Versions of Cinderella - Comparative Table

Element<= o:p>	Charles Per= rault	Brothers Grimm	Walt Disney
Begins ‘once upon a time’	Yes	No	Yes
Father remarries? Why? Stepsisters?	Yes – ‘most proud and haughty woman= that was ever known’. Reason for marriage not specified. Unnamed step sisters.	Yes 1^st wife dies from illness. Marries again within a year. Unnamed step sisters.	Yes – feels his daughter needs a mothers = care. Stepsisters are Drizella and Anastasia.<= /o:p>
Death of father	No – Becomes a background figure – entirely governed by new w= ife.	No Features throughout the story. Brings Aschenputtel the sprig that becomes the magical haz= el tree that watches over her. Attempts to find the unknown girl who continu= es to escape from the prince into their home.	Yes Father dies an ‘untimely death’
Stepmother and step sisters treat Cinderella po= orly and make her a slave.	Yes Domestic tasks	Yes Kitchen Maid	Yes House Servant
Nickname? Reason?	Cendrillon / Cinderbreech When finished work she would sit down in the chimney corner on the cinder= s.	Aschenputtel Has no bed so is forced to lie by the hearth among the ashes that are dir= ty and dusty every night.	Cinderella Reason not specified.
Purpose for royal celebration? Length of celebrations?	Not known why the prince holds the ball. Runs over 2 nights	Son is to choose his bride from those that attend. 3 day feast.	King wants grandchildren and so holds a ball in= the hope that his son will meet his future wife. 1 night.
Allowed to go to the ball?	No Stepsisters declare that it would make people l= augh to see someone such as Cinderbreech at the ba= ll.	Only if she completes the task of picking 1 then 2 basins of peas out of = the ashes in 1 hour. Calls to her bird friends who help her to complete this task. Still is not allowed to go.	Only if she completes all her usual tasks + additional tasks and has something appropriate to wear. Her friends the mice transform her mothers dress into a ball gown using stolen materials. Stepmother sees dress and is furious as she has stolen their things. Not allowed to go.
Friends (protective figures) that help Cinderel= la to achieve what she wishes.	Fairy godmother	Bird that has built its nest in the tree above = her mothers grave. Brings her whatever she wishes for.	Mice - Jack and Gus Birds Dog – Bruno Fairy godmother
Appearance of magical figure<= /b>	Yes Fairy godmother	Hazel tree above mothers grave.	Yes Fairy godmother
Transformations made by magical figure	Pumpkin to gold coach 6 mice to 6 grey horses A large rat to coachman 6 lizards to 6 footmen Cendrillon’s ugly clothes to a beautiful silver and gold ballgown + pair of glass slip= pers.	Grants Aschenputtel’s wish for a beauti= ful gold and silver dress + golden slippers.	Pumpkin to a coach 4 mice to grey horses A grey horse to a driver A dog to a coachman Cinderella’s ruined dress into a blue and white ball gown.
Conditions imposed?	Must leave ball by midnight as all that has been transformed will return to its original form at this time.	No	Must leave ball by midnight as all that has been transformed will return to its original form at this time.
Prince is besotted with Cinderella, they dance = all night	Yes	Yes - His reply to anyone who asks her to dance is ‘the lady is dancing w= ith me’.	Yes
Reason for departure – leaves prince.	Nears midnight and must be home before all transformations return to their original form.	Prince tries to walk her ho= me, she flees as she does not want him to discover her true identity. 1^st night: escapes into Pigeon house= . 2^nd night: escapes up pear tree. Both times slips back into usual clothes and po= sition in house before the family and prince discover her.	Nears midnight and must be home before all transformations return to their original form.
Loses slipper whilst departing from ball. Type of slipper?	Yes, glass slipper.	Yes, golden slipper. Loses it on the 3^rd night when departing as the king tries to = slow her down.	Yes, glass slipper.
Prince will marry the lady who fits slipper	Yes All ladies must try the shoe= on.	Yes	Yes
Sisters try on glass slipper – How do they try to make it fit?=	Yes Sisters try to squash feet into slippers but their feet are too big.=	Yes Sister 1: Cuts toe off -fits Sister 2: Cuts heel off - fits as when they are queen they will not need to go on foot! Prince accepts them both in turn as bride but on the way to palace magical birds alert him to their fraud.	Yes Sisters try to squash feet into slippers but their feet are too big.
Cinderella tries on glass slipper. Does it fit?	Tries on slipper. Fits perfectly. Presents matching slipper from her pocket.	Has to clean herself up before she is allowed to try on slipper. Fits perfectly.	No Stepmother trips the Grand Duke who is holding the slipper – smashes everywhere. Cinderella presents the glass slipper from her pocket to the Grand Duke. – Fits perfectly.
Marries Prince	Yes	Yes Friendly bird goes with Aschenputtel.	Yes Immediately
Fate of sisters	Beg forgiveness from Cendr= illon which she accepts. 2 sisters move into the palace and marry 2 lord of the royal court.	Not specified in many versions. Some say Aschenputtel’s friends the bir= ds pick out the step sisters eyes – and they were punished with blindn= ess for the rest of their days.	Not detailed.
Concludes with ‘they lived happily ever after’	No – Ends with poem about the moral of the story.	No	Yes