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LITERARY CRITICISM ANALYSIS (MODIFIED SAMPLE FORMAT)
Introductory Paragraph
Cinderella, a movie released in 1950 and produced by Walt Disney was based on European folk
tale about a young woman who suffered from cruelty of her stepmother and stepsisters, later on she tried
to change her fate in one night. Cinderella had many versions when it comes to folk tale, the most popular
version was written in French by in 1697, under the name Cendrillon. The popularity of his tale was due
to his additions to the story, including the, the fairy-godmother and the introduction of glass slippers
which was adapted by Walt Disney in animation film.
The story revolved around a girl named Cinderella who lived with her father, stepmother and
stepsisters. At first everything was alright until her father passed away, since then her stepmother made
Cinderella did all the housekeeping jobs. Meanwhile in the castle, the King wanted his son to
immediately get married to a woman, so he held a ball and invited all of the young women across the
kingdom to find a suitable bride for the Prince. Cinderella had no suitable party dress for a ball, but her
friends the mice and the birds helped her. The evil stepsisters immediately tear apart the dress on the
evening night right before the ball, and then come the Fairy Godmother to help her out of misery. Finally
Cinderella was able to make it to the ball, the Prince noticed her and immediately fell in love, but
Cinderella had to go back before midnight, because the magic would be gone. The Prince tried to look for
Cinderella after that ball, only by the glass slipper that Cinderella dropped before she left him at the ball.
The Prince then searched the entire kingdom for Cinderella by fitting the slipper to every maiden in the
kingdom. If it fits, then she would be Cinderella. Cinderella’s foot was able to fit on that slipper, and
Prince married her after knowing that she was the Cinderella and they lived happily ever after.
Marx ideologies can help us to analyze this movie, the story behind this film was a portrait of
socio-cultural reference at that time, the aristocrat system that led the country or kingdom, and how the
society see what is the meaning of life. These points were interesting to analyze, because this film
depicted the social ideology and views at that time. It is most likely that this film had a strong implication
of Marx 3 ideology towards the society, how the class struggle between people to change their current
state, how people are being classed, and how the false consciousness works.
