Feminist Criticism on Cinderella DOCX

Title	Feminist Criticism on Cinderella
Author	Hazel Grace Vargas
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Catanduanes State University College of Education GRADUATE STUDIES Virac, Catanduanes Student: Hazel Grace T. Vargas Subject: Literary Criticism Time and Date: 7:30 AM– 12:30 PM/ Saturday Professor: Prof. Juanita Cervantes Feminist Criticism on Cinderella Cinderella, just like the other fairy tales, features a damsel in distress longing for someone to love her. Just like other fairy tales, it ends in a happily ever after scene with the protagonist, Cinderella, ending up as a lucky maiden who married and prince and will one day become a queen. In her journey, there of course was the antagonist, the step mother, who gave us the generic notion that stepmothers can be equated to witches. In a feminist perspective, the story of Cinderella gave the impression that women are always in need. And because of this need, there are negative traits that rises. Just like the step mother in the story, her need for security and wealth made her evil. It is somewhat degrading to women because it gives the impression that women are weak. Though in the course of the story, Cinderella was still able to redeem herself by being brave enough to face her step mother and taking the risk of getting caught during the ball. It also emphasizes that men rules above women as they can easily choose who to marry and that the decisions of a nation or a household depends upon them. In the course of the story, a glimpse of how unstable a household can be if a woman is the head of a household was portrayed through the character of the step mother. The wealth and stability of the household became shaky when Cinderella's father died. There was also an impression given that there really is a need for a woman to be married for her status in the society to be preserved or to be dignified in a society. Since the story was written in an era where women has not yet been fully recognized in the society, it is a proof that there has been a bias in gender during that age which has slowly changed as compared to this age....