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Cinderella: Themes and Origins

The document discusses the characters, settings, themes, origins and versions of the Cinderella story. It identifies the characters as Cinderella, the step-mother and sisters, and prince and mentions the settings of their homes and the ball. It notes similar stories explore good versus evil and good prevails. The story originated from Basile in 1634 and was most popularized by Perrault in 1697 with magic elements. Versions differ on father being alive, presence of fairy godmother, and stepsisters' self-mutilation to fit slipper.

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Cinderella: Themes and Origins

The document discusses the characters, settings, themes, origins and versions of the Cinderella story. It identifies the characters as Cinderella, the step-mother and sisters, and prince and mentions the settings of their homes and the ball. It notes similar stories explore good versus evil and good prevails. The story originated from Basile in 1634 and was most popularized by Perrault in 1697 with magic elements. Versions differ on father being alive, presence of fairy godmother, and stepsisters' self-mutilation to fit slipper.

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 Who are the characters in the story? Where are the settings?

> The characters in the story are Cinderella, The Step-mother, the 2
Step-sisters, the prince, the fairy godmother. The setting of the story is the
Step-mother’s home, The prince’s Castle and the ballroom where
Cinderella and the Prince danced together

 Would you know another story similar to the theme of the story?
What does the theme of the story tell us?
> There are several similar stories like The Little Mermaid and Snow
White. The theme of the story tells us the struggle of Good versus Evil,
and the story tells us that Good always prevails over Evil.

 Where do you think the story came from? Who originally wrote the
story? Where do you think the story is derived from?
> Perrault wrote "Histoires ou contes du temps passe" in 1697. This
French version included even more magical aspects to the story.Charles
Perrault from France wrote the story of Cinderella that is best known in its
translated English version. The first known written occurrence of the
Cinderella tale in Europe comes from an Italian named Giambattista
Basile in 1634.

 What are the commonalities and differences from the different


versions of the story?
> The three main differences are, the father died in disney's version but
did not die in Gimms version, there was no fairy godmother in Grimm's
version but there was in Disney's, and in the original version the
stepsisters cut their heels and toes off so it would fit in the slipper but in
the Disney version they did not.

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