(Research) Pan's Labyrinth vs. Cinderella

Pan's Labyrinth has many connections to Cinderella. There are several versions of Cinderella, and Cinderella's goal isn't always only to find love. For example, in Selena Gomez's 'Another Cinderella Story' Selena's ultimate desire was to follow her dreams of being a dancer. In Hilary Duff's 'A Cinderella Story' her ultimate goal was to get accepted and go to Princeton. Both of these versions found love along the way but they had something they were both in search for that was beyond going to a ball. In Pan's Labryinh, Ofeila wanted to return to her kingdom after finding out she was a princess.

In all Cinderella stories the first thing that occurs is that the dad remarries an evil new wife. In Pan's Labyrinth, Ofeila's mom actually remarries an evil husband. However, in all three of these versions there is an evil new parent that enters the picture.
 

Also, in all of these versions there is someone supporting them to do what they want. In Selena Gomez's story she has her friend, Dominique Blatt. In Hilary Duff's case she has her co worker and friend, Rhonda. For Ofeila, she has Mercedes as a friend. However, Mercedes is unaware of what Ofeila is up to. She does, however, have the faun who is guiding her to what she wants. Also, in all of these versions these cinderellas are isolated in their actual homes. Ofelia's mom was on bed rest so she was mainly alone when she was in the actual home. Selena and Hilary were isolated by their step sisters so they were also alone in their homes. They were all also discrete about what they were up to and didn't tell anyone in their homes too much about it. For example, Hilary never discussed Princeton with her step sisters, Selena never discussed her dancing in her home, and Ofeila never talked about trying to enter this kingdom with anyone in her home. A big similarity between these tales is the protagonist ultimately receives what she wants. Hilary Duff got into Princeton, Selena Gomez won the dance competition and got an interview for the school she wanted to attend, and Ofeila reached the Kingdom and was with her mother and brother in the end.