Grimm's Fairy Tales

living hell. If you are reading this introduction and agree with my first three sentences, you may be a victim of peer pressure in the literature world. The idea that all stepmothers are evil, is a stereotype introduced to most of us through fairy tales , mainly written by the Brothers Grimm,we were told as children. The Brothers Grimm cared more about popoularity than the integrity of their stories. Almost all of us have heard about the evil stepmother who…

In this essay I will be explaining the many parallels between Cinder and the original story of Cinderella. There is a lot of different parallels that I was able to think of and I'm sure they're many more that I did not think of. The glass slipper Cinderella leaves at the ball parallels with the cyborg foot Cinder loses when she attempts to escape the ball. On page 365, “On the fifth step, she heard the bolts snap. The wires tore loose, like tendons stretched to the max. She felt the loss of…

Catharsis, and the overall narrative of the art of Greek Tragedy, has always played an immense part in the storytelling of the horrific within the Disney filmography, ever since their first feature-length film venture in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). As a form of dramatic release, catharsis is best described as a form of tragedy that “…brings recognition of who and what we are.” (Rorty, 1992), and “…provides us with the appropriate objects towards which to feel pity or fear." (Lear,…

I would pull from the Grimm tales that she helps around the house because ideally, she would be hopeful, helpful, happy, and not worried. Also pulled from Grimm, I like that she is not very suspecting. It gives the reader time to realize what kind of person Snow is without her always…

The tale of the Little Red Riding Hood has transformed over time being passed down from generation to generation. The version of these two tales most everyone knows is the innocent story we once heard as children known as The Little Red Cap, a short story by the Grimm Brothers. Although there are innocent versions of this tale there are also versions that could be considered to be more scandalous, such as Angela Carter’s The Company of Wolves. Throughout history there have been many different…

I love it when an old fairytale gets revamped, especially when it is done well. A Court of Thorns and Roses did not disappoint, it was still Beauty and the Beast but it also had an enticingly new aspect of faeries. Reading this was sort of like Julie Kagawa’s Iron Fey books eloped and had a child with the amazing story of Beauty and the Beast that dressed up in the finest of writing styles. I have to admit, I went into this book biased for three reasons. One, I love faeries. Two, I love Sarah J.…

Since the beginning of history, fairy tales have been shared with the intent of teaching a lesson. Incorporating many magical components, these stories have been altered through generations. A great example of this includes the Grimm Brothers publishing of Rapunzel to Disney’s present-day, Tangled. It is proposed that Rapunzel was locked away in a castle for the love of her singing voice rather than her hair in the Grimm version. In addition, Walt Disney’s portrayal of Rapunzel lacks a prince,…

a tree that she had planted on her mother’s grave. The Chinese version receives her clothes by breaking the pot she had placed her mother’s bones in. The Disney and the German version do have some similarities while the Chinese is still different. These variations both have it to where Cinderella loses her glass slipper on the stairs while running out from the ball before everything disappears. The Chinese has it to wear she loses her shoe on the road while riding her horse and that is when the…

that had been going on at that time. Link was raised with the Kokiri. The Kokiri forest was home to the “forest children”, which are essentially little elf people that never grow up. All of the Kokiri had their own fairy. However, since Link was not an actual Kokiri was left without a fairy. Link was often picked on by the forest children…

them. For ages we thought we knew these wonderful, bright and happy fairy tales, but they were a lot darker than they appear to be today. In the original story of Cinderella, or the original title The Little Glass Slipper, a widowed prince had a daughter and named her Zezolla, who is tended by a beloved governess. The governess with Zezolla’s help persuade the prince to marry her. The Grimm Brothers wrote most of the fairy tales we know too, but very different from the magical stories we…