Grimm Brothers Research Paper

Once upon a time children’s stories were written about a magical imaginary world with beautiful princesses and fairies known as “Fairytales”. Fairytales have been with us for a longtime. When I look back to my childhood, I do not remember a lot of things, but I remember the days when my grand-mother took care of me. Every evening I used to sit on her lap or by her side to listen to fairytales. She would tell me tales of the princes, princesses and stories of ghosts. In the end, from all the stories, she would try to teach me some lessons about life. At that time, all those stories seemed to be true to me. Fairy tales were an oral tradition handed down mostly by the grandmother’s, but were put into writing in the late 1600’s. The Disney versions
The Grimm brother’s father was a successful lawyer, who died in 1796. After their father’s death, the Grimm brothers were left with all the household responsibilities. As the two eldest of six children, Jacob and Wilhelm became very mature and helped their family by taking all the responsibilities. They were very creative and intelligent. They used their intelligence and creativity for studies and writing. The Brothers Grimm wrote hundreds of fairy tales in their lifetime by using their own childhood experiences as reference. Because of the hard life they faced growing up, they faced many problems but were able to overcome them with their writing. The main purpose of the fairytale is to teach life lessons and themes which will help us in future. A common theme in fairy tales is that the princess is dominated by the terrible step mother and step sisters. Another theme that is common in fairy tales is that “Do good and good will come to you” and last but not the least “Girl Power”. Fairytales that have those reoccurring themes are Snow white, Cinderella, Beauty and the
A queen gave birth to a daughter named Snow-White but the queen died while giving birth and the king remarries a beautiful cruel woman. She had a magic mirror which tells her she is the most beautiful woman in the world by asking “Mirror Mirror on the wall who is the fairest of them all”? But one day the mirror replied that the Snow White is the most beautiful of them all. She got mad and hired a huntsman to kill Snow-White. Because of her innocence and beauty, the huntsman lets Snow-White go free. Snow White found the home of seven dwarfs where they agree to keep her in their house in exchange to do their household work. The step-mother's asked the mirror again and the mirror gave the same reply and tells the way to Snow White's location. She tried to kill Snow White three times. The third time Snow-White is believed to be dead, but a prince wakes her from sleep. Snow-White marries the Prince and the step-mother died in the end. Snow white got the blessings as justice and the happiness she deserved in her