Grimm Brothers Cinderella

The Grimm Brothers stabilized the weak and submissive character in the fairy tale genres with stories like Cinderella, and added in the idea of a higher moral authority that the women must be obedient to above all else. Cinderella’s mother tells he that if she is “good and pious, then the dear lord will always assist [her] and [her mother] shall look down from heaven and take care of [her]” (Grimm, 468). The mother dies soon after and Cinderella’s father takes a second wife and two stepdaughters who forced Cinderella to be a slave in the house. The stepsisters “did everything imaginable to cause [Cinderella] grief and make [Cinderella] look ridiculous.” (Grimm, 468) The king announces he will hold a three day festival, and invites the stepmother and her daughters. The stepmother tells Cinderella she may come to the ball only if she “can pick out all the lentils” the stepmother had emptied into the ashes in the fire place “in two hours, [Cinderella] may have [the stepmother’s] permission to go” (Grimm, 469). Cinderella completes her task, but the stepmother pours more lentils into the

She remains stoic and true to herself despite times of turmoil. Although she suffers in silence, she is eventually rewarded for her goodness. Rohrich observes, “By revealing themselves from time to time in their full beauty, they achieve their aim that the future husbands are always the ones beseeching and the heroines are the ones granting” (Rohrich 120). With this, Cinderella controls her own fate rather by pursuing what she believes in: hard work, kindness, and inner beauty. Among the different versions, The Brothers’ Grimm strongly underscores her values. For instance, birds help her throughout the story as a symbol of freedom. They help her accomplish her stepmother’s seemingly impossible tasks and punish her stepsisters for their cruelty. With this help, she gains the courage to control her destiny. Although she is faced with her stepmother’s tyranny, she ultimately triumphs by rebellion. By going to the ball, she establishes her own freedom at her own risk. She knew the consequences and took a calculated risk. This is similar to the Brothers Grimm’s version of “Little Red Riding Hood.” Although Little Red Riding Hood strays off the path, she defeats the wolf with her trickery and

Furthermore, when the upcoming ball is announced, the stepsisters consult Cinderella because of her good taste, and she willingly gives them excellent advice and even offers to help style their hair. She toils away happily and selflessly. She is so self-sacrificing that at the end of the tale she not only forgives her stepsisters cruelty but arranges advantageous marriages for them.

The Disney version of the story, Cinderella, illustrates a different moral than that of the original story. This story believes an ideal child should do what they are told and follow directions and in the end they will reap the rewards. In this story, Cinderella’s mother dies and her father remarries to a woman who has two daughters. While the daughters are pampered, Cinderella must work to keep the house from falling into disrepair. She befriends the animals and they help her to get ready to go to the ball by finishing her chores and making her a dress. When the evil stepsisters discover the dress they become furious because the mice used trimming from their clothing when making the dress. In revenge, the stepsisters rip the dress, leaving Cinderella out of options and out of hope. Just as Cinderella is about to give up, her fairy godmother appears and with a wave of magic creates a dress and turns a pumpkin and the mice into a horse and carriage. The only problem is that everything will turn back to what it was beforehand at midnight. Cinderella and the Prince fall in love at the ball but she must quickly leave because the

Have you ever had a dark and gloomy day? Imagine having that feeling every single day. The Grimm’s Cinderella was written in 1812. 1812 was one of the harshest years for America. An event that formed it was the war against Great Britain and the United States. Not only was there a war, but there was also a series of disastrous harvests. Taxes got higher, and more than twenty people who were involved with a Luddite Act were hung. In 1812, there was also the only assassination of a prime minister, who was shot dead in the House of Commons. The Grimm Brothers have put the dark times of 1812 into their stories. Some of their stories contain violence, child abuse, and wicked mothers. They came up with these types of stories after their father died, and when they struggled out of school. That gave them enough time to research and put together a collection of folk tales. Now you can see why the Grimm’s Cinderella was dark and gloomy. Although the plot stayed the same, over the years, the story did get lighter. Disney’s Cinderella came out in 1950. In 1950, learning information was not by fear, but by engaging happiness. Disney’s Cinderella transforms the Grimm’s Cinderella into a happier atmosphere. While some similarities between Disney’s Cinderella and Grimm’s Cinderella are noticeable, the differences are pronounced, especially when referring to the slippers, her father, and the ball.

