Brothers Grimm

being subordinate to her decisions in relation to family issues (“The Changing Face,” 2012. interestingly, of the three versions of Cinderella, it is the German version that opens with the mother instructing her child how to live the pious life (Grimm & Grimm, 1857). Furthermore, Aschenputtel’s stepmother reigns the household despite the presence of her husband. These two features of the German fairy tale highlights how cultural values influence the way in which the narrative is delivered. The…

tales. One specific fairy tale, “Rapunzel” by the Grimm Brothers starts off portraying anti-feminism against women which then takes a complete…

In the Grimm Brothers’ story the Prince came himself, while in the Disney story, the Prince sent the Duke to find his bride. The way the step-sisters acted is also much different. In the Grimm Brothers’ tale, when the step-sisters saw that their foot would not fit into the shoe, they cut off parts of their feet. When the first step-sister got the shoe to…

Every great film starts out with a base. Some form of origination, or a simple idea. The most famous writers that are responsible for Disney’s popular movies are the Grimm Brothers. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were German-Born authors born in the 1700’s. They are most famous for their collection of stories which were published in 1812 called Nursery and Household tales, but were later referred to as Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Initially, the book was not meant for children’s readings as they had contained…

the Brothers' Grimm to the purity of the Disney adaptations, fairy tales have always played apart of entertainment for children for centuries. However, these tales, specifically the Disney ones, show children of a happy ending between the prince and the princess who overcome the evil in the story. In the Brothers' Grimm's “Cinderella” the heroine of the story, Cinderella, was subject to years of cruelty because of her sisters jealousy. Even though they were “beautiful and fair of face” (Grimm…

The Grimm Brothers, Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm, were German scholars that became renown for their collection of short stories called “Grimm’s Fairy Tales.” Growing up with the death of a parent and the battle against poverty, the brothers grew together raising younger siblings and developed interest of German literature. Later in life while attending a university and beginning research, the brothers studied medieval literature in belief of it benefitting the study of Germanic mythology. After…

There’s always two sides to a story, in this case these stories are fairy tales Original and traditional, the Grimm brothers and Disney. With two sides of one story there's going to be similarities and also differences. When you read some Disney stories and compare them to the original version you will find that original fairy tales written by the Grimm Brothers are more targeted towards an older audience then little kids because their more violent than Disney, both versions show royalty as…

connected to the works by The Brothers Grimm while modern refers to the happy animated Disney interpretations. Looking past the differences in how The Brothers Grimm and Disney like to mood their stories they both share the similar themes of what jealousy and cruel acts can lead to, the envy of the evil Queen in Snow White, the rage and vanity of Gothel in Rapunzel, and the greed of Cinderella’s stepmother and sisters; however, there seems to be a controversy…

Who were the Grimm brothers and how did they affect fairy tale history? The brothers Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm and Wilhelm Karl Grimm were German folklorists and linguists, most famous for collecting fairy tales and other folklore. Born on January 4 in 1785 and on February 24 in 1786, they were the two oldest children of Philipp Grimm, a lawyer, and Dorothea Grimm. They have had a huge influence on fairy tale history. The brothers studied legal studies like their father, but were inspired by…

In the original brothers grimm version of rapunzel i talked of the irony in rapunzel's name because she was named after the herb rampion her father traded her for. The dramatization and exaggeration of the piece stuck out to me in the majority of the prince's actions and rapunzel's beginning. The fact rapunzel had blonde hair and was extremely naive seemed to correlate in my mind and the length difference between the original brothers grimm and tangled was very significant. It seemed to…