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Age and build

Young woman of marriageable age

“Our young misses were also invited, for they cut a very grand figure among the quality” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Face and hair

Exceptionally handsome despite poor dress

“Cinderella, notwithstanding her mean apparel, was a hundred times handsomer than her sisters, though they were always dressed very richly” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Very handsome in appearance

“The gentleman who was sent to try the slipper looked earnestly at Cinderella, and, finding her very handsome, said” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Dress

Wears mean apparel and nasty old clothes while working

“Cinderella, notwithstanding her mean apparel, was a hundred times handsomer than her sisters” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Transformed into magnificent ball gown by fairy godmother

“The next day the two sisters were at the ball, and so was Cinderella, but dressed more magnificently than before” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Wears glass slippers to the ball

“She left behind one of her glass slippers, which the Prince took up most carefully” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Voice and speech

Speaks with sighs and hesitation

“Y—es,” cried Cinderella, with a great sigh” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Speaks with courtesy and civility

“She went and sat down by her sisters, showing them a thousand civilities, giving them part of the oranges and citrons which the Prince had presented her with” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Signature words

Uses "Cinderwench" as her working name

“which made her commonly be called Cinderwench” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Addresses others with "thou" and "thee"

“Thou art in the right of it,” replied they” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Laughs readily and smiles

“Cinderella, who saw all this, and knew her slipper, said to them, laughing” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Gait and mannerisms

Flees swiftly when leaving the ball

“she then rose up and fled, as nimble as a deer” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Makes courtesies to company

“she immediately made a courtesy to the company and hasted away as fast as she could” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Sits in the chimney-corner among cinders

“When she had done her work, she used to go into the chimney-corner, and sit down among cinders and ashes” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Strengths

Bears mistreatment with patience

“The poor girl bore all patiently, and dared not tell her father, who would have rattled her off” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Possesses excellent taste and fashion sense

“Cinderella was likewise called up to them to be consulted in all these matters, for she had excellent notions, and advised them always for the best” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Performs tasks perfectly despite mistreatment

“Anyone but Cinderella would have dressed their heads awry, but she was very good, and dressed them perfectly well” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Shows kindness and forgiveness to her sisters

“Cinderella, who was no less good than beautiful, gave her two sisters lodgings in the palace, and that very same day matched them with two great lords of the Court” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Flaws

Becomes so absorbed in the Prince's attention she forgets her godmother's warning

“to whom all this was so far from being tiresome that she quite forgot what her godmother had recommended to her” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Loses track of time at the ball

“so that she, at last, counted the clock striking twelve when she took it to be no more than eleven” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Traits

Good-natured and kind

“the youngest, who was not so rude and uncivil as the eldest, called her Cinderella” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Indifferent and modest about her success

“Cinderella seemed very indifferent in the matter; indeed, she asked them the name of that princess” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Expected rejection from her sisters

“Cinderella, indeed, expected well such answer, and was very glad of the refusal” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Lines in their own words

Responds to question about attending the ball

“Y—es,” cried Cinderella, with a great sigh” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Offers to find a rat for a coachman

“I will go and see,” says Cinderella, “if there is never a rat in the rat-trap—we may make a coachman of him” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Responds with amusement when sisters cannot fit the slipper

“Cinderella, who saw all this, and knew her slipper, said to them, laughing” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)

Forgives her sisters after being revealed

“Cinderella took them up, and, as she embraced them, cried” (Cinderella Lang, part 1)