Is morality‚ even a question in times of war? The True Story of Hansel and Gretel is based in the 1940s in Poland during the Nazi regime. The author‚ Louise Murphy‚ turns the childhood classic fairy tale into a chilling survival story. Murphy shows the controversial decision making a young boy and girl must make in order to survive to the next day. The hardships of war validate compromising one’s morals in order to survive. This is validated because the enemy must be defeated‚ keep the country in
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Dana Lancaster English 215-007 Professor Otero-Piersante Critical response 10-28-09 Hansel & Gretel In the fairy tale‚ “Hansel and Gretel” by the Brothers Grimm‚ the protagonists Serve as heroes who must overcome the circumstances of their birth in order to reach maturity and enlightenment. This hero quest takes place in three stages. The first is the separation‚ in which the parents cast the children away from their home. In this stage‚ the children are for the most part controlled by their surroundings
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Timothy Towers Becky Austin Honors English IV April 18th‚ 2014 The Brothers Grimm‚ Romanticism‚ and Hansel and Gretel Today when one thinks about the Grimm Brothers‚ they most likely think about how widespread their stories are‚ being that they are told in many homes and have had many adaptations of them. This was not the case however when Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first started to write and collect their tales. Many were uncomfortable with them and the very violent scenes they had. People
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Hansel and Greta Hansel and Greta: The story you are about to read is a recalling of events that have actually occurred. If you don’t like horror stories filled with witches and murder‚ then you should definitely pick up another book. We have decided to tell our story from both points of view because‚ as you may have already heard‚ for most of the time‚ we were separated. Now you may have heard stories about an evil stepmother being included in our story. We can tell you now‚ that is just not the
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While comparing the two poems‚ "Gretel in Darkness" by Louise Gluck and "Hansel and Gretel" by Anne Sexton with the original Brothers Grimm tale "Hansel and Gretel"‚ different perspectives‚ point of views and messages are shown. In "Gretel in Darkness" Gretel is reciting the poem. It is written in the first person. In this poem Gretel is overcome with certain darkness in her life. Something is haunting her from the past. Gretel describes an experience that she and her brother
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Name Class Professor Date Use of the Word “Darkness” in “Gretel in Darkness” “Gretel in Darkness‚” a poem by Louise Gluck is an example of a poem revisiting a renowned fable‚ but it gives its readers a new perspective by crediting the important things that happened in the tale. Throughout the four stanzas in this poem‚ it appears that it doesnt have a clear rhyme scheme. Louise Gluck‚ urges the readers of this poem to try to think about fairytales a different way. Therefore‚ she allows the readers
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These starting words of the poem Gretel by Andrea Hollander Budy already show the imprisonment of women within a certain standard set by society. These words basically tell us that a woman has no choice on which path to take in her life because she is already born to something. This idea of women‚ along with prostitution‚ is what is being shown in the poem. Gretel‚ though modified‚ from the children’s tale Hansel and Gretel serves as the exemplary figure. This poem shows ideas about prostitution‚ and
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underlying and unsolved mysteries that are intertwined into minute details of the plot line. “Gretel in Darkness” is Louise Glück’s poetic interpretation of the Gretel’s emotional aftermath in the Brothers Grimm classic tale‚ Hansel and Gretel. Although Glück’s poem strongly relates to Hansel and Gretel‚ she only vaguely mentions the major events that have harnessed such strong emotional consequences in “Gretel in Darkness.” Omitting these critical events and leaving only the outcome begins to unravel
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underdogs that came out on top in their bedtime fairy tales. No matter the circumstance‚ these child protagonists managed to outsmart their matched villain to save their life‚ and often the lives of their loved ones. Both the Grimm Brothers in “Hansel and Gretel” and the Briffault Brothers in “The Story of Grandmother” use villains to deceive the main child characters through lies to satisfy their own various desires. The threat of consumption by the antagonists drives the children to use different tactics
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They don’t deserve to be treated the way they did. Describe the relationship between Bruno and Gretel? What kind of characters is each of them? (40 pts.) Gretel likes to think she is a lot older than Bruno. Bruno and Gretel do not get along well. They get annoyed by each other. Bruno calls Gretel a hopeless case. Bruno likes to explore and is curious. Gretel acts older than she really is. Gretel is a dynamic character because she starts out liking dolls and acting more like a little
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