Brothers Grimm

The Grimm Brother’s fairy tales are one of the few pieces of craftful literature that continues to prevail from the time they were written to today, with the utmost popularity. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm have written the majority of fairy tales and princess stories that every generation since the 1800s have embedded in our childhoods, from Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella, and even Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs. The modern Disney classic Snow White was originally written by the Grimm…

White and the Seven Dwarfs" and Brothers Grimm "Snow White" both depict beauty as a vital component of their story. All through the Brothers Grimm "Snow White", beauty is depicted as the most valuable commodity. Snow White is alluded to a young lady whose beauty is compared as being "as white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as ebony" (Tatar,…

"Obsessed by a fairytale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace" (Eugene O'Neill). People are brought up being taught that that a fairytale is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters and enchantments, often involving a far fetched sequence of events. But the reality is fairytales are fabricated stories, intended to deceive the reader. Disney deceives its readers by heavily fluffing up its stories with enchantment, taking away the story line…

Fairy tales have become so established in the present day that we almost feel as though we are born with them. Almost anyone could recite the story of Jack and the Beanstalk or Cinderella, though not many of us would be able to identify where we originally learnt the tale. Predominantly, picture books and fairy tales are used to inform and entertain children, with illustrations being particularly useful as a way of communicating beyond language barriers, helping the reader make sense of phrases…

powerful as they were now being seen as the hero. The literary images of women have changed dramatically over centuries to reach where they currently are. One story that can provide a window for the reader to view how women were portrayed is the Brothers Grimm adaptation of “Cinderella”. One must first put aside their own assumptions about women and step into the mind of a 19th century writer. Cinderella is a story of a woman who…

mass-produced, eliminating fairy tales the way Charles Parrault and the Grims brothers in tended their stories to be told. One story that has been reworked for the mass audiences is Snow White. The story of Snow White was about a girl who was abandoned by her stepmother however, was able to survive through the inner workings of nature and chance. This story becomes a romantic story once Disney…

Fairy tales have a long history, being one of the most popular and well-read genres of literature, that has influenced generations for centuries. Originally oral tales, many world-renowned fairy tales have been recorded as literary texts or produced as a film. With fairy tales being shared in this way, it is too little surprise that fairy tales have become a large part of Western culture. German poet Friedrich Schiller claims that fairy tales still exist and remain extremely popular in almost…

The evolution of “The Robber Bridegroom” “The Robber Bridegroom” is more than the Grimm Brother’s tale; it is a specific type, with multiple variations identified by Aarne-Thompson-Uther’s (ATU) classification system in tale type A955. Here, the ATU system is used for ease in locating similar tales, rather than a rigid adherence to ATU’s criteria, and is supplemented by Maria Tartar’s grouping of “Bluebeard,” “Fitcher’s Bird,” and “The Robber Bridegroom” variations in The Classic Fairy Tales.…

subtly used by composers to highlight the values of society in a certain era. Women's role in society and the villainesses holding curse are all explored by different composers in order to inform audiences of the good and bad of society’s values. The Brother Grimm's classic novella Snow White (SWGB), was written in 1800s Germany, the fairy tale focusing heavily on being virtuous and pure. Matt Phelan's graphic Snow White (SWMP) (2016) is set in a 1920s, New Yorker context, to correspond with…

Fairy God Medium: Gender roles through shifting adaptations of Cinderella Once upon a time, there lived a story told far and wide. This story goes by many names, but we best know it by the name Cinderella. The Cinderella story is a truly inter-medium story. Its basic structure can be found in books, comics, television shows, the news, and movies. A Cinderella story needs three features: a slipper, an ill treated heroin, and a fall from grace followed by the rise to a greater positon after some…