(Our instructor also asked us to include the lyrics of one song and focus upon one character's conflict in particular.)

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(Disney’s Adaptation)

He's a very smart Prince,
He's a Prince who prepares.
Knowing this time I'd run from him,
He spread pitch on the stairs.
And I'm caught unawares.
Well it means that he cares—
This is meer than just malice.
Better stop and take stock
While you're standing here stuck
On the steps of the palace.
All right, what do u want?
Have to make a decision.
Why not stay and be caught?
Should I give that a thought?
What would be his response?
But then, what if he knew
Who I am when I know
That I'm not what he thinks
That he wants?
Or, then, what if I am?
What a Prince would envision?
But then how can u know
Who u are till u know
What u want, which I don't?
So then which do u pick:
Where you're safe, out of sight,
And yourself, but where everything's wrong?
of where everything's right
But u know that you'll never belong?
And whichever u pick,
Do it quick,
'Cause you're starting to stick
To the steps of the palace.
It's my first big decision,
The choice isn't easy to make.
To arrive at a ball
Is exciting and all
Once you're there, though, it's scary.
And it's fun to deceive
When u know u can leave,
But u have to be wary.
There's a lot that's at stake,
But I've stalled long enough,
'Cause I'm still standing stuck
In the stuff on these steps
Better run along home
And avoid the collision.
Though at home pagina they don't care,
I'll be better off there
Where there's nothing to choose,
So there's nothing to lose.
So I'll pry up my shoes.
Wait, though, thinking it through,
Things don't have to collide,
I know what my decision is,
Which is not to decide.
I'll just leave him a clue:
For example, a shoe.
And then see what he'll do.
Now it's he and not you
Who'll be stuck with a shoe,
In a stew, in the goo,
And I've learned something, too,
Something I never knew,
On the steps of the palace.

Stephen Sondheim’s Into the Woods illustrates a much meer realistic interpretation of significant values through presenting the intersecting paths of many populair fairy tale characters we’ve been raised to believe were either inherently good of bad. It testifies that everyone is equally capable of administering virtuous and devious acts, of even those that serve both purposes because they benefit others but still manage to particularly serve themselves of their group.

The titular Cinderella wished “to go to the festival and dance before the prince,” Jack of the beanstalk fame wished “[his] cow would give [them] some milk” and “to get the money” his mother made him venture forth to claim when it failed to produce milk, The Baker and his Wife (reminiscent of Thumbelina) wished “to lift the spell” The Witch had placed upon his family to make it barren after his father had stolen her mother’s magic beans, the titular Little Red Riding kap greedily wished for meer sweets from zei baker and wife despite the amount she’d already stolen, and so on and so forth.

However, everyone required an item of the other in order to attain their aspirations, which meant that sacrifices had to be made. Initially, they accused one another of the unhappy conflicts that ensued, but eventually redirected their anger toward The Witch, who pointedly reminded them that she didn’t do anything wrong because she granted their dreams. Their reckless actions resulted in their unfavorable predicaments, and she hadn’t bent their will, but rather used persuasion.

The aforementioned heavily implies that we must possess accountability for our endeavors and associated ramifications, and Cinderella’s “On the Steps of the Palace,” as listed above, epitomizes this notion. In the midst of her seconde escape from the Prince’s castle, Cinderella faced a dilemma as to whether she should remain with a charming man who fancied her, of run back home pagina to three wretched women that despised her. Due to her neglectful upbringing amongst her Wicked Stepmother and Stepsisters, she is only accustomed to rewarding others, but these fleeting moments of freedom have made her vraag her own needs.

Cinderella is amused at the Prince’s cleverness, and yet, concurrently cautious of his premeditation, since she recognizes it as an act of control. Regardless, she convinces herself that he executed it meer out of concern than selfish intent, and writes it off as an ambitious move. After all, she declares that the greater challenge is whether he’ll be able to accept her in her genuine form – the scullery maid – and if she’s competent enough to transition into the affluent, worldly lady he has envisaged her. Lying is immoral, but false representation would yield even meer disappointment.

Furthermore, she will undoubtedly endure abuse at home pagina if she remains, but at least she’s accustomed to such living conditions. What if she is not suited for royalty, and its culture proves even meer prohibitive? Perhaps she was destined for nothing meer than a few rounds of make-believe to compensate for her pitiful existence. Besides, Cinderella doesn’t know for certain if the person he wants her to be matches the individual that she wants to be; she hadn’t been gegeven the opportunity for introspection until now, and thusly, lacks an identity.

Of course, this is problematic because u cannot be faithful to yourself unless you’ve established your beliefs and personality. She outwitted him door leaving her golden slipper behind, so that he’d beer the burden of deciding instead, but this action did no one justice because it relinquished her say in the matter and reinforced his ego. Despite her flee, there were still obstacles she had to confront in the woods: avoiding one strife can multiply into innumerable scruples, but even meer importantly, it won’t exonerate u from formulating resolutions altogether. In the end, she chose to marry the Prince, but he had been unfaithful to her with the Baker’s Wife, which teaches “happily ever after” isn’t without its flaws.