Tuesday 18 August 2015

Cinderella portrayal of genders:

Women:
  • Cold
  • Cruel
  • Bitter
  • Jealous
  • Vein
  • Servent (Cinderella - gentle, kind)
  • Evil - with cat sidekick
  • Rude
  • Demanding
  • Ugly
  • Step mother - always shown in dark lighting 
  • Cinderella - beautiful, voice of an angel, unappealing clothes, emotional 
  • Cinderella - falls into a heap on the floor & tries to run away
  • Step sisters - dumb, terrible singing voices, colourful clothing
  • Fairy godmother
    • Kind
    •  Magical
    • Mentor
    • Helpful
  • Thief
  • Weak
  • Importance on clothing "Good heavens dear...you can't go in that." - Cinderella (45:16)
  • Desperate - all the women in the town dressed up to dance with the Prince for him to chose one of them based purely on looks and their ability to dance which he will then go MARRY. + everyone tries to make the duke believe it's their slipper. 
  • Clumsy - step sisters & by leaving her shoe
  • "Foolish" - Step mother about Cinderella 
  • Happy - Cinderella 
  • Marriage is the most important thing in someone's life.

Men:    
  • Kind
  • Devoted Father
  • Emotional - King 
  • Angry 
  • Father insists his son marries - social conventions of the time  
  • Romantic 
  • Cinderella & the prince - only speak 13 lines to each other before "falling in love"
  • Generous 
  • Aggressive - King goes blue in the face when things don't go his way (53 minutes)


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