Editing Cinderella (section)

===Villains===
Although many variants of Cinderella feature the wicked stepmother, the defining trait of type 510A is a female persecutor: in ''[[Fair, Brown and Trembling]]'' and ''[[Finette Cendron]]'', the stepmother does not appear at all, and it is the older sisters who confine her to the kitchen. In other fairy tales featuring the ball, she was driven from home by the persecutions of her father, usually because he wished to marry her. Of this type (510B) are ''[[Cap O' Rushes]]'', ''[[Catskin]]'', and ''[[Allerleirauh]]'' (or ''All-Kinds-of-Fur''), and she slaves in the kitchen because she found a job there.<ref>Heidi Anne Heiner, "[https://www.surlalunefairytales.com/a-g/donkeyskin/donkeyskin-related.html Tales Similar to Donkeyskin]"</ref> In ''[[Katie Woodencloak]]'', the stepmother drives her from home, and she likewise finds such a job.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Katie Woodencloak (Norwegian Version of Cinderella)|date=5 April 2016|url=https://fairytalez.com/katie-woodencloak/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405205135/http://fairytalez.com/katie-woodencloak/|archive-date=5 April 2016}}</ref>

In ''[[La Cenerentola]]'', [[Gioachino Rossini]] inverted the sex roles: Cenerentola is mistreated by her [[Stepfamily#stepfathers|stepfather]]. (This makes the opera Aarne-Thompson type 510B.) He also made the economic basis for such hostility unusually clear, in that Don Magnifico wishes to make his own daughters' [[dowry|dowries]] larger, to attract a grander match, which is impossible if he must provide a third dowry. Folklorists often interpret the hostility between the stepmother and stepdaughter as just such a competition for resources, but seldom does the tale make it clear.<ref>{{cite book|last=Warner|first=Marina|author-link=Marina Warner|date=|title=From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales And Their Tellers|url=|language=|location=|publisher=|pages=213–4|isbn=0-374-15901-7}}</ref>

In some retellings, at least one stepsister is somewhat kind to Cinderella and second guesses the Stepmother's treatment. This is seen in ''[[Ever After (film)|Ever After]]'', [[Cinderella II: Dreams Come True|the two]] [[Cinderella III: A Twist in Time|direct-to-video sequels]] to [[Walt Disney]]'s [[Cinderella (1950 film)|1950 film]], and [[Cinderella (2013 Broadway production)|the 2013 Broadway musical]].

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|File:Thomas Sully - Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire - 2005.1 - Dallas Museum of Art.jpg|''Cinderella at the Kitchen Fire'', [[Thomas Sully]], 1843
|File:Cinderella 1865 (2).png|The stepsisters, 1865 edition of Cinderella
|File:Cinderella Dressing Her Sisters.png|Cinderella Dressing Her Sisters, ''Aunt Friendly's Gift'', 1890
|File:Journeys through Bookland - a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922) (14780909344).jpg|Stepsisters from ''Journeys through Bookland'', 1922
|File:Page facing 80 illustration from Fairy tales of Charles Perrault (Clarke, 1922).jpg|The stepsisters, illustration in ''The fairy tales of Charles Perrault'' by [[Harry Clarke]], 1922
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