Cinderella - Grimm Version Vs. Traditional French Version

Part I of Essay
Cinderella Comparison: Grimm version vs. Traditional French version   I feel that these two stories very nicely represent Allison Lurie's views of fairy tales. I feel this way because Lurie stated that fairy tales are "stories of magic and transformation". Such trans ....

Part II of Essay
.... had not been in a hurry to get home by midnight, she would not have left her slipper behind, and the story would not have ended the way it did. Another major difference between the two versions has to do with the type of person Cinderella is. In the Grimm version Cinderella was strong and clever. She was aggressive. For example, she was smart enough to ask the birds for a dress to wear to the ball. Also, she displayed her aggressiveness when she raced home from the ball and quickly changed back into her rags so her sisters and ste ....