you old sinner,
male rescuer
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appeased his appetite, he lay down again in the bed, fell asleep and began to snore very loud
reminiscent of male figures after sexual desires fulfilled
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plump mouthful
creepy, sexually suggestive
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tender young
language choices sound creepy to contemporary audience
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Who does not see Most dangerous of Wolves indeed they be?
but seemingly charming innocent ones are still really wolves.
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or Wolves too sure there are Of every sort, and every character
stranger danger
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rowing misses fair, Whose orient rosy blooms begin t'appear
begin growing up/going through puberty
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"Grand-mamma, what great arms you have got!"
cardinal dialogue
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ate her up in a moment
no hesitation to eat the gma
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faggot-makers
bundles of sticks
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Gaffer Wolf
where does Gaffer come from?
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prettiest creature was ever seen
always emphasizing prettiness of girls
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disobey,
dangers of disobedience
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grace of bearing
what do you think this means?
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that rare quality call'd grace, Exceeds, by far, a handsome face;
how do we define grace?
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They threw themselves at her feet, to beg pardon for all the ill treatment they had made her undergo. Cinderilla took them up, and as she embraced them, cried that she forgave them with all her heart, and desired them always to love her.
she forgives them way too easily; forgiveness as a virtue
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Ah! dear Miss[86] Charlotte, do lend me your yellow suit of cloaths which you wear every day!"
Cinderella is playing them, and the reader knows that, so they have an "inside joke" with her
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she shewed us a thousand civilities
kindness as a virtue
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so intently was he busied in gazing on her
The male gaze
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commanded her not to stay till after midnight,
the "catch"
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be but a good girl
what does it mean to be a "good girl"?
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a Fairy,
fairy godmother rather than the birds
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t would make the people laugh to see a Cinder-breech at a ball.
she would be an embarassment
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a hundred times handsomer than her sis
putting young women in competition with one another
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ooking-glasses so large
suggests vanity - not a virtue for a lady
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his wife governed him intirely
she "wore the pants"
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the stepmother began to shew herself in her colours
"show her true colors"
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proudest and most haughty woman
language used to describe the stepmother
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her mother squeezed it in till the blood came
physical abuse
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silly girl cut her big toe off
sacrificial female body for male pleasure/desire - to obtain privilege and power
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slippers which were all of gold
not glass - significant difference from more commonly known story
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fine large pear-tree; and Cinderella jumped up into it without being seen.
hiding by trees and birds (helpers)
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jumped up into the pigeon-house and shut the door
odd behavior - he waited on her and she was trapped
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hey did not know her
disguises are common in fairy tales
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gold and silver dress
Disney changed it to blue.
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you would only put us to shame
how might this statement affect Cinderella's self-esteem?
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fair in face but foul at heart
beautiful but mean - language choices of the time period
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basinful of peas into the ash heap, and if you have picked them all out in two hours' time you shall go to the feast too."
seemingly impossible task - Cinderella calls upon magical birds to help her.
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good-for-nothing thing want in the parlor?" said they; and they took away her fine clothes, and gave her an old frock to put on, and laughed at her and turned her into the kitchen
called her names, laughed at her, stole her clothes, and displaced her to the kitchen - significance of the kitchen and what might that do to Cinderella's self-esteem?
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Cinderella
significance of her name - "cinder" dirty
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became a fine tree, and soon a little bird came and built its nest upon the tree, and talked with her and watched over her, and brought her whatever she wished for.
what does her request tell us about her character? how does it compare to her stepsisters' requests?
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wife of a rich man
Woman known only by her marital affiliation
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m heaven
religion - Christianity relationship to child - mother still watching for good behavior from the grave
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Oscar Wilde
Wilde wrote this while he was imprisoned for homosexuality.
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Gaol
This is how British and Australians spell jail.
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