Rapunzel, written by The Grimm Brothers, is a peculiar tale about a traded princess locked in a tower by her wicked guardian, enchantress. One day a curious prince comes across a tower and finds Rapunzel ,but is later punished for his inquisitive decision by enchantress, she takes away his sight. They later meet again and Rapunzel's tear heals the prince ,and they go back to the kingdom where all is well. As the story meets time more authors remake Rapunzel into a less gruesome tale ,but as for the Grimm Brothers their intentions are to scare children. This tactic is originally used by French and Italian authors of Rapunzel during the 17th century, but the Grimm brothers wanted to bring this idea to their homeland, Germany. “The Grimms, along

The two step-sisters said, “Just look at the proud princess, how decked out she is, they cried, and laughed, and led her into the kitchen.” (Grimm 1) The tone and mood of the story continues down a dark path, when her new family takes away her clothes and bed, forcing her to sleep in front of the hearth. Overrun with sadness, Cinderella turns to her mother’s grave for love, support, and

Red is described differently; she is competent and takes regards to her own safety. Carter notes that even though “it is the worst time in all of the year wolves…this strong-minded child insists she will go off through the wood…she is quite sure the wild beasts cannot harm her although, well warned, she lays a carving knife in the basket her mother has packed with cheeses” (Carter 132-133). Red instead of being a naïve girl as in Perrault knows the danger that is lurking in the woods so she deliberately packs protection. Here is the first clue that she will not become a victim as in the case of the child in Perrault’s story.

The story starts with Red traveling to her grandmother’s house where she is attacked by a wolf along the way. The wolf believes that Red has stolen the grandmother’s recipes, however Red does not see it that way. Red believes that the wolf is trying to trick her so that he can eat her, but that is not the case as we find out later. Meanwhile, the grandmother is living a dangerous life and trying to escape from people who are hired to kill her. Then, a hunter with an axe accidentally crashes into the house right before Red and her

Many Disney movies people have watched are actually from some legend in some way. One of the more shocking tales would be “Snow White.” Disney took “Snow White and the seven dwarves” and cleaned it considerably. The tale the Grimm Brothers’ created was originally named “Little Snow White.” “Little Snow White” was about a woman who wanted a daughter that was, “ white as snow, as red as blood, and as black as the wood in this frame." (Little Snow White, (Jakob and wilhelm grimm 2005) Eventually, she had a daughter who was fairer than her, and she wished her dead. The mother called the huntsman and said, “Kill her, and as proof that she is dead bring her lungs and her liver back to me." (Little Snow White, 2005) Snow white begged for mercy from the huntsman and he let her live. She ran into the forest and found a house were seven dwarves. Eventually, a woman came to visit and said she was selling lace bodice. The women decided to dress snow white, but she pulled to tight and Snow White could not breathe. The women fixed the dress and put a pin into Snow White's hair that was filled with poison. Snow White's evil mother had tried her hardest,

In the Grimms' version, both Red and her grandmother are eaten by the wolf, but miraculously saved by a huntsman who, instead of shooting the wolf, cuts open its belly, apparently while the wolf is still alive, in order to release first Little Red, and then her grandmother. Red then fills the wolf's belly with stones, and as a result, justice is served and the wolf dies. The moral of the Grimm's version also differs from that of Perrault. The Grimms emphasize obedience. Before she sets out, Red is given strict and fairly detailed instructions by her mother, not to stray from the path. The wolf tempts her from the path, she sins, and thus her being eaten by the wolf is often considered by critics as the punishment for her

Her father showers her stepsisters with gifts but only brings Cinderella a twig. She plants the twig on her mother’s grave and it grows into a magical tree, which a magical dove sits on. When she is in need of something, she only has to ask the dove for it and the dove would throw it down for her. The dove provides Cinderella with shoes and a dress for the three-day ball.

Unlike in Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast contains an assertive female character who serves as an inspiration and guidance for many individuals. Evidently, Beauty has many unique characteristers such as her bravery and confidence, yet she is deemed to be odd by people around her. Beauty’s passions and interests were to read novels and learn new information due to her curiosity, hence another character insisted that she stop reading. The character’s words were “The whole town's talking about it. It's not right for a woman to read.” (Beauty and the Beast, 1991). Because Beauty’s character did not conform with the norms in her town, people presumed she was deviant and odd. In addition, she was stigmitized due to her passion of reading because

Tangled does a really good job making sure they don’t make Repunzel look weak and giving her a lot of power, but they totally forget about the male of the story Flynn Ryder. The Brothers Grimm on the other hand manage to have no masculine stereotypes for the prince but they make Repunzel look like a helpless lamb.

Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale “Cinderella” is a story of a young girl’s life under her harsh stepmother. The young girl’s mother passes away, and her rich father remarries a woman with two daughters. They mistreat the young girl so much that she always “looked so dusty and dirty” that people called her Cinderella (Grimm 117). One day, the father gets his daughters what they want: beautiful dresses, pearls and jewels for his stepdaughters, and a branch from the hazel tree for Cinderella. Cinderella plants the hazel spring on her mother’s grave, where it grows into a beautiful tree after her tears fall on it. A little white bird would fly to it and toss the girl what she wanted. One day a festival is announced, but Cinderella is not allowed to