qtd. in Seger …show more content…

in Seger 336). When Cinderella cries, her fairy godmother appears and helps her with magic. Then, “the hero is now ready to move into the special world where he or she will change from the ordinary into the extraordinary” (qtd. in Seger 336). Cinderella attends the party with a beautiful dress and glass heels. Follow next, “now begin all the tests and obstacles necessary to overcome the enemy and accomplish the hero’s goals” (qtd. in Seger 336). Because of the magic, Cinderella has to leave the party before midnight. At the party, she is really a gorgeous princess and the Prince is attracted by her beauty. She leaves her heels when she run to come back home in time. The final pattern is “Since every hero story is essentially a transformation story, we need to see the hero changed at the end, resurrected into a new type of life” (qtd. in Seger 336). The prince will marry the one who fit the glass heel, and only Cinderella can do that. They marry and Cinderella has a happy life in the castle. Although this story has no heroic character, the main character follows a similar pattern of the hero in many fairy

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