Grimm's Fairytale

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This paper compares and contrasts four English versions of the traditional Grimm fairy tale, "Cinderella." First, it describes the plot of the original Grimm version of "Cinderella." It then gives a brief plot summary of each of the versions, where necessary, and then discusses the differences and similarities between the different versions which were selected and the original Grimm text.

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"Over 1,500 versions of Cinderella are thought to exist (About Cinderella). Certainly, a comprehensive discussion of these is beyond the scope of this paper. As a result, I will focus on only four different versions of the classic tale: 1) the traditional brothers Grimm version of Cinderella; 2) Emma Donoghue's The Story of the Shoe; 3) Charles Perrault's reworking of the original Grimm tale, entitled Cinderella; and 4) The Prince, by Priscilla Galloway.
In the classic Grimm fairly tale, Cinderella is a helpless girl, bullied by her mean stepmother and stepsisters into doing all the household chores. One day, a magical fairy godmother invites Cinderella to a ball at the royal castle. At the ball, Cinderella meets a kind, strong prince, who is deeply enamored of her. Cinderella loses track of time, and at midnight she is forced to leave the ball. In her haste, Cinderella leaves her slipper behind, and the prince sets out to find the owner of the slipper."

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