After finshing Ever After, I wanted to point out another Cinderella storyline found within the movie. The obvious Cinderella character is Danielle who has lost her father and been forced to live with a cruel stepmother and two stepsisters. However, I believe that another of the characters can be seen as a Cinderella character.

Danielle's stepsister, Jacqueline, carries many of the Cinderella characteristics. She is a kind girl (especially in comparison with her older sister), she is treated cruelly by her mother, and she is often forced into servitude in Danielle's absence. While she is treated better than Danielle, she is not treated well all the time, and when Danielle runs off with the prince for the day, she is even forced to fetch things for her mother and sister. Also, after Danielle is beaten, Jacqueline is the one who is there to comfort her and tend to her wounds. Her mother is rude to her and only sees her as a fat girl who is good for nothing but saying stupid things and eating all of the food in the house. However, in the end, she also finds her prince. The movie alludes to the fact that she becomes romantically involved with one of the courtiers (her "prince"), and she is saved from the servitude that her mother and sister face.

I thought this was a beautiful parallel to the story within the bigger Cinderella story.