Character Analysis: The Brothers Hansel And Gretel

Fairy tales go back to the beginning of time, lulling sweet young children to bed. Stories filled with wonder, magic, fairies, and prince/princesses has been told over and over through time. The retelling of these stories is not the problem, but the archaic views that go along them are. Women are expected to be passive, and submissive young women only to be rescued by a handsome prince to live happily ever after. The view of women produces a negative connotation about how women should act and how they are viewed. Today’s world is nothing like how it uses to be, and more fairy tales should reflect a different view on women like the Brothers Grimm Hansel and Gretel. Gretel embodies the modern day women strong and confident, and more fairy tale princess should reflect that image as well. The negative connotation of women created by Disney impacts women’s social image, and Gretel combats that view. …show more content…
The age gap between the two Gretel shows the growth and that her story does not end after happily ever after. Gretel is a woman of great strength and confidence, and she doesn’t need a man to do the saving. Gretel not only rescues herself in both the story and the movie; she saves her brothers as well. “Fairy tales embody the way that society attempted to silence and oppress women making them passive”, Gretel is the complete opposite and she is a role model to all young girls (Nanda). Cinderella and Snow White are both examples of a passive princess that society wants a young girl to embody, but Gretel proves that you can be just as active as a