A very common fairy tale that we have grown up hearing is the story of Cinderella, a poor girl whose dreams of marrying a prince and living happily ever after, finally come true after many years of wishing upon a star. While she was young, she had an extremely close relationship with her father; her mother passed on long before Cinderella could remember. The first mother that Cinderella first encounters in her life is her …showed first 75 words of 361 total…

…showed last 75 words of 361 total…her voice is rich and beautiful singing the song about scrubbing. This is once again, her subconscious kicking in. By this act, she is saying that she is a versatile woman. Cinderella is telling her ‘mates’ that she is multi-talented and can do anything with almost nothing, a wonderful trait that a man would need in a woman. Therefore, it is concluded that Cinderella, by her behavior whether conscious or not, demonstrates the Electra complex.