The Brave Tin Soldier By Hans Christen Anderson
“The Brave Tin Soldier,” a Fairy Tale originally wrote by Hans Christen Anderson in 1838; while a great work in its self is a bit of a read. There is a more modern version done as a movie short, by TRUEMAX academy, of the H.C. Andersen's tale, it is titled, "The Steadfast Tin Soldier,” and posted online Aug 12, 2008. In the following paper I will give a brief description of the fairy tale, how the two fairy tales are similar, how they are different, and if the same moral is portrayed.
The difference between fairy tales “The Brave Tin Soldier,” and the “The Steadfast Tin Soldier,” are so slight I will compare the two works by focusing on just four aspects. The four aspects of the tales will be used as topics. First, how does the type of media …show more content…
The first difference is; the original tale starts out with the tin soldier in the box of tin soldiers, where the new tale starts out with a tin spoon melting in a ladle in a fire. While both tales start out differently, they end the same with the tin soldier melting in the fire. The original tale starts out in the darkness of a toy box and ends in fire. The new tale starting in fire and ending in fire has a dramatic effect on the moral. The second difference is the actions of the goblin. In the original tale, the goblin never actually touches the tin soldier, where in the new tale the goblin does physical touch him. The original version, implies the hatred of the goblin for the tin soldier, where the new tale physically shows the hatred of the goblin for the tin soldier. This leaves no question as to the intensions of the goblin and that has a dramatic effect on the moral of the story.
Between both tales, there are the same three main charters the tin soldier, the ballerina, and the goblin all have an effect on the moral of the story. The tin soldier in the tales represents steadfastness, honor, courage, commitment, and loyalty. The ballerina represents beauty, grandeur, freedom, and desire. The goblin represents anger, fear, lust, and hatred. With some many virtues able to be portrayed the moral of the story is decide up to how all of these virtues interact during the
The difference between fairy tales “The Brave Tin Soldier,” and the “The Steadfast Tin Soldier,” are so slight I will compare the two works by focusing on just four aspects. The four aspects of the tales will be used as topics. First, how does the type of media …show more content…
The first difference is; the original tale starts out with the tin soldier in the box of tin soldiers, where the new tale starts out with a tin spoon melting in a ladle in a fire. While both tales start out differently, they end the same with the tin soldier melting in the fire. The original tale starts out in the darkness of a toy box and ends in fire. The new tale starting in fire and ending in fire has a dramatic effect on the moral. The second difference is the actions of the goblin. In the original tale, the goblin never actually touches the tin soldier, where in the new tale the goblin does physical touch him. The original version, implies the hatred of the goblin for the tin soldier, where the new tale physically shows the hatred of the goblin for the tin soldier. This leaves no question as to the intensions of the goblin and that has a dramatic effect on the moral of the story.
Between both tales, there are the same three main charters the tin soldier, the ballerina, and the goblin all have an effect on the moral of the story. The tin soldier in the tales represents steadfastness, honor, courage, commitment, and loyalty. The ballerina represents beauty, grandeur, freedom, and desire. The goblin represents anger, fear, lust, and hatred. With some many virtues able to be portrayed the moral of the story is decide up to how all of these virtues interact during the