The Case of The Many Faces of Cinderella Blackboard 灰姑娘黑板的许多面孔的情况.pptVIP

NOTICE: The following presentation contains copyright protected materials used under the fair use exemption of the U.S. Copyright Law. Further use if prohibited. *Click on Mouse to change slide* The Case of The Many Faces of Cinderella Jamie Jennings SLIS 5440 Summer II 2002 Description and Purpose: This is a PowerPoint presentation which will examine ten different Cinderella stories from different cultures in the form of a F.T.A. (Fairy Tale Agency) case profile. The purpose of this project is to show that Cinderella is a familiar figure in many cultures. She or he in some cases, is a common thread we all share. I scoured the public library for these stories as well as my own personal collection. Bibliographic Citations Climo, Shirley (1989). The Egyptian Cinderella. New York: Harper Collins. Story Synopsis: Rhodopis is stolen from Greece by pirates and sold as a slave in Egypt. Her master is very kind but old. He doesn’t see the cruel things the other servant girls do to her out of their jealousy. Rhodopis takes it in stride and is kind to everyone, including her animal friends. She is given a gift of red slippers by her master for her beautiful dancing. This makes the others more jealous. Rhodopis is uninvited to go with the rest of the servants to see the Pharoah. She was sad but she tried dancing to make herself feel better. A falcon sweeps down and takes one of her slippers and drops it into Pharoah’s lap. He decides he wants to marry the woman who wears this slippers and sets out to find her. Eventually, he comes to the house where Rhodopis is a servant, finds that it only fits her and makes her his queen. F.T.A. Files: Case # 333 – The Many Faces of Cinderella Case Status: Solved Lead Agent: Mr. Grimm Who is “Cinderella”? The F.T.A. has thoroughly investigated ten “Cinderella”s. The following ten slides will provide you with profiles of each girl. Interestingly enough, the F.T.A. found the following common strands: -E