Cited: Grimm‚ Jacob and Wilhelm. “Hansel and Gretel.” The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm. Trans. Jack Zipes. New York: Bantam Books‚ 2003. 53-58. Lüthi‚ Max. Once Upon a Time. Bloomington: Indiana University Press‚ 1976. 21-34. Zipes‚ Jack. Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories
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The Russian fairytale Jack Frost echoes many of the same characteristics as the Grimm tales. Jack Frost begins with a girl who has a cruel stepmother who hates her and tries to get rid of her. The stepmother convinces the father to leave his own daughter to die in the middle of the forest in winter. However‚ when Jack Frost‚ a personification of winter‚ comes to freeze her to death he is swayed by her kind words and instead rewards her with treasures. When the daughter returns wealthy and beautiful
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The Great Carnivore It came on great bared‚ tremendous legs. It creaked out in the open‚ a startled beast‚ curling it’s watchmaker’s claws at every step. Each leg dragged behind the next‚ a thousand pounds of white bone‚ sunk in thick ropes of muscle‚ as each of the four legs stamped the cold dirt-filled ground. Each thigh shook as the beast walked‚ even at the slowest pace. And above the legs a giant food incinerator hidden by it’s bare skin dangled with extra weight‚ while the head slowly dropped
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By definition from dictionaries‚ a fairytale is a story about fairies‚ told to amuse children. However‚ only few are actually tales about fairies. Even though all the stories have a happy ending‚ behind their lines we often find ideas of murder‚ cannibalism‚ mutilation‚ infanticide‚ and incest. The Grimm Brothers were collectors of folk tales and fairy tales. Apart from collecting and editing fairy tales‚ they wrote many articles‚ reviews and chapters and published numerous editions and translations
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In the history of humanity‚ violence in fairy tales or children’s books is not a recent phenomenon‚ these dates back from the first stories for children when violence was used in the narrative as a didactic element‚ where the wicked were punished often with physical violence and the virtuous were rewarded (Creasey). For centuries‚ the violence has played an important role in children’s literature‚ but in recent decades‚ this issue has been questioned with great vigor (Creasey). This is evident in
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bullying in schools by explaining the long -term effects it can have on children‚ and how it can be prevented. My professor gave us the opportunity to choose a piece of literature of our choice and create an argument. I chose the short story “Hansel and Gretel” and elaborated upon how children could have separation anxiety and a fear of abandonment from hearing stories about parents leaving their children and being introduced to deception and witches traps. Taking a different approach aside from
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and reinforce the emotion of fear to keep their little bundle of joy safe. Parents are not the only source that instills fear into our younger society. Other sources include: movies‚ storybooks‚ and the news. You us to fear those story books (Hansel and Gretel‚ Red Riding Hood etc.) your parents use to read to you. Fearing to be snatched up by the big bad wolf or a witch with a sweet tooth‚ no child dared to walk through the forest. Or take the movie Jaws for an example. After the movie made its debut
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The mouse in this scene is the “beast” mentioned in the MM while the “imperfection” is the fact that‚ even though the child looks like a mouse‚ they are still‚ in fact‚ children. Who can‚ as evidenced by the protagonist doing so in the latter part of the book‚ speak English and communicate perfectly with his grandmother. This passage only aids to further the idea that Dahl’s work was not purely misogynistic because of the line “only women are witches”‚ but that it was‚ in fact‚ based around historically
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stayed with my Grandma Elsa‚ she was the coolest‚ like Elsa from Frozen. My great grandmother‚ Abuela Feline‚ lived in a small house underneath Grandma Elsa’s house. Abuela Feline was the best cook you could ever imagine‚ she was the witch from Hansel and Gretel‚ but significantly less murderous. Every morning there were bowls and bowls of rice‚ plantains‚ and quenepas. Five year old me was never really that picky when it came to food. I would eat anything ranging from Goldfish to scrumptious dirt pies
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Enter Three Witches‚ written by Caroline B. Cooney‚ was written based off of the famous story Macbeth‚ written by William Shakespeare. In the story there were many different cases that caused the storyline to be poor. There were poor choices in the way the author tried to tie the story with Macbeth by using Acts and Scenes from the story‚ the author hardly used any sophisticated words to enhance the writing in the story‚ and it’s difficult to find the climax in the story if there even is one.
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