We all know the step-sister from সিন্ড্রেলা that ends up reforming in the sequels. However, many people seem to have criticisms about her because they feel that she shouldn't have been forgiven দ্বারা Cinderella, there was nothing to প্রদর্শনী that she deserved to be redeemed, and that it's ridiculous that she got to be redeemed but Drizella didn't. First of all, I think I need to explain where this idea of আনাস্তেসিয়াa reforming came from. In the original Charles Perrault version of Cinderella, Cinderella's real name was actually Ella. When she became a servant she would sleep দ্বারা the fireplace to keep warm and would have ash cover her. Her step-mother and one of her step-sisters called her Cinder-Slut but the younger step-sister, who was not as spiteful and was slightly আরো sympathetic, referred to her as Cinderella. That is where the idea of making one of the step-sisters redeem herself. But I know the প্রশ্ন is, why আনাস্তেসিয়াa and not Drizella? What makes আনাস্তেসিয়াa so special? Well, let's take a look at the original film for that answer.

Cinderella (1950)
At first look at the movie, especially since people don't pay enough attention to is, it appears that আনাস্তেসিয়াa is just as horrible as Drizella. However, if আপনি pay enough attention, you'll see that Drizella is a lot worse than Anastasia. One instance is that when আনাস্তেসিয়াa is playing the flute and gets her finger stuck in one of the holes, she ends up accidentally hitting her sister with the flute below the neck. Drizella clearly sees that আনাস্তেসিয়াa was struggling to get her finger free when she moves away from the flute, but she grabs the flute from আনাস্তেসিয়াa and hits her on the head with it, calls her clumsy, and claims that she did it on purpose. আনাস্তেসিয়াa in turn retaliates দ্বারা hitting Drizella on the head with her flute and says "You always think it's my fault," her mother interrupts them arguing and আনাস্তেসিয়াa says that it's Drizella's fault. It's likely that anytime আনাস্তেসিয়াa does something clumsy অথবা দ্বারা accident that Drizella taunts and abuses her. It's likely that when আনাস্তেসিয়াa is abusing সিন্ড্রেলা it's just her taking out her frustration of being abused দ্বারা her sister (to which her mother does not punish Drizella for) out on Cinderella. I'm not saying that this gives আনাস্তেসিয়াa a good excuse to abuse সিন্ড্রেলা because two wrongs don't make a right but I do understand it from a psychological sense. Also whenever their making fun of Cinderella, it's always Drizella who starts it and আনাস্তেসিয়াa just follows to keep her mother's approval (who has raised her daughters to believe that সিন্ড্রেলা is beneath them) and avoid taunting from Drizella. Drizella is the one who taunts the idea of সিন্ড্রেলা going to the ball first and is the first one to destroy Cinderella's dress, আনাস্তেসিয়াa merely followed, likely to avoid the disapproval of her mother and the taunting of her sister. Drizella is the আরো aggressive one who always starts the fights with আনাস্তেসিয়াa and is the one who starts the taunting of Cinderella. Such as when আনাস্তেসিয়াa accidentally steps on Drizella's dress and Drizella just pulls her dress, causing আনাস্তেসিয়াa to trip and almost fall face down on the ground, humiliating her in front of the prince. Another instance is how আনাস্তেসিয়াa is going over to the mirror to get ready for the Grand Duke but Drizella rudely just kicks আনাস্তেসিয়াa out of the way. আপনি also can see in that exact scene that আনাস্তেসিয়াa is nervous about the whole thing, likely because it's her chance to find প্রণয় and marry the prince, where as Drizella isn't nervous at all but instead sees it as a way to improve her status, causing her to aggressively push আনাস্তেসিয়াa out of her way to look in the mirror and get ready. Plus if আপনি notice in the scene where Lady Tremaine tells her daughters about the glass slipper and they start getting ready but they notice সিন্ড্রেলা looks strange. আনাস্তেসিয়াa simple উত্তর "What's the matter with her?" where as Drizella says "WAKE UP STUPID!" প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে that Drizella is definitely MUCH আরো aggressive and cruel than আনাস্তেসিয়াa was. I will admit that for a LONG time I couldn't figure out why আনাস্তেসিয়াa reformed but Drizella didn't. But when I think about it, আনাস্তেসিয়াa was the softer and less aggressive one, so therefore she was the logical choice.


Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True
Now we get to আনাস্তেসিয়াa actually redeeming herself, at least in this alternate universe, since the sequels don't exactly have continuity with each other. We see that আনাস্তেসিয়াa is longing for romance and Drizella is অভিনয় abusive towards আনাস্তেসিয়াa once again দ্বারা pushing her out of the way so she can use her mirror and ruining Anastasia's ribbon. Her mother again is trying to get her daughter's married off and plans on using Cinderella's ball as an opportunity. She sees both of her daughters as ways to improve her social class and likely doesn't even প্রণয় them, though whether অথবা not she loves them is debatable.

We also get to see আনাস্তেসিয়াa fall in প্রণয় with the local Baker but her mother forbids it because she thinks the Baker is beneath her, unfortunately আনাস্তেসিয়াa is too afraid to go against her mother. I think this supports my theory that আনাস্তেসিয়াa did what she did in the original to keep her mother's approval because I think she fears her mother. আনাস্তেসিয়াa is quite timid and of course wants her mother's love, not knowing that her mother is too unfeeling to প্রণয় anyone. আনাস্তেসিয়াa seems to not know what real প্রণয় অথবা happiness is. She can't even do a real smile because she's never had a real reason to genuinely smile. Her mother always taught her to be fake and plastic. A scene that I প্রণয় that shows her genuinely smiling is when she gives a shy little girl a flower. When she's finally being kind and experiencing real love, she's finally happy and is able to let the true beauty inside of her out.

Speaking of beauty, I think I should talk about hers. Another reason I think she abused সিন্ড্রেলা was because she was jealous of her drop dead gorgeous looks. In the original she was portrayed as ugly but in the sequels she's only portrayed as plain compared to Cinderella. The creators ব্যক্ত they made her head shaped আরো appealing looking and made her smile beautiful. Unfortunately, she's not a conventionally beautiful young woman. She even says in this movie that she needs আরো than just a little help because she's so clumsy and plain. She has her make-over and is feeling beautiful for once in her life, almost like she was a princess and Cinderella. However, she loses her hope when she thinks she sees the Baker giving ফুলেরডালি to a pretty young girl (who is actually just a friend). She feels like a fool for thinking that anyone would প্রণয় her because she's ugly and completely unloveable. She's never had real প্রণয় in her life, not even from her own family (though we don't know much about her father), and for once she thought someone could প্রণয় her but her hopes were ruined. She even says to the Baker when he finds her "Don't look at me! I look horrible!"

It's very true that neither one of them is conventionally attractive, so it's obvious that it wasn't their looks that they fell for. They could see what was inside the other. She saw a sweet, kind, caring, and romantic man who even fought a goat just to save one flower. He saw a woman who deep down had a good হৃদয় and just needed someone to help her see the beauty that's inside. He couldn't care less what she looked like and loved her for who she was, knowing this caused আনাস্তেসিয়াa to finally stand up to her mother, something she had never done before. Plus, I think she's beautiful in an unconventional way but she's even আরো beautiful on the inside, which is conventional.



It's in this movie was we start to see some similarities between সিন্ড্রেলা and Anastasia. They both have dreams of happiness but are kept from it because of Lady Tremaine's prejudice (against Cinderella, which keeps her from Charming, and against the Baker, which keeps আনাস্তেসিয়াa away from her happiness), both have an abusive sister, their dresses are ruined and they run off crying, আনাস্তেসিয়াa receives help in gaining confidence and obtaining a আরো attractive appearance from সিন্ড্রেলা (much like she did from her Fairy Godmother), both think they will have their happily ever after but their dreams are shattered and cry (Cinderella when she's locked in her room and আনাস্তেসিয়াa when she thinks the Baker is giving ফুলেরডালি to a pretty young girl but is actually just a friend), and thanks to প্রণয় and courage their dreams come true in the end. But they also grow a strong bond with each other because of Cinderella's kindness. সিন্ড্রেলা is a very big person to forgive আনাস্তেসিয়াa like that and even try to help her. I think she sees some of herself in আনাস্তেসিয়াa and is grateful for the help she received, so she wants to help others, even Anastasia.



