Ella Enchanted
The version on Cinderella I have enjoyed the most over the years is Ella Enchanted. Before visiting the Sur La Lune sight I did not even realize that Ella Enchanted was a version of the classic Cinderella tale, however the more I thought about it the more they related.
Ella Enchanted approaches CInderella in a new way then most of the versions we have read in class. Although, the female main in the story is beautiful and gracious, her graciousness is a curse given to her by her fairy godmother when she is born. Ella cannot say no to anyone, or refuse a command. The graciousness that is so focused on the other versions of Cinderella as a blessing and what all women should be, is portrayed as the thing Ella struggles most with in the book.
Ella Enchanted still entails the main points of focus of other versions as well. Ella is locked away as a servant, has evil step sisters and an evil stepmother and in the end is saved by prince charming, when the cure is broken by her "one true love".
I am amazed that I did not realize the similarities in stories before now. The slight alteration of graciousness as a curse instead of a blessing is one I find truly interesting. It address how at a point a woman's graciousness becomes subservient.
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