Fairy tales of the past were often full of macabre and gruesome twists and endings. These days‚ companies like Disney have sanitized them for a modern audience that is clearly deemed unable to cope‚ and so we see happy endings everywhere. This list looks at some of the common endings we are familiar with – and explains the original gruesome origins. If you know of any others‚ be sure to mention it in the comments – or if you know of a fairy tale that is just outright gruesome (in its original or
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The video that I selected to compare the Cinderella Grimm version is Yeh Shen‚ which is a Chinese fairytale. Yeh Shen is an orphan who lives in a cave with her stepmother and stepsister. Yeh Shen goes to the pond where she is greeted by her only friend who is a fish named Golden Eyes. Her stepmother and stepsister see her talking to the fish and they send her to retrieve wood from a far away place. While Yeh Shen is gone‚ the stepmother captures and cooks the fish. When Yeh Shen comes back from gathering
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Running Head: SHALL WE DANCE 1 Shall We Dance Denise Gilbert Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College SHALL WE DANCE 2 Abstract This paper will show three versions of Cinderella that are similar in meaning and different in views. Interpretations of each story are basically the same‚ a young girl who is mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters. A magical transformation occurs that brings her dreams of meeting a prince and changes this young innocent girl
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Answers 1. The Idea of Naming Unique names and titles contribute greatly to the success of fairytales. In classic fairytales‚ readers identify the protagonist as an icon‚ rather than a requisite to push the plot. Timeless “appellations‚” such as “Cinderella‚” “The Little Red Ridinghood‚” “Snow White‚” “Blue Beard‚” etc. inheritably connect to public impression. Nowadays‚ every name has a story behind it‚ and the name itself is a story. In general‚ classical fairytale names feature descriptive adjectives
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Cinderella written by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is a revisionary version of Sapsorrow. In reading both tales‚ Sapsorrow is the pretext of Grimm’s Cinderella. The story of Sapsorrow is one of a sister who was treated very poorly by her “evil” sisters just as in Cinderella. The father in Sapsorrow who after their mother’s death was required to marry the very woman who’s finger his late wife’s ring would fit. During one of the sister’s bouts of treating Sapsorrow poorly again pretexting Cinderella
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2/11/13 Rapunzel‚ Rapunzel Stay in the Tower In the Brothers’ Grimm fairytale‚ Rapunzel‚ the witch is seen as a horrible‚ evil character who takes Rapunzel away and locks her in the tower. However‚ the witch was actually good and she was protecting Rapunzel the best way she knew how to. First of all‚ Rapunzel should’ve stayed in the tower because the tower was protecting her‚ the witch was kind to her‚ and she was naïve. If she stayed in the tower‚ Rapunzel wouldn’t have ended up stranded in the
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Aschenputtel v.s Yeh-Shen The rags-to-riches story of Cinderella has been here for thousands of years with millions of different styles and version. One of the most eminent versions is “Aschenputtel” by the prominent Grimm Brothers. This tale‚ though well known‚ is not the original. One of earlier versions is “Yeh-Shen” by Charles Perrault in which‚ like “Aschenputtel”‚ has the classic rags-to-riches motif. The stories came from different backgrounds‚ they each have different ways of going
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cheese.Once upon a time‚ there lived two German brothers‚ Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. They wrote folklore which was published‚ titled “Grimm’s Fairy Tales”. Many of their tales were deemed too gruesome and grim for children‚ but in recent times‚ modern storytellers have adapted their tales to something perceived as more worthy and suitable for children. While there are some advantageous aspects to these modern takes on the Grimm Brothers’ Tales‚ they (like the initial tales) can be regarded as gruesome
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of 2‚000 adults was commissioned to mark the launch of the hit US drama GRIMM‚ which starts tonight at 9pm on Watch‚ and sees six gritty episodes based on traditional fairytales. The poll found a quarter of parents polled wouldn’t consider reading a fairytale to their child until they had reached the age of five‚ as they prompt too many awkward questions from their offspring. And 52 per cent of the parents said Cinderella didn’t send a good message to their children as it portrays a young woman
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visit from the forest claiming that they slept for too long and that she and their father was worried about them. This language is used by the Grimm brothers to add to her nasty character because by blaming the children she isn’t avoiding her own incrimination. The stepmother is an important character that is used in many tales such as Snow White‚ Cinderella‚ and this one‚ Hansel and Gretel. Witch’s also played a major act in many folktales. For example in “Repunzel” the witch also plays a malignant
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