The Brother's Grimm Cinderella
The Grimm Brother’s Fairy Tale ‘Cinderella’ is about a young girl named Cinderella whose mother passes away. Her father then remarries a horrible woman who has two evil stepdaughters. When Cinderella’s father is away her stepmother and sister force her to do all of the household chores.
Word then comes that the King is throwing a three day festival in honour of the Prince to find him a wife. To ensure Cinderella does not attend her stepmother assigns her an impossible amount of chores as a condition to attend. Although Cinderella completes her chores her stepmother and sisters leave without her. However with the help of her bird friends she is provided with a beautiful dress and attends the festival. Whilst at the festival the Prince falls in love with Cinderella but she leaves just before midnight on night one, two and three. On the third night Cinderella leaves her shoe behind. The next day the Prince searches for the girl who fits the shoe and when he does he and Cinderella Marry.
The Grimm Brother’s ‘Cinderella’ was first published in 1812. Their fairy tale is useful as it enables me to analyse the adaptations made to Cinderella over time. Over the years authors have continued rewriting Cinderella similar to the Brother Grimm’s original version. However other adaptations that I have read have purposely left out violent elements such as the step sisters cutting of part of their feet to fit into the glass slipper and the birds pecking out their eyes at the end. This indicates to me that perhaps, there may have been a negative reaction to the violence portrayed in the Grimm Brothers fairy tales.
Word then comes that the King is throwing a three day festival in honour of the Prince to find him a wife. To ensure Cinderella does not attend her stepmother assigns her an impossible amount of chores as a condition to attend. Although Cinderella completes her chores her stepmother and sisters leave without her. However with the help of her bird friends she is provided with a beautiful dress and attends the festival. Whilst at the festival the Prince falls in love with Cinderella but she leaves just before midnight on night one, two and three. On the third night Cinderella leaves her shoe behind. The next day the Prince searches for the girl who fits the shoe and when he does he and Cinderella Marry.
The Grimm Brother’s ‘Cinderella’ was first published in 1812. Their fairy tale is useful as it enables me to analyse the adaptations made to Cinderella over time. Over the years authors have continued rewriting Cinderella similar to the Brother Grimm’s original version. However other adaptations that I have read have purposely left out violent elements such as the step sisters cutting of part of their feet to fit into the glass slipper and the birds pecking out their eyes at the end. This indicates to me that perhaps, there may have been a negative reaction to the violence portrayed in the Grimm Brothers fairy tales.