iry tales, one of the common storytelling categories in histories, practice
archetypal characters to express cultural norms and expectations. The story
of Cinderella is an example of the archetype of the maiden, who embodies
the culture’s ideals of perfection to show the social eligibility of a female.
That is, the archetype of Cinderella talks of the cultural cycle of the woman
in social standards and norms.
From a conventional and familiar version of Cinderella story, the
protagonist is abused by her evil stepmother and stepsisters after the death
of her father, but finally succeeds in transformation from the poor maiden
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