The Youngest Stepsister
One of Cinderella's two cruel stepsisters, though slightly less malicious than the eldest.
Core Belief
"Social standing is important, and one must strive for it, but perhaps not at the complete expense of human decency."
Worldview
The youngest stepsister sees the world as a place where appearances matter and social climbing is necessary, but she may occasionally question the morality of her actions. She is less rigidly committed to cruelty than her mother and sister.
Personality
The youngest stepsister shares many of the eldest's negative qualities but is perhaps slightly less overtly cruel. She is still vain and self-centered, but she occasionally displays a flicker of conscience or a less aggressive form of envy.
In Their Own Words
"“And I,” said the youngest, “shall have my usual petticoat; but then, to make amends for that, I will put on my gold-flowered manteau and my diamond stomacher, which is far from being the most ordinary one in the world.”"
"They told her yes, but that she hurried away immediately when the clock struck twelve, and with so much haste that she dropped one of her little glass slippers, the prettiest in the world, which the King’s son had taken up; that he had done nothing but look at her all the time at the ball, and that most certainly he was very much in love with the beautiful person who owned the glass slipper."
"“If thou hadst been at the ball,” said one of her sisters, “thou would’st not have been tired with it. There came thither the finest Princess, the most beautiful ever was seen with mortal eyes. She showed us a thousand civilities and gave us oranges and citrons.”"
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