Introduction <Tab/>Charles Perrault's Cinderella begins with an introduction intended for the French Court through use of words as nobleman, proudest, and haughtiest. There is no emotional attachment as is seen in Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm's Ashputtle. Ashputtle begins by introducing the reader to a young girl at the bedside of her dying mother. As Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm are German authors, the reader gets a different sense of appeal. Although …
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…Ashputtle but by the two turtledoves, and have their eyes pecked out by the turtledoves. This forces them to look inward for their beauty. In When the Clock Strikes, Ashella uses magic to gain revenge by cursing the prince, which ultimately forces him to lose his mind. The prince later finds out that the silk merchant is her father and on his way to the merchant's house, he is killed in the road by intriguers.