ince comes to rescue her. Sincethese comments were made, the Cinderella story has been modified and changed. In order to seehow gender roles have changed in fairy tales from the old to the new, lets compare the classicversion of Cinderella by Charles Perrault to a recent version which is a movie that was released in1998 called Ever Afterwhich was directed by Andy Tennant . Even though there are somesimilarities in the way they classify gender, a significant effort has been made in the movie EverAfter to modernize the tale and change the way women are portrayed. One of the traditional stereotypes that is evident in the classic version of Cinderella is thepassive nature of the girl. Cinderellas step-mother and her step-sisters constantly mistreat herwhich would normally cause a person to react in a rebellious and aggressive way. This is not thecase in this situation. Cinderella absorbs and suppresses the anger, and never lets it show. Shecontinues to be lovable and caring. People would laugh if they saw a Cinderbottom at the ballCharles Rerrault (p599). After her sister tells her that cinder bottoms like her would not belong ata ball, she offers to do their hair in preparation for the big night. Teaching kids to hide theiremotions is one of the negative traits of this story. This also teaches the acceptance of an inferiorrole in society. Most of these hints are geared towards young girls, who are supposed to see thatthey shouldnt have any aspirations, but wait until their suffering will pay off in a glorious way.This passiveness takes a different turn in Ever After. From the beginning Danielle shows hertoughness and aggressive approach from beating up her male friend when she was young, tothrowing apples at the prince and punching her evil sister in the face. An explosion of emotionsalso occurred when the Baroness crossed the line. Another good example of Daniellesaggressiveness and daring personality is exposed when she goes to buy ba...
