The three main archetypes that recur throughout the story are the hero, the devil figure and the damsel in distress. When the king throws an extravagant ball to find the prince a wife, the prince inadvertently saves Cinderella from her abominable family. The prince is very handsome and romantic, he acts as a foil to the heroine, is rarely deeply characterized and saves the damsel in distress. In this situation Cinderella is saved from danger by ensuring that the prince meets all the criteria to represent the hero archetype. The second archetypal element evoked by “Cinderella” is the figure of the devil. This element is represented by the stepmother and stepdaughters. They make Cinderella's life terrible since she is the new maid of the house” There she had to do hard work from morning to night, getting up before dawn, carrying water, lighting fires, cooking and washing” (Grimm page #). The evil stepmother is not only cruel to Cinderella, but she is also cruel to her own daughters. When the royal guard arrives at the house to find the perfect fit for the golden slipper, he asks the two daughters to cut off parts of their feet to fit “'Cut off the toe; when you are queen you will no longer need to walk" (author and page n.). The corrupt stepmother and stepdaughters are an authentic image for The Devil Figure. The third and final archetypal element illustrated by "Cinderella" is Damsel in danger. In the fairy tale, Cinderella represents everything a woman would have been in that time. She was naturally weak and submissive, so a man, or a prince, came to the rescue and freed Cinderella from slave labor men were the stronger gender, so women were not treated with the same respect and dignity as men