Who knew girls could be so desperate.
Disney
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Grimm
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Similarities
- Her name is Ella in both versions (but she has different nick names.)
- Step-mother and step-sister still treat Cinderella like a peasant.
- Loses her slipper (in the Grimm version it was gold, and the Disney it was glass.)
- Prince will marry the woman who fits in the slipper.
- Cinderella tries on the slipper and it fits perfectly.
- Her name is Ella in both versions (but she has different nick names.)
- Step-mother and step-sister still treat Cinderella like a peasant.
- Loses her slipper (in the Grimm version it was gold, and the Disney it was glass.)
- Prince will marry the woman who fits in the slipper.
- Cinderella tries on the slipper and it fits perfectly.
Fun Fact
There are five versions of the Grimm brothers Aschenputtel. In some of these versions the prince orders that there be pitch (similar to tar) smeared over the staircase as a way of slowing Aschenputtel down as she fled the ball, but in others the prince’s clever attempt is not mentioned.