emotion or opinion has been a constant source of information, allowing for the exploration of various cultures and perspectives throughout human history. From this established tendency to record and create through written word, authors such as The Brothers Grimm and Disney have successfully provided a glimpse of the time period they resided in, and in doing so allows the societal and cultural norms and expectations of the era to be more comprehensively understood. While both are examples of widely distributed
different versions of the story from around the world. The German version, written by the Grimm brother's, was not originally made to be read by children. The Grimm brother's have created a more graphic version than the Vietnamese version, "Tam and Cam" . The Vietnamese version is delightful and doesn’t have the sister cutting off part of their foot to fit a slipper. Even though the Cinderella in the Grimm brother's version and Tam in the Vietnamese version share similar hardships, they have very
Influence The Grimm brothers, Jacob and Wilhelm, wrote a collection of over 60 German fairy tales in 1812 and called it Kinder- und Hausmärchen. These tales are known all over the world for their gruesome and dark plots that are not normally associated with children's tales. With this in mind, many countries have come up with adapted versions of these common fairy tales in which they have revised these tales to fit a social norm for children's stories. Many common adaptations of Grimms tales are those
“Cinderella” by the Grimm Brothers is one of the most duplicated stories of all-time. For many years, it was interpreted as a “love-story”. However, after reading it and thoroughly analyzing it, there are many themes that can be taken from it. One of them being the separation in social classes. “Cinderella” creates the idea that those who are not wealthy are deprived of an honorable life. Primarily, Cinderella is expected to work harder than her sisters even though they are part of the same family
Cinderella Essay Following the death of her mother,she was lost, scared and afraid of what was soon to come. In the short story, Cinderella, by the Brothers Grimm there is great strife, sadness, depression and rejection throughout the story. “They took away her pretty dresses and put on her an old grey kirtle, and gave her wooden shoes to wear” (Grimm 5). The previous quote was an example of how the step-mother and daughter treated her. After her mother's death, her stepmother and and sister treated
innocent bystanders. The animated fairy tale movies that are known by many all over the world today have changed quite significantly from the gruesome versions that were written by the Grimm Brothers. Their stories have quite a horrific and gory take on the stories seen now that contain a happy ending. The Grimm Brothers version of The Little Mermaid and the Disney version
Stepmothers: Stepping Away From Warts, Cackles, and Wickedness The essay Reading Fairy Tales Maria Tartar suggests “There is something to be said for the view that fairy tales have no stable meaning as well as for the views that are charged with meaning, but there are numerous other positions and possibilities between these two extremes” (J.D. Stahl pg. 284). Children in the 18th and 19th century grew up with the beloved fairy tales of triumphant protagonists—whether princess or pauper—and the falling
earlier version written by the Brothers Grimm in their collection of fairytales managed to make its way to France where Perrault wrote the closest tale to the animated Disney version that many of today’s young adults grew up seeing. The process of examining the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella and comparing it to the Disney version is absolutely fascinating. Disney’s Cinderella has many symbols, or versions of symbols, and themes that correspond with the Brothers’ Grimm Cinderella but the differences
fairytale. Although the original author of Cinderella is unknown, there is speculation that the Italians created the first version. In 1634, the first written version was published in Napoli by Giambattista Basile,. It was later revised, by the Grimm brothers folk tale collection “Grimm’s' Fairy Tales” in 1812. The brother's Fairy Tales was not suitable for children, because their stories included sex, violence, incest and worst of all, this version did not include illustrations which was a key feature
storytelling, the writers are exempting the reason why we have the fairy tales today (Missing the meaning). Perrault wrote some of the original works of ‘The Little Red Riding Hood’, but the story has a different perspective and meaning (moral?) to the Grimm Brother’s version. Let’s take a deeper look as to why these two stories differ from each other and as well as today’s modernized children storytelling.