Friday, May 8, 2009

The Social Themes within Cinderella

- feminine beauty
- beauty = goodness
- ideal man, masculinity (moneybags, handsome)
- materialism, desire for wealth = happiness
- pitiful girl/vulnerable woman/damsel in distress (that needs saving)
- saviourship through a man/shining knight/
- marriage as gateway to happiness/success
- women turning on women (bitches)
- men getting choice, women getting none in the dating game.
- GOOD WOMEN v BAD WOMEN (nice girls win, bad girls dont, they die usually)
- education, lack of education.
- SOCIAL CLASSES is definetly one

No comments:

Post a Comment