Cinderella And The Grimms Fairy Tales

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The commonly used phrase, “they all lived happily ever after” was just a mask Disney used to hide the true ending or the real fairy tales known as the Grimms’ Fairy Tales. The two tales could not be more different in how things happen from the beginning to the end in the stories. One story that really stood out from the Grimms’ Tales was the story of Cinderella. The Grimms’ story of Cinderella originated in 1819 and the Disney film came out in 1950. Walt Disney wanted to portray a family-friendly movie/story people of all ages could enjoy, but because he made it family oriented many aspects of the story had to

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