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Anthona Compared To Cinderella

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Mask Appeal reminds me of a popular fairytale called Cinderella. Cinderella is about a girl who is a maid to her evil stepmother and stepsisters. She wants to attend a ball but her stepmother wouldn 't let her. Her fairy godmother came and changed her into a princess. Because of her fairy godmother, she went to the ball and danced with Prince Charming. Fast forward to the end, they ended up a married and lived a happy life. If you read, Mask Appeal, you can recognize many things are similar to Cinderella. To begin, both Diana and Cinderella have an evil stepmother and stepsisters. Diana is forced to clean and assist her stepsisters with whatever they need. And her stepmother doesn’t like Diana at all because she feels like Diana’s father, Mr.Donato

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