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    The 1812 fairy tale of “Hansel and Gretel” written by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is a fairytale that has been told for multiple generations to young children. This fairytale has become a classic throughout time. Over the last couple of years‚ the fairytale has emerged once again with several new film adaptation one of the most recent “ Hansel and Gretel Witch Hunters” which geared towards a horror movie approach(Lecture notes 4/13/2017). Although the story of Hansel and Gretel may not be

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    Cinderella was written in Egypt in the first century BC‚ The original story most similar to the Cinderella we know today was the story Ashenputtel‚ written by Jacob and Wilheim Grimm‚ which are widely known as the Brothers Grimm. 예준: Right. And since pretty slippers and stepmothers are a repeated theme in folk tales‚ Brothers Grimm were not the first to write about them. 예림: But their published version was what made the story so popular. In the Disney Cinderella‚ there are these two ugly stepsisters

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    are written in a way to explain something meaningful in life‚ through a story. Many of the tales differ from the familiar “Disney version” of the story. Each of the Cinderella stories has a different tone and theme. The tales Aschenputtel by The Brothers Grimm from Germany‚ and The Twelve Months: A Slav legend adapted by Alexander Chodzko from Russia are told with different attitudes towards nature‚ but also has similarities. Women play a major role in the stories‚ yet they are limited to options set

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    FaNTASTIC LITERATURE

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    Fantastic Literature Fantasy is a product of our subconscious minds. Just like the stories of the past‚ fantastic literature tries to give its messages with an indirectly way for making an impact to our subconscious minds. In other words‚ Fantastic literature is a genre of fiction that uses imagination‚ magic‚ supernatural elements such as ghosts‚ harpies‚ trolls‚ mermaids‚ nymphs‚ vampires‚ centaurs‚ personifications‚ allegories and unrealistic elements as its primary plot element‚ theme or setting

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    explore the lineage of women as tale-tellers in a history that stretches from Philomela and Scheherazade to the raconteurs of French veillees and salons‚ to English peasants‚ governesses‚ and novelists‚ and to the German Spinnerinnen and the Brother’s Grimm.” (53-54) In the chapter “To Spin a Yarn: The Female Voice in Folklore and Fairy Tale” from Fairy Tales and Society: Illusion and Paradigm‚ Karen E. Rowe explores the depth and history of voicelessness of women and how the combination of spinning and

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    The story “The Seven Ravens” was a fairy tale written by the Grimm brothers‚ Which tells about a young sister/maiden who goes on a adventure in hopes of finding her long lost brothers. This story is a very interesting story with an unexpected twist that is not like most fairy tales and that is why I have chosen the fairy tale “The Seven Ravens” to use for my fairy tale analysis. “The Seven Ravens” opens up with a father who has seven sons who wishes for a daughter. The parents wishes are granted

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    Hunt 1 English 1020-502 Professor 4‚ October 2013 An Analysis of the Symbolism in Brothers Grimm “Godfather Death” In literature‚ symbolism is used to suggest an underlying meaning in a story. In the story of “Godfather Death‚” a quite ironic title‚ the Grimm brothers used a multitude of symbols to convey the story’s moral value. The Grimm brothers used seven symbols in this story. All of them play a part in conveying the message that death cannot be defied‚ death is constant‚ and

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    the late 1600’s. The origins that we know today are found in sources varied as mythology and The Bible and was inherited by the Grimm brothers‚ Jacob and Wilhelm‚ in the early 1800’s after Jacob was appointed as the court librarian and began reading fairy tales. In the days before DSTV‚ PlayStation‚ and computer games fairy tales fulfilled the role of entertainment. The Grimm brother’s fairy tale‚

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    Danielle De Barbarac‚ played to perfection by Drew Barrymore. The movie begins with the Grimm Brothers visiting an elderly woman‚ the Grande Dame of France‚ who while thoroughly enjoying their tales questions their story of the little cinder girl. The Grimm Brothers reply that there was no way for them to verify the authenticity of their story as there were so many different versions. After one of the brothers expressed curiosity about a portrait showing a young woman‚ the Grande Dame replies that

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    Sexism in Language

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    portrayed in Tom Sawyer to a more recent novel‚ the House on Mango Street. In these novels‚ the women’s identities were not solely dependant on men and their actions. Women were more of human beings rather than just ornaments in the novels. In the Grimm Brothers’ “Little Snow-White”‚ the wicked queen is extremely obsessed with beauty. She is vain and goes to many extremes just to be “the

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