Cinderella Tales: Comparison Chart
Story Element
Cinderella--Grimm
Princess Furball-Huck
DinorellaEdwards & Cole
father ?
Rich man with a dying
wife. Once she dies, he
remarries Cinderella’s
stepmother, and then
neglects Cinderella.
King, who ignored
and neglected his
daughter. He
promised his
daughter’s hand to
an ogre.
None.
mother ?
Her mother becomes
sick, and dies after she
told her she would look
down on her and God
would protect her.
Her mother died.
The nurse and cook
take over as her
mother.
None.
setting
In the garden, by the
mother’s grave and the
hazel tree.
The kitchen, by the
hearth, and the festival.
Castle of her home,
the woods, the new
castle, and the
kitchen of the new
castle.
The dinosaur den
and Duke Dudley’s
Den.
others —
antagonist(s) /
traits
The antagonists were
the step-mother and
two step-sisters.
The sisters had fair
faces, with dark hearts
and took all of
Cinderella’s nice
belongings, made fun
of her, and made her
do work for them,
while the mother
wouldn’t let her go to
the festival even after
she had completed her
chores.
The father is the only
antagonist, he tries
to marry her off to
the ogre, even
though she begs him
to change his mind.
Her stepsisters,
Doris and Dora.
They were lazy
and did nothing all
day, while they
dumped debris all
over the den,
never dusted or
did the dishes, and
demanded
Dinorella all day
to do all of the
chores.
Cinderella
character /
traits
Always does as she is
told, works hard, and is
caring.
Misses her mother
dearly.
She is very smart
and clever.
Dinorella was
dainty and
dependable,
always cleaning
up after her
stepsisters.
prince or king
character /
traits
The prince was
determined, loyal, and
smart. He knew that he
only wanted
Cinderella, so he
wouldn’t dance with
anyone else, chased
her home and waited
for her, and once that
didn’t work, he was
clever enough to cover
the steps and match up
her foot with the shoe.
The king was
charming.
Duke Dudley, the
most dashing
dinosaur in the
dunes.
event(s)—what
events and how
many?
Cinderella goes to her
mother’s grave three
times daily.
Her tears created the
hazel tree by her
mother’s grave.
The ball occurs three
different nights, all of
which she was given a
new dress and shoes
from the tree and the
prince chased her
home.
There were three
different balls,
where each time she
made the King’s
soup and put
something different
in each bowl.
There was only
one event, Duke
Dudley being
taken by the
deinonychus, and
Dinorella saved
him by throwing
her earring at the
deinonychus and
scaring him away.
test—Is there a
test for the
characters?
No.
No.
No.
magic — What
is it? Where
does it come
from?
The magic comes from
the tree that Cinderella
planted at her mother’s
grave, being her
mother’s ghost taking
care of her.
The princess put her
items into nut shells,
past that, there
wasn’t much magic.
Fairydactly gave
Dinorella a
beautiful dress
and diamond
jewels to out
dazzle all of the
others.
artifact (shoe
& material
made from)
and events
around artifact
?
The golden shoe that
the prince finds is
important, for it leads
him to Cinderella, and
takes her away from
her dreadful family.
Not glass slippers,
doesn’t say.
Diamond earring,
which Dinorella
threw at the
deinonychus,
which the Duke
retrieved and
matched with her
other earring.
resolution —
How does the
story end?
What happens
to Cinderella?
To antagonists?
The story ends happily
ever after for
Cinderella, for she
married the prince. As
for the sisters, they
would live blind for the
rest of their lives.
The king and queen
live happily ever
after, and she
doesn’t have to
marry the ogre.
Dinorella and
Duke Dudley
dance off into the
dawn together,
and the
stepsisters are
upset it isn’t them.
message or
moral?
When you are grateful
for what you have, you
will be rewarded. If
you are greedy, you
will be punished.
You get what you
deserve.
If you are clever, you
can overcome
obstacles.
Stand up for what
you believe in,
even if you are
afraid.