By: Susan Nguyen.
In this essay, I will be comparing and contrasting the twain different meter readings of the Cinderella folktale. Aschenputtel is the German version told by the Grimm brothers and Yeh-shen is the Chinese version told by Ai-Ling Louie. They both(prenominal) enounce a story of a young woman hardened badly by her stepmother but in the end embrace royalty through magic.
Aschenputtel and Yeh-shen also sh are some similarities characteristics. The two women both wanted to go to the feast, but their stepmother always do p wads to interrupt them and not allowing them to go. They all can talk to wizard(prenominal) creatures and set up wishes from them; they received a magnificent dress and the easy slippers. They lose the golden slippers during the time they ran from the festivals to home. But the golden slippers are found by royalty and claim they will wed the girl of whom the shoe fits. Both girls marry royalty. The stepmothers and stepsisters are both punished because they treated their stepdaughter so badly, follow the two folktales message: Bad people will be punished for detestation deeds. There are a lot of differences amidst the Cinderella stories and each makes them unique.
There are many differences between these two Cinderella folktales.
Aschenputtel gets wishes from the tree and doves while Yeh-shen gets wishes from her only best friend- a fish which ended up being cooked by her evil stepmother. Aschenputtel marries a prince while Yeh-shen marries a king. Aschenputtel lives in a mansion while Yeh-shen lives in a cave. In the end, Aschenputtel sees her stepmother and stepsister eyeball had plucked out by doves while Yeh-shen sees her stepmother and stepsister kill to death. The Chinese version folktale and the German version folktale have its own different motifs. The motif of Aschenputtel is the number three while the motif of Yeh-shen is tiny feet.
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