"Cinderella"

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Cinderella before the arrival of her fairy godmother.

This image shows the character Cinderella before the arrival of her fairy godmother. Cinderella is wearing a tattered dress and her jewellery is scattered on the floor. She is now unable to attend the royal ball because she does not look presentable. This image represents the idea that you must present yourself in a certain way in order to be accepted by society. Besides the fact that she is wearing a torn up ball gown, Cinderella is an attractive young woman. She is feminine, she is thin, she has bright blue eyes and she has pale white skin. However, physical attractiveness is apparently not enough unless you have the complete package and in this image, Cinderella is missing one thing; a beautiful dress. In this image, she looks very unhappy, looking down at her torn clothes.

Cinderella after the magic.
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20/10/13

This image shows Cinderella after she encounters her fairy godmother and is given a new dress and a carriage to attend the royal ball. This image not only represents that idea that you must look and act a certain way in order to be accepted by others, but that you must also pretend to be something you're not to impress other people. In this image, Cinderella looks much happier than the first image, as she now has a beautiful dress to go to the ball in. The implications of this representation on society is that women will think that if you don't have new, 'trendy' clothes or a new car, you won't be liked by others. Also, it shows that who you are isn't good enough and that you shouldn't settle to be yourself. Cinderella shows that you need to change yourself and make yourself look a certain way, not only so others to find you appealing, but also to be happy. Young girls who watch this film will think that they need to change themselves to be liked, because Cinderella was only liked by the Prince because she looked beautiful and had a nice dress and a flash carriage. The problem with Cinderella is that she had a fairy godmother that gave her these nice things with the use of magic. This gives girls an unattainable standard to look up to, as nobody can just magically transform themselves in a matter of minutes.It gives them the sense that nice things come with a flick of a wand and not through hard work. Instead of portraying Cinderella as an independent woman who will work her way up in order to escape her evil step-mother and step-sisters and get a new life, they portray her as a woman whose life is changed by someone else, someone who doesn't even exist and then a Prince fell in love with her. This shows women that independence and doing things yourself isn't important, because Cinderella didn't even lift a finger and got new clothes, a new car and a Prince.