Allusions

CINDERELLA

 An Allusion is a brief reference, explicit or indirect, to a person, place or event, or to another literary work or passage. The romantic fairy tale, Cinderella, is about a girl living in many unfortunate cicumstances, and how, when she meets her one true love, they all suddenly change into a remarkable fortune. Throughout time there have been many different movies, plays, books, songs, operas, ballets, and television episodes that are based on the original story of Cinderella. __A Cinderella Story__ starring Hillary Duff and Chad Michael Murray, __Another Cinderella Story__ featuring Selena Gomez and Drew Seeley, and __Ella Enchanted__ starring Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy are some of the movies made recently based on the plot of the original story of Cinderella. Although there may be some differences in the details of the allusions made to Cinderella, all involve an evil step mother with two evil step daughters and the main female character falling in love in the end to a man very similar to Prince Charming.



 Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is about a girl who goes on a journey to find her kidnapped father and, to save him, ends up being in the same position her father started out in. As time passes for Beauty in the castle she realizes that the whole castle and all of the people in it were put on a spell. Once she gets to know the Beast better she also realizes that the Beast is actually nice on the inside and that he needs to find true love before the last rose petal falls or else he and his workers in the castle will remain as a beast and as pieces of furniture forever. Beauty and the Beast, in the end, do fall in love and the Beast changes from a monster into a handsome young man. Beauty and the Beast is very popular in England. Many allusions to the original story have been made in stage performances, television shows, and film productions. Beauty and the Beast was The Castle Theatre Wellingborough Christmas show in Nov-Dec 2007 with all new music. The Castle's version of Beauty and the Beast tells the original story, though a traveling theatre company.

The movie "Enchanted" (2007), starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey, and James Marsden, incorporates different fairy tales, including Cinderella and Snow White.

media type="youtube" key="VIVQ9W2KHYs" height="344" width="425"  This song is called "Fairytale" by Sara Bareilles. The song is sending a message that life is not a fairytale and the prince won't come and rescue you. This song includes 4 fairytales: -Cinderella -Sleeping Beauty -Snow White -Rapunzel   