THE FAIRYTALE WORLD

• Everyone knows their place in society as a whole and their village/town locally.
• A basic struggle of fairytale heroes/heroines is to cross barriers and to be able to wed way above their "punching weight".  This is particularly true of Cinderella.
• There is always a magical villain.  Witches never come out of it well.
• There is always a magical hero/heroine.  They do come out of it well.
• There is always someone who think they can handle magic and it turns out they can't.  (Though it tends to lead to a wonderful spotlessly clean floor!).
• The deserving are always ill-treated in some way (usually by a step parent or sibling) but will make good in the end.
• The undeserving, though they may seem to do well at first, will get their comeuppance. This can be quite comforting to those who are their victims but patience is a must.  Nobody says it has to happen quickly.