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    The brothers spent much of their time together which made it easy for them to work together. Both brothers studied literature and language as they grew up. Sparked by the romanticism time period, the Grimm brothers became interested in writing stories, specifically fairy tales. The Grimm brother’s vicious gritty stories “never even set out to entertain kids”…

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    those featured on Disney Channel. This behavior, although not completely the fault of Walt Disney Studios, can be widely attributed to the loss of childhood and innocence of these young actors and actresses. At young ages, around 12 and sometimes younger, young actors and actresses are recruited by Walt Disney Studios to take on the task of becoming the newest Disney icon. They will become the faces…

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    Innocent Beauties and Their Monsters There are many fairy tales that have discussed in this class. And the most interested stories from these fairy tales are Snow White by Brother Grimm and Ever After: A Cinderella Story directed by Andy Tennant based on Cinderella by Charles Perrault. There are many different version of Snow White and Cinderella from different culture. However both of these stories are known as children bed time story and they are very famous around the world. In addition, the…

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    Prompt #1 - “Cinderella” Charles Perrault (1696) and the Brothers Grimm (1857) Anyone that has read versions of Cinderella, may have a different perception of the story, it was not the norm for a middle class young lady to marry upper class not even in today’s age. However, we can begin with analyzing the story and each character as they come into the picture. In order to understand the psyche of the character, we must first understand the epoch the story was written and how society expected…

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    Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, dubbed the brothers Grimm, are credited as the authors of popular fairy tales loved by children and shared by adults today. Both were born in Hanau, Germany, in the years of 1785 and 1786. With the death of their father, followed by a drop in family income, their mother pushed them to study law and philology at the University of Marburg. There, the brothers adopted an interest in medieval German literature and pursued a new career, in addition to their studies. When…

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    the child’s innocence. The Grimm Brothers went even further by “erasing all traces of the erotic playfulness found in ‘The Story of the Grandmother’” (5) Perrault hammers home the sense of change in society by including a section of the morals that should be taken away in his version. The language used, as well as left out, in tale of “Little Red Riding Hood” clearly shows the development of society in respect to the use of fairy tales as a form of education to younger…

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    Fairy Tale Culture

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    for a society and had the influence over their audience to subtly implement changes through the acceptance of the stories being told. This is the reason that fairy tales slowly changed over time before they were documented in literary works. The Brothers Grimm…

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    Once Smerdyakov murders Fyodor due to Ivan’s theory that God, therefore, good nor evil exist, Ivan is burdened by the struggle to reconcile his influence, therefore, the guilt of the murder. The reality of disturbance in Ivan’s inert moral being seems impossible for an often intellectually cold individual. While much of Ivan’s ideology and practice derive from his education, therefore environmental influence rather than natural character, however, one’s natural inclination for education and…

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    are often stripped of the darkness and sorrow that is surrounding the story. However, this is not a common occurrence and it has been done over years, so that the more gruesome fairytales, with dark, and gruesome scenes, would be more suitable for younger audiences. In “Pan’s Labyrinth” Guillermo Del Toro is able to incorporate those gruesome and darker scenes to “depicts a struggle between good and evil” (2). In Mike Perschon review of “Pan’s Labyrinth”, he talks about embracing those…

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    been alive long enough to go through many time periods. The fact that fairy tales do have such a history, supports they would be a great teaching tool in classrooms. Although for younger children fairy tales can lead to unrealistic expectations dude to the content…

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