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Similarities Between Cinderella And Ashputtle

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In Cinderella, her father dies and leaves her with only the stepsisters and stepmother. He was nice to Cinderella while he was alive though, unlike Ashputtle’s father. In Ashputtle, she is forced to sleep in ashes that came from the fire she lit down in the kitchen, but in Cinderella, she had a whole room for herself with a bed, dresser, mirror, and other clothes. Also Cinderella had mice help her around the house with chores. Ashputtle had little doves helping her around the house with things. Ashputtle’s father gave her and the stepsisters gifts, but in Cinderella her father is dead. Both Cinderella and Ashputtle had horrible stepmothers and stepsisters that treated them awfully. They were both forced to clean everything around the house

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