The classic story of Cinderella has been told over countless centuries with numerous interpretations designed to fit a given cultural society at a given time. Due to so many interpretations and being told so many times, some versions are completely different while still embodying the same message. However, the classic Cinderella story revolves around a beautiful young woman who loses her mother and, with her father's remarriage, faces new hardships. Some of these struggles include mistreatment and harassment from her new stepmother and stepsisters while she is treated like the ugly duckling. Cinderella finds herself having to do countless chores that seemingly never stop. However, thanks to his tenacity and desire to desire a better life, together with the help of his fairy godmother he manages to find Cinderella the love of his life and, finally, a happy ending. Due to the countless different iterations of this classic story, it is evident that due to some cultures and their beliefs, some conditions such as actions performed, magical assistance, and even origin stories of the protagonist are altered. We will carefully examine three different interpretations of Cinderella to evaluate their action, assistance and culture that seems to take place. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essay In the classic story "Cinderella", the protagonist does almost nothing to alter her destiny, but more importantly her destiny is altered due to the persistence of the prince who did everything to find the rightful owner of the glass slipper. After finding the owner of the slipper, the two end up falling in love and a happy ending is achieved. However, in “Yeh-hsien,” a Chinese version of Cinderella, the protagonist takes the form of Yeh Hsein. Both characters' actions are remotely similar in that they did not actively try to change their own destiny, but rather let others alter it. In Yeh Hsien, similarly to Cinderella, the protagonist lost her shoe and the king who was called T'o-han searched everywhere for the owner, but unlike the origin story, Yeh-Hsien wore his best suit and tried to look as beautiful as possible for the king. As the story states, after the meeting, Yeh-Hsein "now began to render service to the king." On the other hand, unlike both Cinderella and Yeh-Hsein, the story of Donkey Skin shows a different approach on the part of the protagonist. Donkeyskin's heroine takes matters into her own hands and alters her seemingly certain destiny. This is clearly seen in the scene where the heroine places a ring in a cake she had baked for the prince. The author of the story known as Perrault had even stated that it was an act to get the prince's attention, as seen in this quote, “...he put him there with a purpose. I have no doubt and give you my word that she was confident that her young admirer would accept the ring with gratitude.” In the same way as in Donkey Skin, in the story “Vasilisa the Beautiful” the protagonist is clearly seen making an active effort to change her destiny. Vasilina possesses talent in producing fine linen and unknowingly uses this talent to her advantage to change her future. One day, the protagonist gives some linen to an elderly lady who was hosting her and states: “'Grandma, sell this linen and keep the money for yourself'”. Grandmother presents this linen before the Tsar who is amazed by the quality of the work. It turns out that Vasilisa was the only one who could produce.