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Comparing The Ash Girl And Cinderella

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The Ash Girl by Timberlake Werthenbaker and Cinderella by Charles Perrault are very much alike in their plot. The original play of Cinderella tells a story of a young girl who lives with her step mother and step sisters, named Anastasia and Drizella, who aren't too kind to her. They treat her as if she was not part of the family in any way, almost is not human. They do not treat her with the respect she rightfully deserves. The step daughters have Cinderella cleaning, cooking, and sewing all day. The stepmother and daughters treat Cinderella as a maid. As if that was not enough, they do not even thank nor appreciate all the hard work Cinderella does for them. One day an invitation arrives to Cinderella's house. The King hosts a party at the …show more content…

Cinderella's mice, named Gus and Jaq, and bird friends help her fix an old dress her finds to wear to the ball. When her stepsisters ruined her dress, Cinderella went to the garden to cry. Her fairy Godmother, like in Ash Girl, appears and supplies Cinderella all the proper tools she needs to get to and attend the ball. Fairy Godmother turns a pumpkin into a carriage, and the mice into horses. The catch to this is that the magic wears off at twelve o'clock midnight, and Cinderella would have to be back at home before then. At the ball, Prince Charming danced with Cinderella, who's name he did not know at that time. The prince was almost mesmerized by her beauty and grace. When the clock strikes twelve, Cinderella rushes out of the palace, accidentally leaving one of her glass slippers on the palace steps. The prince send the grand duke to find the girl who fits that slipper, for she is to be his wife. Cinderella's stepmother locks her up in the basement, and lets her daughters try on the slipper, in hopes it will fit one of them. The mother purposely drops the glass slipper and it shatters into a million

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