The Dreaded Glass SlipperIn "Her First Dance" by Katherine Mansfield, she describes an enchanting scene of a young girl making her debut in modern society. His feelings are manifested through the main protagonist, her loneliness and the desire for a genuine relationship. Mansfield shows how loneliness affects an author's writing through all the interference from the outside world that drags on his emotions. Her story at the beginning is a bit like a Cinderella story, but the ending is not a happy ending. The story reveals Mansfield's personal emotions embedded in his characters and creates a fairytale romantic image for the reader. The focus of the story is whether Leia finds her prince and has a great time. The properties of the Cinderella complex appear in Mansfield's "Her First Ball" through examples of imagery, personification, the disposition of the main character, and the dream of a Prince Charming, revealing the author's emphasis on relationships between men and women. a failed marriage, even though she never divorced her husband, left her feeling more pain than joy. Without the presence of her spouse, she becomes obsessed with fairy tales; she wrote a statement to her husband saying: “In 1920 she wrote to him “I see the Fairy Tale as truly our story. It is an extraordinary symbol. The prince and princess eventually get married […]” (Lederman page 35). Her husband married her for money and never kept her much company. The absence of love from her husband, her father, and her lost brother creates an obsession with romance and relationships between men and women. Her husband never shows that he truly loves her, forcing her to turn to the world of fantasy and romance to fill that void. M... middle of paper... Mansfield's marriage and heartless husband end up helping her create her style and obsession with fairy tales. The Cinderella Complex affects women in society by making them appear weak and constantly in need of the help and assistance of the opposite sex. The imagery and personification he uses to create the mystical and enchanting scene in the reader's mind truly transforms the tale into a work of romantic fantasy fiction. The character of the main character shows how the author thinks and emphasizes the importance of the relationship between men and women. The dream and concept of a non-existent Prince Charming ruins the image of true love and wreaks havoc in the minds of women and girls – you take that idea of ​​infatuation and turn that image into true love. The Cinderella complex affects Mansfield in his writing style and his feelings towards love and romance.