Cinderella Story

Versions of Cinderella

Write about the version of Cinderella that you watched. Name it, describe it, and compare it with the Grimm version.

Then (most importantly!) see where and how you can discuss how it exemplifies and challenges the conventions of the fairy tale form that the readings have established. Be specific!

At the same time, you may be able to start discussing how some of the conventions of movies themselves are somewhat different from the conventions of fairy tales, and how these seeming contradictions of form complicate or come together in the film you watched.

1. Wherever possible, include examples from fairy tales in addition to, and other than, Cinderella.
2. How may other fairy tales connect to the Cinderella story, and to the movie you saw? Include your quotations (more on this under “guidelines”)!
3. Finally, who would you say is the audience for this movie? Why?

Responses

Read at least four of your peers posts. Then, respond to the point that at least two of them have made. If you comment on a post thats about the same version you saw, see if you can challenge or even politely disagree with some aspect of the response or interpretation. If you write about a version you havent seen, see if you can come up with a question based on the response that allows the writer to develop or complicate his or her discussion. At least one Reply should be at least 100 words, with more encouraged.

Guidelines

As I wrote last week, make sure to use specific direct quotations from the readings and, if possible, the movie itself. After introducing the quotation in your own wordsmaking sure to enclose it in quotation marks and ending with its page number in (parentheses) so everyone knows where to look for itexplain what purpose the quotation has for the assignment, including the possibility of why you chose these quotations together.