Imagining of Literature

The Cinderella complex [1] and Ugly Betty The Cinderella story is one of the most popular tales with strong roots in cultures all around the globe. It was adapted and re-told multiple times eventually becoming a productive and even archetypical theme especially in Western culture. The Cinderella story is almost synonymous with the quest of a person to endure injustice and to evolve in a higher society role overcoming the odds. Similar motifs were categorized and analyzed in theory by the Russian formalist Vladimir Propp [2] and his analytical approach proved to be very influential. His work scrutinizes the folk tales and develops a pattern of well organized repeatable structures and motifs.