Personality

Family members

Prince

Cinderella
Unparalleled
goodness,
sweetness of
temper
Patient
Intelligent ad
artistic because
sisters asked for
her opinion about
dresses
Left slipper on
second night
Mother was not
mentioned
Father is a
gentleman,
remarried and
governed by
stepmother
Envious
stepmother; absent
in the latter part
Two stepsisters
The prince himself
throws the ball (2
nights)
First sees Cinderella
at the ball
Sent a servant to

Aschenputtel

Pious and good

Always weeping
and crying

Original mother fell

sick and died
Father is a rich
man; remarried;
does not care about
Cinderella, call her
a stunted kitchenwench
Stepsisters were
beautiful but vile
Stepmother threw
lentils into the
ashes
Princes father
throws a ball to
force the Prince to
find a wife (3
nights)
First sees Cinderella

Donkeyskin

Determined to get
away from her
father
Good worker

Father is the king:

pursuant,
threatening his
people in order to
hasten the
production of the
dresses
His wife died and
told the king to
remarry

First sees Cinderella

through a keyhole
His mother was an
active character
Was not forced to
find a wife and

Princess Dahli

Contented with her

life
Clever, disobeyed
family members

Her parents were

king and queen
Her uncle, king
Archibald: thinks
that she could be a
good servant for his
daughters
Carnatia and
Chrysanthia: mean
cousins, both fat
and not pretty,
ungrateful

Same as Dahli:
parents are poor,
sent to live with his
uncle, disobeyed
his cousin, and
used animals

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Helpers

Function of Magic

Ending

Fairy godmother:
told her to bring
pumpkin, mice, rat,
lizards; gold and
silver dress, glass
slippers; warned
her about midnight
The magic that the
fairy bestowed
upon her gave her
the chance to do
what she wants but
with a duration
The magical glass
slipper was the way
to find the girl
Marriage
Forgave the sisters;
found them
matches

at the ball
The prince
personally went
from one house to
the next to try the
slipper
Hazel tree
Birds that perched
on the hazel tree:
gave her gold and
silver dress with
silver slippers (1st
night), golden
slippers (3rd night)
The golden slipper
was used to find
Cinderella
No deadline/time
limit
The talking birds
told the prince that
the two stepsisters
were lying
Marriage
The stepsisters
were punished with
blindness by birds

marry
Had a high fever
Requested for a
cake from
donkeyskin
The ring was used
to find the girl
Fairy godmother:
gave her advice
instead of gifts; did
not directly help
Donkeyskin in her
transformation but
helped her to
escape
The donkeys skin
was used to
disguise herself
from the king and
the guards
The fairys invisible
mantle also helped
her to escape
Marriage
Donkeyskins father
married another
woman
The prince and
donkeyskin were
coronated as King
and Queen

(spiders) to annoy
his cousin more

Talking mice
annoyed her
cousins more

Dahli and the

prince were given a
castle, some lands,
wardrobe, and
pearls
Prince asked Dahli
to share the castle

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Marriage