English 2033E Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hobbit, Veal, Father Figures
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Please answer three of the following five questions in paragraph form. Support your discussion with specific examples and details from the text. Do not just describe or summarize the story comment on the meaning of the elements you discuss. Your answers will be marked for their depth and detail: discuss the way social mobility (moving up the social class ladder) is portrayed in two traditional fairy tales. Cinderella is pushed down in social standing when her step mother forces her to do the chores around the house. Sent to the ball where she meets the prince, falls in love with her charm and beauty and he comes to marries her thus raising her social standing. In the case of cinderella it is more social restoration. She was first of a higher class until pushed down, and marrying the prince raised her standing once againseen in goose girl too. Peasant , youngest child left with nothing but a pussycat.
