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Cinderella's story arc doesn't look the same to me. She is told from the start that she has until 12 to enjoy herself. When the spell wears off, she doesn't complain or even feel very sad; she just relishes the experience she's gone through. She's also never in any real danger, except for being locked in her room. Her stepmother also causes the glass slipper to break, but she still had the other to prove she was at the ball.

I think the point is they have the same “shape”, at least when you graph them like this.

Cinderella ends happily ever after and the New Testament doesn’t. I think it’s that simple.

Both end well for the chosen and poorly for the wicked.

You can be good and still not be chosen.