Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Cinderella
The Cinderella formula definitely takes form in Lois the Witch when Lois was put into a home of an aunt who does not care for her (the evil stepmother) and two female cousins (the evil stepsisters) and a male cousin (who could be symbolic of a number of things). She hopes that one day Hugh Lucy (her prince) will come save her from her terrible life. Although the cousins are not always mean to her, they definitely make her do chores, such as taking Faith's note to the pastor, as well as many other things. Prudence is also very mean and tricks the town into believing that Lois is a witch. Another aspect in which this is like Cinderella is that the pastor, whom Faith is in love with, cares more for Lois than Faith. Although, in this story, Lois' prince is ultimately too late to save her from her wrongful death, there are definitely many similarities in the stories.
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Yes, I wondered if anyone would pick up on the double-prince idea--the pastor is the prince that Faith cannot have. And accusing her --or allowing her to be accused of being a witch is like Cinderella being locked in the attic.
ReplyDeletei think it is a cinderella story also. It seems a lot of these gothic stories start out as cinderella story but then have some tragic ending.
ReplyDeleteIt is like Prudence tricks the town into believing Lois is the Witch because she is jealous of Lois in some way. This story, much like a lot of gothic lit, has a sense of the cinderella story. It's an orphaned girl who is thrown into a family that usually does not like her and that girl is forced to rely on herself to survive. I think it helps the reader feel sympathy for the girl and allows them to relate more to her suffering while reading.
ReplyDeleteHow could I have missed that? for some reason I did not connect Lois the Witch with a Cinderella Story. I think I was just so absorbed in the prejudice and jealousy in the story that I completely overlooked what the story could have been trying to say or be compared to. Once I saw how Lois the Witch could've been a Cinderella Story I was even more depressed that her prince didn't come rescue her! That's every girl's dream! I also noted that the people of the town followed and obeyed the pastor's every word, which is somewhat ironic because the pastor is not God, he tells of Gods word.
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job in analysing Lois the Witch in the cinderella formula. However, it really upsets me when the prince did not come rescure her on time and she ended up dying.
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