The Disney Cinderella

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Despite the use of fancy images to make the movie more attractive to children, the genre and the texts as a whole are multi-dimensional with the capability of reflecting different perspectives simultaneously. However, the use of appropriate terminology throughout the film as presented by Grimm shapes the behaviors of the audience by instilling the fear of the consequences of making poor choices or possessing bad characters. Besides demonstrating that having good character has positive rewards, the use of imagery in the fairy tale to blend with the sentimental love story is a powerful way of entertaining all the audience with novel attraction in the film as well as remaining loyal to the traditional background of the tales.

Cinderella is mistreated and lives like a slave after the death of her mother. Her step mother does not love her, unlike the animal friends she gets. Her sisters are nasty to her asking her to perform all the duties in the house. Cinderella plans to escape from the harsh mistreatment and ends up married to the son of King in Grimm’s version due to kindness and desirable attributes. The audience views the stepmother in the film as the villain. His father, however, loves her even after remarrying. Cinderella lives a better life married to the son of King.

Walt Disney stories in many cases have endings that have a predictable happy ending. They end in a similar way where the main characters will emerge as the victors of the stories. The scenes of the movies are not violent or romantic which makes them very appropriate for viewing by children in age groups. They have characters with traits children will admire. Ultimately the children identify their selves with the traits they think are best within the movies. Children try to follow and relate the movies to the characters with traits they admire. Cinderella’s magical bird, for instance, is admirable as it has the powers that support and protects her. Walt Disney movies, therefore are effective learning or development tools for children as they help them develop admiration of specific traits in characters depending on how the films unfold.

Grimm’s stories in most cases have both violent and sexual scenes. As such they in most cases should be watched under the guidance of parents and may be unsuitable to different categories of children. Grimm’s stories can, however, be watched by all individuals depending on the theme and plot of the story, unlike Walt Disney stories that directly target young audiences.

Disney and Grimm’s fairy tale tend to have relatively similar themes. Disney stories to a large extent rely on Grimm’s stories. Grimm’s fairies original targeted older readers when compared to Disney stories. Disney stories, therefore, tend to suit children from their non-violent and non-sexual nature when compared to Grimm’s fairies. They provide valuable lessons to the readers who for instance learn why it is important to acquire traits that make the confident and love others. The content of the Grimm’s version is at the epitome of the film, it is supported by the audience, the tone and the purpose of the text. Cinderella has been able to achieve this because in any circumstance of form of the plays the relative meaning has managed to remain intact and therefore serve its special purpose which is to condemn the dominant evils in the society.