Glass Slippers, Fairy Dust, and Feminist Ethics: Perrault and Barrie’s Influence on J.K. Rowling’s Independent Heroine

Abstract

My essay delves into J.K. Rowling\u27s character of Hermione Granger. Hermione is a feminist character that seems to have been created with influence from Charles Perrault\u27s Cinderella and J.M. Barrie\u27s Peter Pan . This essay details the similarities between Cinderella, Wendy Darling, and Hermione Granger, all while proving Rowling\u27s feminist leaning when creating Hermione