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    In “Hansel and Gretel‚” written by the Brothers Grimm‚ tells us about a shocking story of two children and a dark moral background. This story is probably the most gothic of all fairytales. The story isn’t just about an evil witch that wanted to eat the children‚ it was about the evil of all human beings and especially the parents. The important truth of the story is the deprivation that makes them selfish and do evil because they care more about themselves than about others. Hansel and Gretel was

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    Timothy Towers Becky Austin Honors English IV April 18th‚ 2014 The Brothers Grimm‚ Romanticism‚ and Hansel and Gretel Today when one thinks about the Grimm Brothers‚ they most likely think about how widespread their stories are‚ being that they are told in many homes and have had many adaptations of them. This was not the case however when Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first started to write and collect their tales. Many were uncomfortable with them and the very violent scenes they had. People

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    Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter. When a great famine settles over the land‚ the woodcutter’s second‚ abusive wife decides to take the children into the woods and leave them there to be by themselves‚ so that she and her husband will not starve to death‚ because the children eat too much. The woodcutter opposes the plan but finally and reluctantly‚ submits to his wife’s scheme. They are unaware that in the children’s bedroom‚ Hansel and Gretel have overheard them. After

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    present the planning and thought processes back to the class in an oral presentation. I chose the fairy tales Hansel and Gretel by Brothers Grimm to use as my discussion piece. The brothers Grim are possibly still to this day one of the greatest writers for fairy tales riddles and children’s stories. The brothers we born in 1785 and passed away in the years of 1860-1870. Theses brothers pretty much spent their whole life writing theses stories. The story was a favorite of mine as a child. My understanding

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    children. These stories have moral lessons that aim towards youngsters: persuasive lessons to influence‚ educate‚ and warn of the mysterious world. On the other hand‚ The Brother’s Grimm fairy tales have many universal life lessons for all ages. Hansel and Gretel‚ one of the most famous fairy tales written by the Brother’s Grimm‚ has many elements of virtue and character embedded within them. With a psychoanalytical perspective‚ the tale unfolds as a story about loss‚ despair‚ and most importantly being

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    The fairy tale Hansel and Gretel by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm is a great story for kids because it shows kids that they should be brave‚ protective and have confidents in themselves. Hansel is one of the protagonist in the fairy tale‚ he had many obstacles at a young age‚ like parents leaving him and his sister in the wood by themselves‚ with their lives at stake. Also‚ Hansel is a hero because through his actions he is smart‚ caring‚ and shows leadership. Such as‚ Hansel using his smartness and

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    The Brothers Grimm did not fall short of this trend while writing “Hansel and Gretel.” “ Hansel and Gretel” have all three of the shameful female characters and the admirable male character. Hansel and Gretel does not follow that traditional and favorable feminist view of women because the Grimm Brothers go along on the concept that women are weaker than men‚ which as been the patriarchal and societal norm. Famous fairy

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    house; also abroad its success was extraordinary and lasting”. The opera this quote refers to is‚ Hänsel und Gretel‚ written by Engelbert Humperdinck. Humperdinck is responsible for many operas in his lifetime‚ but the one he is most famous for is Hänsel und Gretel (1893). This paper will analyze Humperdinck’s inspiration for Hänsel und Gretel‚ and some of the techniques he used in Hänsel und Gretel. Engelbert Humperdinck was born September 1st‚ 1854 in Siegburg in the Rhineland‚ near Bonn‚ Germany

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    these situations‚ you’d have to be persistent‚ brave and optimistic. Hansel and Gretel from Hansel and Gretel and David from Big Boy are examples of what it takes to be persistent‚ brave and optimistic. HanselGretel and David has also shown the trait of being knowledgeable. Hansel and Gretel. Near a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife and his two children; the boy’s name was Hansel and the girl’s Gretel. They had very little to bite or to sup. “What will become of us? We

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    by the Grimm brothersHansel and Gretel‚ is about two young children who are abandoned in the woods by their parents because of the lack of food. They wonder around in the woods and they find a house made out of bread and candy. Starved and exhausted‚ the children begin to eat the house when a witch that they think is an old woman comes out and invites them into her house only to trick them into something much worse. It is possible that the story of Hansel and Gretel is a nightmare of Hansel due to

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