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Thesis:
The central theme in this fairy tale is timeless, so the details around it are not critical and may be altered to fit the society it is based in, still achieving the same universal message.
Another Cinderella Story
Grimm's Cinderella
By Dan Gemmell and Ryan Wall
Grimm's Plot
Another Cinderella Story Plot
In the original Cinderella, Cinderella lived with her stepmother and her two stepsisters. One day, the prince hosted a three day festival. Cinderella goes to this festival and dances with the prince. She ran away but lost her slipper in the prince's trap. The prince tries to find who the slipper belongs to and Cinderella's stepsisters cut off pieces of their feet in order to fit into the slipper but the prince finds out the slipper actually doesn't fit them. Cinderella fits the slipper and marries the prince. The two stepsisters get their eyes pecked out by birds at Cinderella's wedding.
Message
Prince
Original
Modern
Good triumphs over evil and those who are good will be rewarded but those who are bad will be punished.
Original
How the message is achieved
Similarities
A young girl is bossed around by her evil step-mother and step-sisters.
Step-mother
The step-sisters are punished at the end of the original story when they cut off parts of their feet, they do not get to marry the Prince, and the birds peck out their eyes. Cinderella is rewarded for her good deeds when she marries the Prince.
The girl sneaks out to ball where she dances with the "Prince" and he falls in love with her.
Original
Modern
The girl accidentally leaves something of hers behind while she is in a rush to leave
The prince publicizes an event to find the girl.
The Prince finds the girl and they fall in love while they evil step-mother and step-sisters suffer.
Modern
How the message is achieved
The step sisters lose the dance competition in humiliating fashion, then fall of the stage and break many bones in their bodies. Mary wins the dance competition and gets to dance in Joey's next music video. She also gets into the dance school she wanted to go to.
Differences
Cinderella
Modern
Original
Original
Modern
Cinderella loses shoe at ball
Mary leaves ipod at the ball
The festival is three days long
The school dance is only one night
Cinderella's shoe gets stuck in the prince's trap
Mary drops her ipod when she is leaving
Characters
Joey hosts a dance competition
The prince tries to find the girl that fits the shoe perfectly
The step-sisters cut off parts of their feet and get their eyes pecked out by birds
The step-sisters lose the dance competition and are humiliated, then fall off the stage and break lots of bones
In both versions of the fairy tale, the main characters have similar traits to their corresponding characters in the other version.