Cinderella 3: A Twist In Time
Once again, alternate universe, since the সিন্ড্রেলা sequels don't have continuity with each other. But either way, both sequels have a thing about making আনাস্তেসিয়াa complex, sympathetic, and redeemable. We see that আনাস্তেসিয়াa and Drizella are both forced to become servants to their mother, who won't get off her lazy গাধা to do anything. আনাস্তেসিয়াa is still being abused দ্বারা Drizella, who attacks আনাস্তেসিয়াa just because she put some dishes in the sink. Along with that, suggests that her and Lady Tremaine beat আনাস্তেসিয়াa with a stick, starts a খাবার fight at the palace, constantly insults Anastasia, and even suggests to their mother to turn আনাস্তেসিয়াa into a toad. And people wonder why Drizella was never redeemed? I sure as hell don't anymore!

We see that আনাস্তেসিয়াa still wants প্রণয় and even looks enviously at Charming and Cinderella. She steals Fairy Godmother's wand and accidentally turns her to stone, which she instantly regrets. She now gets a chance to be with the Prince but is also conflicted because she's taking away Cinderella's happy ending. She's been in Cinderella's shoes দ্বারা being treated like her, not only দ্বারা her own mother, but also দ্বারা her sister who is a servant just like her. So she's walked a বছর in Cinderella's shoes, though now she's walking to the palace in one of her glass slippers.

This movie also adds to the theory that আনাস্তেসিয়াa has never had real প্রণয় in her life. When she keeps messing up when she's dancing with Charming, she seems afraid of what he'll say to her and keeps making excuses. When he's assuring her that it's alright and claims that he's probably just not up to তারিখ on the latest dance steps. He showed her kindness and it actually confused her at first because she's never known genuine kindness, which is probably another reason why she was rude to সিন্ড্রেলা when she was politely telling her good morning. She unfortunately mistakes kindness for true love. Charming does like আনাস্তেসিয়াa but I think it was আরো of as a friend and not true প্রণয় like he felt for Cinderella.

This also brings up an actually very peculiar but also very unique, interesting, and heartwarming relationship between আনাস্তেসিয়াa and the King. There's a relationship আপনি never thought you'd see অথবা even think about. It reminds me of Toph and Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender, it's an odd relationship choice but it actually really works. আনাস্তেসিয়াa is once again afraid of having to gain someones approval but it turns out that the King loves that আনাস্তেসিয়াa is a horrible dancer. Why? Because it reminds him of his late wife, she used to step on his feet when they danced too, but he loved her anyway because she took very good care of his heart. He even gives her the Queen's most prized possession, a seashell that they found while walking along the সৈকত the দিন they met. Their hands both touched it at the same time and when their hands touched they knew they had found true love. He helped আনাস্তেসিয়াa realize what true প্রণয় really is and even treated her like his own daughter.

