Who are Brothers Grimm? Brothers Grimm were two brothers who were known for writing fairy tales in Germany in the 1800’s. These brothers created long lasting fairy tales that are even told today in ways such as movie versions for kids as well as books. The Grimm brothers have written hundreds of fairy tales, which include two specific ones that will be discussed in this paper: Little Red Cap and Cinderella. Little Red Cap is a story of a little girl who has to deliver goods to her grandmother and meets a sly wolf. This wolf decides to eat her grandmother as well as Little Red Cap and does this by pretending to be the Grandmother when Little Red Cap arrives. A hunter that is nearby hears the wolf and rescues the Grandmother as well as Little Red Cap. The second story that is discussed is Cinderella. This story follows a girl with evil stepsisters and a mean step-mom.
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In Cinderella, she was treated poorly while in Little Red Cap, she was treated with respect. This could simply be due to the family situation as Cinderella mistreatment began with the loss of her mother. This can show that the mother figure is the only thing in the story that allows the main female character to be treated with respect. That main difference separates Cinderella’s poor situation with little Red Cap’s common family situation. In the story of Little Red Cap, all the women in this story were pure hearted also known as “good” in the fairy tale world. The difference with Cinderella’s women were that they were portrayed as evil. This difference in the way women are shown can influence the bias that comes later with the assumption of women being sub par to men. Overall, the difference in the depiction of women is evident between these two stories as the view of woman as wicked and virtuous were different as well as the influence of the mother
In Cinderella, she was treated poorly while in Little Red Cap, she was treated with respect. This could simply be due to the family situation as Cinderella mistreatment began with the loss of her mother. This can show that the mother figure is the only thing in the story that allows the main female character to be treated with respect. That main difference separates Cinderella’s poor situation with little Red Cap’s common family situation. In the story of Little Red Cap, all the women in this story were pure hearted also known as “good” in the fairy tale world. The difference with Cinderella’s women were that they were portrayed as evil. This difference in the way women are shown can influence the bias that comes later with the assumption of women being sub par to men. Overall, the difference in the depiction of women is evident between these two stories as the view of woman as wicked and virtuous were different as well as the influence of the mother