| 1 | * Lady Tremaine going out of her way to torment Cinderella one last time before she and her daughters leave for the palace by taking her last glass slipper, breaking it, and telling her to clean it up before she leaves. |
| 2 | * Prudence leading Cinderella away from the Prince and orders her to search for Jaq and Gus in a dusty, disused room, essentially leaving Cinderella back where she started. The hopeless look on her face and way she quietly wipes her tears away only makes it more heartbreaking. |
| 3 | * Cinderella's DarkReprise of "[[IWantSong More Than a Dream]]" when she's about to be shipped out of the kingdom. It's fair to say she's been through hell ''twice'', and at this point [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness not even Cinderella has any optimism left]]. |
| 4 | * Anastasia's whole character arc is heartbreaking because she's getting all this love and attention--possibly the ''only'' real love and affection she's ever had--for something she didn't do. Everyone in her life either thinks she's something she's not, is emotionally abusive, or has been made out to be her enemy. |
| 5 | ** [[WellDoneSonGuy Anastasia's]] protest "But I want someone to love me for ''me''!" when she ruins her wedding to the Prince to give Cinderella a chance. Would she have been so desperate to catch a boy's eye if her own ''mother'' had truly loved her? |
| 6 | ** Hell, her HeelRealization begins when Cinderella asks her [[ArmorPiercingQuestion if marrying the Prince would]] ''[[ArmorPiercingQuestion really]]'' [[ArmorPiercingQuestion make her happy, and if she even loves him]]. She realizes that ''no'', this won't make her happy--and her mother doesn't care, and even resorts to trying to finish off Anastasia (and later both her and Cinderella when she tries to save her stepsister). |
| 7 | * Drizella and Anastasia are also abuse victims. After Cinderella leaves, their mother treats them the way she treated Cinderella. They're supposed to deserve it because they bullied Cinderella, but Anastasia's plot proves the girls are ''only'' the way they are now because they've never been taught any better and their mother is the only role model they've ever had. And Lady Tremaine's indiscriminate evil finally manifests when she tries to ''attack'' Anastasia during the film's climax, for having the audacity to help Cinderella, which forces Cinderella herself to step in to protect her. |
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