Group summaries/reactions to analyses
Please as a group post the following to your chosen analysis of Cinderella:
Bettleheim
Morrison
Schectman
1. What is the author's thesis?
2. How was the analysis/argument structured?
3. What was your reaction? Was it effective/convincing, a stretch?
Please post all group members' names
Bettleheim
Morrison
Schectman
1. What is the author's thesis?
2. How was the analysis/argument structured?
3. What was your reaction? Was it effective/convincing, a stretch?
Please post all group members' names
posted by DrEmmerling at 2:18 PM
3 Comments:
1. "'Cinderella,' as we know it, is experienced as a story about the agonies and hopes which form the essential content of sibling rivalry; and about the degraded heroine winning out over her sibling who abused her."
Bettelheim asserted that a child would relate to Cinderella because of this theme of sibling rivalry.
2. Bettelheim approaches is argument in the following sequence; Cinderella is common to every culture.
The reason why the story is popular
Is appreciated because people relate to it through sibling rivalry.
Ending gives children hope. In the end the good guys win and readers relate themselves to the good. A general "feel good" story.
Every child relates to Cinderella in all stages of their development.
3. One might agree with him because he presents a clear structural argument. One could disagree because of the overanalyzation and turns an innocent fairy tale into a psychoanalitical story. Our group is divided on the issue.
Samuel Dolan
Kai Shih
Michael Citron
Karel Erion
Chris Albo
Rita Siu
alexis nichols
1. “The bereavement that binds all the women in [Cinderella] - Stepmother, her daughters, surely the heroine herself - is that of father-loss.”
We agree largely with the thesis because the story of Cinderella is largely drawn
Together by the loss that each character suffers. The loss of the father is shown both in Cinderella’s behavior towards wanting to find love in a prince so that she may have a man figure in her life as well as in the step family because they are also lacking the love of a husband and father.
2. Schectman takes a contemporary approach to arguing this topic by explaining facts and giving real life examples.
3. Although there are other elements, the loss of the father is a big element in binding women together.
Kyle Valenzuela
Kimberly Ra
Amanda H.
Jesús
Kohane
Howard
Morrison Group:
1)"But in pursuing your highest ambitions, don't let your personal safety diminish the safety of your stepsister. In wielding the power that is deservedly yours, don't permit it to enslave your stepsister. Let your might and your power emanate from that place in you that is nurturing and caring."
2)Morrison gives examples of both the extremes, being too ambitious and being too caring. She expands on these arguments by relating them to women in the workplace. Finally she ties them into the story of "Cinderella." She compares the caring woman to Cinderella who is passive and allows others to "step all over her." She describes the stepmother as the ambitious type who will walk over anyone to succeed.
3)As a group we agreed with Morrison's arguments. We took the term "stepsister" to be a metaphor for all women who are close to you, but not directly related to you. We thought this was an intersting take on the story of "Cinderella." We liked the idea of developing the stepsisters as deeper characters.
Matt Hale
Janet Avalos
Lauren Bale
Jared Heinrich
Dan Lin
Lauren Young
Jennifer Karmelich
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