...the next day...

Anne Sexton


-The use of "once:" less dramatic, as opposed to once upon a time
-The bird DROPPED down the dress and delicate little slippers
-->Bird droppings, crap, sicko...
-Cinderella is still mourning for her mother after her death; her father, however, moves on no problem
-THIS TIME, CINDERELLA FIT INTO THE SHOE: does this mean that she is the same person as her stepsisters???
-->Women "amputating" themselves to fit in to society...
-->Women all trying to look the same
-Anne Sexton does have an interest in her writing with psychological thinking (like Freud)
-Happily ever after?
-->To fight does not mean that someone is unhappy... fighting is ok in a relationship
-->But what is "happy?"
-->Getting everything you want does not yield happiness; if you get everything you want, it looses its specialness
-Cinderella didn't do anything (she never worked; the animals did everything for her and everything was dropped in front of her)
-->Was she really so pious? If you just be something, then you will get happiness; you may not even have to do anything
-Cinderella starts of wealthy, and when she loses it, she is on a mission to regain her status






Fairy Tales: What is their purpose? What does it say about art?

-What do children see/read in fairy tales?
-Pig Story
-What does art do to the instinct of hunger for the wolf?
-The wolf challenges him... art challenges us!
-Karl Marx: "Religion is the opiate of the people."
-What is art in relation to us as humans?