Grimm's Fairy Tales

Hans Christian Andersen wrote the orignal version of “The Little Mermaid”. It is a very dark and gruesome tale. However, the Grimm’s version of “The Little Mermaid” which was written only a few short years after Andersen’s version was published, is very similar. Both of the stories follow the same plot line, and many of the same things happen each story. The two stories have very few differences. There are very few differences between the two versions of “The Little Mermaid”. One thing that…

Fairy tales are full of fantasies of romance and magic, which in reality aren’t possible, however, one can dream. Walt Disney’s film Cinderella, and the Brothers Grimm story, Aschenputtel (Cinderella), both tell the tale of a young maiden who loses everything, except her dignity, which results in her sadly becoming a servant to her evil stepmother and sisters, but eventually she finds her prince charming, living happily ever after. Although these two stories seem alike, they are each told…

Fairy tales displays moral virtue for each reader through sharing real world conflicts. Furthermore, fairy tales in general are suitable for young children. For three primary reasons it analyze knowledge, applies gender role and overcome fear. In “Goose Girl” by Grimm’s shares a brief story with a young princess who was committed to marry a prince. A chambermaid was hired to deliver her into the hands of the prince. Continually the chambermaid took advantage of the princess and her groom. In…

short story is the folk tale or fairy tale, which derives from an oral tradition. “[…] Fairy tale motifs are […] ancient and appear in many pre-Christian epics, poems, myths, fables, histories and religious narratives.” (Zipes, Why Fairy Tales Stick, P 44) Aesop’s fables, for example, have been most popular in the Greece culture since the fifth century before Christ, though they are mere anecdotes with a moral to follow and less short stories like the fairy tale. Fairy tales similar to the ones…

Morality and Honesty in Ashputtle Throughout the vast history of children’s literature, many fairy tales have underwent incarnations and adaptations. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s retelling of the tale of Ashputtle centres on the idea of how a young woman defies the odds, and ends up marrying a prince to achieve wealth and good fortune. Ashputtle’s cruel stepsisters fail to achieve a higher social status because of their deceitful and dishonest behaviour. Remembering the dying words of her mother,…

As a child, the beloved Disney versions of fairy tales instilled the notion of the stories having a perfect ending in our minds. Hence, whenever the phrase “happily ever after” is cited, we would immediately associate it to fairy tales. However, as we mature, we realize this jejune perception is not entirely authentic. The level of complexity becomes increasingly apparent as we delve deeper into the origins; we discover the profound discrepancy between the adaptations and the antecedent…

Fairy tales’ economic length and straightforward lessons provide gender-related developmental paradigms with not only the pervasive patriarchal view as noted by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, but also the limited yet empowering vision of females. The female protagonist in All-Kinds-of-Fur in Brothers Grimm 's collection displays what at first appears to be a passive, objectified female personality, which a prominent narratologist Peter Brooks points out in his book Reading for the Plot; however…

Fairy tales contain fantastic worlds of fairies, princes, dwarfs, elves, giants, talking animals and witches, which support children's development of imagination and creativity. However, the mystified adult relationships with stereotypical gender distinctions presented in fairy tales have a profound impact on young minds and establish the social psyche of a generation. Therefore, one can claim that fairy tales have propagated and promoted stereotypical gender roles through a representation of…

version of the fairy tale “Cinderella” is a perfect example of a person’s journey from dark to light, or, as Tatar says it, “a way out of the woods back to the safety and security of home.” (Behrens and Rosen 254) While there are many versions of the story across different cultures, this variant describes the journey not only for Cinderella, but for the desired path of the stepsisters as well. The idea of Cinderella being a story of a journey comes from Tatar’s idea, which is “fairy tales are…

In this new version of the fairy tale, Sleeping Beauty, the focus is placed all on the three fairies that are supposed to be good and wholesome, and give Sleeping Beauty the typical gifts. However, in this tale, there is a fairy that goes awry, which changes the theme and basis of the story quite radically, but some of the conventions stay the same. In this tale, there is not necessarily a hard line between the good and the bad characters, the level of importance for each character changes, the…