Marxist+Criticism

= = **Marxist Criticism**: Marxist critics are interested in power relationships between classes and in the uses and abuses of capital. They might ask: How is power distributed and exercised within the story? Who has the power in the settings the main characters find themselves? How do the powerful use their power? Who doesn’t have power and why? = = =Use this page to share links, discuss and analyze "Cinderella" using this critical lens.=


 * Most Powerful:**
 * Prince** - He was able to get Cinderella try on the slipper. Since he is the Prince, he had power over the entire kingdom. //Example//: "Hast thou not another daughter?" asked the prince of Cinderella's father. "None," he said, 'excepting the child of my first wide, a little Cinderella; she could not possibly be your bride.' 'Send for her,' said the prince. But the stepmother answered, 'Oh no! I dare not let you see her, she is much too dirty.' But the prince insisted that Cinderella should be sent for, so at last they called her in.


 * Stepmother**- She was the commander of the house house and treated Cinderella poorly because she felt threatened by Cinderella (Similar situation as in Snow white with and the evil queen) The stepmother has the most power out of the family and she wants to vicariously live through her daughters.


 * 2 Stepsisters** -The 2 girls have power over Cinderella but otherwise they are not too powerful, just very greedy and evil.


 * Cinderella** - She has no power in house until she married the Prince.


 * Father** - had no power because he is an absent father