Ever After
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The Cinderella fairy tale touches on a lot of different fears and expectations. Alike all other fairy tales, there is this expectant "happily ever after" ending.
That is why fairy tales are so well-known and liked, because they represent something that human beings crave, eternal happiness. If a fairy tale showed a true ending, the prince dies of cancer and the princess grows old alone and eventually gains a large sense of dementia and is no longer the person she used to be, it wouldn't be as well liked. No one wants to be hit with the harsh slap of reality of how life really ends for the majority of us. No one lives forever, and fairy tales are a symbol of eternal love and happiness.
Cinderella stories, especially, cover a lot female reliance for a man to come and "rescue her". That's the one thing I really liked about this version of the Cinderella tale, on at least two different occasions, Danielle (Cinderella), proves that she can pull her own weight, or better yet, even the prince's.
I agree that I absolutely LOVED the feminism aspect of this story. It was rather refreshing. Your "realistic" Cinderella ending made me laugh. You're so right, I hate the unrealistic aspect of these stories. I think I wrote about that in my blog as well. Either way, out with the fluff, in with the GRIMMS!
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