Symbolism in Three Version Cinderella Stories, an Analysis of Representation (Katharine Pyle, Charles Perrault, and Disney) Wahju Kusumajanti, English Department-Faculty of Art and Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Surabaya Indonesia wahjukusumajanti@uinsby.ac.id Arinda Anggana Raras, English Department-Faculty of Art and Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Surabaya Indonesia arinda.raras32@gmail.com Zulidyana Dwi Rusnalasari English Department-Faculty of Art and Humanities, Universitas Islam Negeri Surabaya Indonesia zulidyana@gmail.com Abstract—Cinderella is one of the most remarkable short stories of all ages. Cinderella was the best-known fairy tale and probably the best-liked in every region in the world. This study tries to analyze the three versions of Cinderella stories written by Katharine Pyle, Charles Perrault, and the animation movie produced by Walt Disney. This study focused on the symbols which appear in Cinderella stories using Representation theory by Stuart Hall to find out the meanings of the symbols. The method of this research is qualitative research. The data source of this research is the three versions of Cinderella Stories. As a result, the researcher finds out the symbols, which dominantly appear are: the slipper, the gown, the pumpkin, the animals, and the main characters. Each of the symbols reveals the meaning which represented the cultural and sociological context of the story. Keywords: Cinderella, Representation, symbolism, fairy tale I. INTRODUCTION Cinderella is a famous fairy tale. Bettelheim (1976:236) says that Cinderella was the best-known fairy tale, and probably the best- liked [1]. Because many writers from different nations have written Cinderella. That is why the story has different versions, and every country has a different storyline and even the characters. It has been traced to Asia, India, Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and North America over 4000 years ago and also has over 500 different European versions [2]. The assumption is that the children around the world know the story. In the modern era, the story of Cinderella still exists and has many adaptions in kinds of literature, even songs, and movies. Based on the discussions above, we (the researchers) decide to study 'Cinderella' as the object of the study. While the authors chosen are Charles Perrault, Katharine Pyle, and Disney's animation. Charles Perrault wrote 'Cendrillon' or 'The Little Glass Slipper.' It is the accessible version first published in 1697. 'Cinderella' by Charles Perrault has been translated and adapted over and over through the centuries centuries [3]. Besides, most scholars use this version for the research studies. The popularity of this version is because of the additions of fairy-godmother and the pumpkin[4]. The text is different from the German Grimm brothers, and Walt Disney adapted into an animation version in 1950 and a live-action movie in 2015. Katharine Pyle is chosen because she is one of the successful author and illustrator in America. Pyle achieved recognition as an author through her short stories, poems, and plays for children. She also compiled and retold several volumes of fairy tales and myths [5]. Cinderella story written by Katharine Pyle was published in 1918 in Mother's Nursery Tales. The story has the influence of Cinderella by Charles Perrault's version that makes the plot and the characters of the story much alike. We also choose Cinderella animation movie (1950) by Walt Disney because it is the adaptation of Cinderella by Charles Perrault. The movie became the commercial hit for the studio since Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). It also received three Academy Award nominations[6]. Besides its popularity, we choose this version because the Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research, volume 434 International Conference on English Language Teaching (ICONELT 2019) Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL. This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license -http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. 5