Extra Blog Post Cinderella Lessons & Stereotypes

I feel as though there are more Disney movies geared towards girls then little boys.  Gender stereotype is in more of the movies that have some higher class like the princess movies.  In Cinderella, Disney and The Brothers Grimm both say that the stepsisters are very cruel and the stepmother is very jealous and cold hearted. The slipper is a symbol of stereotyping because is something girls relate to. In the movie and Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella, they show the Prince using the glass slipper to “find his bride”. The stepsisters try and fit their foot into the slipper but it just pops off in the movie on both of the girls. This is a gender stereotype because it is fit for only a woman’s foot, in this case Cinderella. In real life people will fit in all different size shoes and some people will be able to share shoes. In the Brothers Grimm, when the two daughters are trying to fit their feet in this shoe the Stepmother is telling her daughters to cut their toes off to fit into the shoe so Cinderella won’t be allowed to try in out. When Cinderella finally tries on the shoe, it fits perfectly. “She is the true bride.” “When they passed by the little hazel tree, the two little white doves called out “Roo coo coo... the real bride’s here tonight”(Grimm 122).  The stepsisters were just trying to fit into the society of the world of royalty and upperclass.  They also showed more stereotype of woman because they were trying to be someone they are not.

http://video.disney.com/watch/glass-slipper-4ca3d081299b2810cff9a5f0

Disney always teaches many lessons in their movies whether the movie is about cars, animals, or princesses.  A Disney lesson from Cinderella towards children is that throughout the movie Cinderella is treated very poorly and rudely by her stepmother and stepsisters. I feel as though most people would be rude and yell back at them, but Cinderella does not and she chooses to stay calm throughout the entire film. She teaches children you should act respectful even when getting treated unfairly. Another lesson that Cinderella teaches through the critical eye is that the mice and the pumpkin are used as “vehicles” to get Cinderella through a difficult time when they are turned into horses and a coach respectively. Just as people come into our lives for certain reason we know people are used, as “vehicles” in are lives always coming and leaving.