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Chapter 24
Themes
and Colors
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in Cinderella is Dead, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Sexism and Feminism
Love
Oppression and Control
Coming of Age
Revolution, Solidarity, and Teamwork
Summary
Analysis
The next night, King Manford comes to Amina’s cottage. Sophia and Constance hide as Manford demands that Amina turn Sophia over to him. She refuses, but after Manford leaves, Constance accuses Amina of reporting their presence to the king. Sophia trusts Amina. Amina considers that Manford might make a fairy tale out of Sophia to warn other young women against following in her footsteps, and Sophia insists she would rather die than allow Manford to use her like that.
The discussion of whether Manford might make up a fairy tale about Sophia emphasizes the political undertones of fairy tales and raises the question of what lessons fairy tales aim to teach. Sophia is dismayed by the prospect of being made into a character in one of Manford’s propagandistic fairy tales, since she views that as a way of allowing Manford to use her to further his agenda.
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