Lastly, her redemption. When Charming brings back Cinderella, Lady Tremaine turns আনাস্তেসিয়াa into Cinderella. So আনাস্তেসিয়াa is about to have everything she thought she ever wanted: riches, a prince, power, jewels, her mother's approval, and now is even drop dead gorgeous. She has everything she thought she ever wanted but she's not happy because she's not herself and she wants someone who loves her for who she is, not as someone else. She's not even sure if she'll be happy অথবা if she even loves Charming. It's not until she touches his hand and realizes she doesn't, causing her to say "I..... don't..." at the wedding. She reunites সিন্ড্রেলা and Charming দ্বারা putting their hands together. She even turns herself back into her true form, saying goodbye to the conventionally beauty she had been jealous of since she was a little girl. She in the end earns Cinderella's forgiveness because that's the kind of person সিন্ড্রেলা is. She's আরো of who we should be rather than a relatable person. It's very big of her to forgive আনাস্তেসিয়াa because a lot of people wouldn't. It's not good to hold a grudge and we should learn to forgive those who have caused us pain, whether অথবা not they want forgiveness অথবা not, because you'll feel SO MUCH better and you'll be the bigger person. সিন্ড্রেলা shows this message perfectly and আনাস্তেসিয়াa feels bad for what she's done but doesn't ask for forgiveness because she knows she doesn't deserve it. That's made clear with how she offers the King back the Queen's seashell because she says she doesn't deserve it. But she's shown to deserve forgiveness because "everyone deserves true love."



Once Upon A Time In Wonderland
Just so আপনি know, I'm not going to talk about the আনাস্তেসিয়াa Tremaine from the live-action সিন্ড্রেলা because there is no complexity অথবা layers to her. This আনাস্তেসিয়াa Tremaine (played দ্বারা Emma Rigby), I will talk about. She's the only reason I watched this inferior spin-off, though at the time she was just the Red কুইন and it wasn't until one of the last five episodes that they revealed her to be আনাস্তেসিয়াa Tremaine দ্বারা bringing up that she thought that if the prince had chosen her instead of her step-sister that her mother would of loved her. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! I think it's awesome that they're portraying her as sympathetic and complex even outside of the সিন্ড্রেলা sequels. What's odd is that in the original TV series, সিন্ড্রেলা actually wasn't one of the main characters and has only appeared in a handful of episodes in all four seasons but আনাস্তেসিয়াa is one of the main characters in the spin-off.

Lady Tremaine continues to cause a lot of emotional problems for আনাস্তেসিয়াa দ্বারা criticizing her for being with the one she loves, saying she knew she wasn't কুইন অথবা princess material but that she should have at least landed a nobleman, basically calls her a disgrace, disowns her, and says that when (since she believes that আনাস্তেসিয়াa will come crawling back to her) she comes back to bring a bucket because she'll only be welcomed back দ্বারা being a servant cleaning her chamber pot. This caused আনাস্তেসিয়াa to make bad choices in Wonderland, such as leaving her true প্রণয় for the Red King and not going back to her প্রণয় before the wedding (like she intended to after having সেকেন্ড thoughts), because she felt that she had to prove herself, that she needed someones approval, and feared that she would die a nobody that nobody cared about. She even uses that pain to help her learn magic and for once feels empowered.

She starts off in the প্রদর্শনী as one of the two antagonists, the other being Jafar (played দ্বারা Naveen Andrews), who are trying to get Alice (played দ্বারা Sophie Lowe) to make all three of her wishes from her true love/genie, Cyrus (played দ্বারা Peter Gadiot). The reason for this is because they need three certain genie lamps in order to change the laws of magic (you can't bring back the dead, আপনি can't make someone প্রণয় you, and আপনি can't change the past) but they can't do that until Alice as made all three of her wishes. আনাস্তেসিয়াa wants to change the laws because she wants to change the past and stop herself from ever leaving her true প্রণয় Will Scarlet/The Knave of Hears (played দ্বারা Michael Socha), who is the Once Upon A Time counterpart of The Baker and was actually Alice's traveling companion. She reforms and joins the নায়ক side. At the end of the প্রদর্শনী she goes from the Red কুইন to the White Queen, with her White King, Will, দ্বারা her side ruling Wonderland in peace and harmony.



Overall
আনাস্তেসিয়াa is an amazing, complex, sympathetic, developed, and tragically underrated character. She's one of my পছন্দ fictional characters and one of my পছন্দ ডিজনি characters. I actually প্রণয় her আরো than all of the ডিজনি Princesses, except Ariel, of course. I hope I have helped people see that there is আরো to আনাস্তেসিয়াa than they think and that her reforming isn't completely out of no where. Please মতামত and let me know what আপনি think.