I watched Disney's live-action Cinderella yesterday, Cinderella (Cinderella) starring Lily James. There is a particularly touching scene in the movie. When the prince met the real Cinderella after he became king, Cinderella said a paragraph, "I am not a princess, I have neither a carriage, nor parents, nor a dowry, I don't even know Can you still wear those shoes, and if I can, will you accept me? A country girl who loves you." This passage successfully brought me to tears, luckily the king accepted her, Cinderella's The adventure is a success! All her previous gloomy encounters had been repressed for this exciting moment, and from then on she was left to live happily with the king.
I remember seeing an analysis of the fairy tale Cinderella out of nowhere, thinking that the crystal slipper symbolized a standard that the king would only marry a girl who met that standard, whether she was Cinderella that night or not. This analysis is really disappointing!
But when I was watching this movie, I also thought about the meaning behind many settings in the story, such as the setting of Cinderella, which can be said to be the lowest among the girls to be married. The subtext of no parents is no dowry (the West also values women's dowry, for example, the heroine Elizabeth in the novel "Pride and Prejudice" that appeared after the Industrial Revolution is also dating Mr. Darcy because of only a dowry of 5,000 pounds. She feels weak in the middle of the pack), works as a servant, and tortures her stepmother and sisters. Such a girl can be happy, so what reason do other girls have to be unhappy? So the story of Cinderella has always been popular because it gives hope to all unmarried girls.
However, fairy tales are fairy tales after all. Cinderella in fairy tales is successful, but it is not so easy for Cinderella in real life to marry a prince. The prince is the best bachelor, the most ideal husband, and the dream lover of all girls. If Cinderella has nothing special, how can she win the competition?
Therefore, in almost all Cinderella-type novels and plays, Cinderella either has extraordinary beauty or has an unyielding soul, such as the kind-hearted little daughter in Shakespeare's "King Lear", who lost her father's favor and did not get A fief as a dowry, yet married to the king of France, and her dialogue in the play implies that if the man he is marrying likes my money then it's not what he likes. Another example is Shen Fengxi in "Causes of Laughter and Laughter". She is beautiful and has a gentle voice. Although Fan Jiashu is surrounded by daughters with different personalities such as He Lina and Guan Xiugu, she still loves her. The heroines of "Jane Eyre" and "Pride and Prejudice" have unique personalities and inherent beauty. In this way, Cinderella's story is still disappointing. If a girl has neither beauty nor inner beauty, then she has no hope, but probably no girl will admit it.
I privately guess that the symbolic meaning of the crystal slipper is a pure virgin body. In the story, Cinderella escaped and dropped a shoe. Does it mean that she lost her virginity during the date with the prince, but I don't understand why other Girls can't wear crystal slippers, have they all lost their virginity? That being said, or the crystal slipper is a standard meaning more interpretive in the past. But the crystal slipper is in the prince's hands, so the girls are all chosen, which is another part of my dissatisfaction with the story.
Going back to the movies, strong and brave, kind and kind, the movie Cinderella promotes this universal value. In the face of the hardships of her stepmother and sister, Cinderella is strong. In the face of weaker animals and village women (actually the fairy godmother) who are weaker than her, Cinderella is kind and kind, so Cinderella's Where is the bravery manifested? In my opinion, it should be to love, no matter who the other party is, if she loves him, he is her king. Love is really a powerful ability, with important responsibilities behind it. When Cinderella learned to love, she grew up. This is the most extraordinary thing about Cinderella, and it is also the quality that Cinderella should have in our era. She was not chosen, she took the initiative to choose love.
There are many versions of the story of Cinderella. I like this kind of story that has been adapted from generation to generation. The evolution of the story can see the values of different eras. It is told by different people and can tell different meanings. A bottle It can hold a lot of wine! Finally, I recommend everyone to watch it (although it was released in 2015). Again, Disney's aesthetic is particularly good! Cinderella is thin and healthy, and she's in good shape right away!
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