When Zezolla saw he wasnt being distracted, in her agitation she lost her patten, or shoe covering. (Note the absence of the time restriction or the significance of midnight.) The servant brought this to the King, who spouts out a little ode that begins with this: If the foundation is so fair, what must be the mansion? Oh, lovely candlestick which holds the candle that consumes me! Oh, tripod of the lovely cauldron in which my life is boiling! and goes on with ever more ridiculous metaphors. So the King threw a feast for all the women in the land. After eating, he went around and tried the shoe on every foot, but it fit no one. So the King had another feast for the next day, and ordered that no woman be left at home. The Prince admitted he had a daughter, but that she was a sorry, worthless creature, not fir to take her place at the table where you eat. The Kings response: Let her be at the top of the list, for such is my wish. When Zezolla entered the next day, the King thought he recognized her, but said nothing. Note that, because Cinderella critics often point out that the Prince (whos a King here) is a)shallow, and b)stupid because he cant recognize Cinderellas face, only counts on her being alone in her shoe size. Stupidity especially applies to the Grimms Prince, who starts riding away with both stepsisters, thinking they are Cinderella, and has to be told by birds that their shoes are leaking blood. So at least in Basiles world, though the King might have fallen in love at first sight, he still recognizes Zezolla in her rags, and the shoe is more like a confirmation. In fact, the shoe darted forward of itself to shoe that painted Lovers egg, as the iron flies to the magnet. Zezolla becomes Queen and the stepmother and sisters are duly humiliated. talesoffaerie.blogspot/2010/07/basiles-cinderella.html
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 03:16:47 +0000