Saturday, May 8, 2010

Fairy Tale Pattern-Cinderella

Protagonist in unhappy situation==>Cinderella was forced to do all the household chores that her evil stepmother gave her and had to listen to every request of her stepsisters. She was also treated very badly by them.

The situation worsens==>One day, the King decided to have a ball for his son, the Prince,to find a wife. Everyone in the Kingdom was invited, however Cinderella's stepmother and stepsisters did not allow her to go and made her do more chores.

Protagonist receives unexpected help, usually of a magical nature==>Cinderella's fairy godmother took pity on her and appeared in front of her.Cinderella told her fairy godmother her troubles and that she wanted to dance with the prince. The fairy godmother immediately cast a spell and changed a pumpkin into a carriage, Cinderella's cat into a butler and her torn shirt into a beautiful gown. However, the spell would only last until midnight.

Protagonist is rescued from initial unhappy situation==>When she was dancing with the Prince, she suddenly realised that the time was going to reach midnight. As she did not want the Prince to see her in her tattered and torn shirt and leave a bad impression, she hurriedly ran back to her carriage and was driven back to her stepmother's house. She had accidentally dropped a glass slipper when she was running down the steps. The Prince found the slipper and went around the kingdom to fit the slipper into the girls' feet, to find out which girl did he dance with at the ball. In the end, he found out the Cinderella was the one and they lived happily ever after.

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