What are the common plot elements in the tales nos. 1-3 listed above involving siblings? What is the relationship among siblings in these tales? Which two tales share almost identical narratives in part or in total? (12 pts)

What is the common plot and common themes in the three versions of the Cinderella story (the two by the Brothers Grimm and the one by Perrault)? What are some major differences? What effect do the differences make on each version? (10 pts)

Part II. In the four readings for Friday, “The Tale of the Sleeper and the Waker,” the story from The Conference of the Birds by ‘Aṭṭār, the extract from the travels of Marco Polo, and the second act of Life is a Dream by Calderón, individuals are made to believe that they have dreamt certain events in which they participated. For each tale:

Who is being fooled into thinking that they were dreaming? (4 pts)

Who is tricking them into believing this? (4 pts)

3. Why is this being done (i.e., why are these individuals made to believe that they have been dreaming and that the events that they think occurred are actually dreams)? (8 pts)