Cinderella

Cinderella is a classic story that everybody knows about. Most people don't know that it is based off of the original telling by Charles Perrault and was originated in France. Disney's interpretation was very much like Perrault's version

In both versions, Cinderella has two wicked step-sisters and a step-mother who basically make her a servant but in Perrault's version, Cinderella's father is still alive. The Prince is throwing a ball to find a wife but Cinderella is not allowed to go, that is until her fairy godmother fixes her up with a dress and carriage made from a pumpkin. The only problem is, Cinderella has to be back at the stroke of midnight. This doesn't change in either versions.

So what does change? First off, the Prince host two balls and it isn't until the second ball that Cinderella loses her slipper and the Prince vows to marry who ever lost their glass slipper. In Disney's version though, Cinderella's step-mother finds out it is her and locks her away so she has to find her way out to get to the slipper fitting, unlike in Perrault's version where she is just there.

Disney's adaption made the mother and step-sisters more wicked than Perrault's, but both stories are trying to get across that beauty can only be skin deep. A person must also be kind hearted to get where they want to be in life. You cannot solely rely on beauty.