Question

What details from, “Cinderella, the legend” support the authors claim that the Cinderella story fits the Protestant ethic?

Answer 1

The moral lesson: virtue will be rewarded.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Protestant ethic is a work ethic concept which emphasizes that hard work and discipline make a person being elected, which means, being predestined to be saved.

Readers can notice throughout "Cinderella, the legend" this moral lesson: virtue will be rewarded. In this case, Cinderella’s reward came when a good-looking man, a prince, put an end to her onerous tedium of making a living.

Answer 2

"Cinderella, The Legend" fits the Protestant ethic because the moral principle in this fairy tale is that good fortune can be merited. The story shows sibling rivalries and in some way sex-role stereotyping. It is an interesting fable about socialization. In Cinderella, the author conveys the idea that virtue will be rewarded whereas evil will be punished.