The Robber Bridegroom

The Robber Bridegroom, by Eudora Welty, is a folktale that shares the main themes and plots of some stories by the brothers Grimm. In this book, Eudora Welty, the author intertwines into a parody several story plots from well-known stories and Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. This story, like most fairy tales, has a strong and long plot and we encounter many characters who are extremely influential towards each other. In the story Clement Musgrove, a planter, meets Jamie Lockhart, a thief, who then

The Robber Bridegroom by Eudora Welty Eudora Welty's first novel, The Robber Bridegroom, is a combination of fantasy and reality while exploring the duality of human nature, time, and the word man lives in. The union of legend, Mississippi history and Grimms' fairy tales create an adult dream world. Every character in the story has little insight to themselves and how they relate to the world around them. The antics of Mike Fink, the Harps, the bandits, and the Indians closely relate to

literary canon, Atwood in The Robber Bride also satisfies this need. Joe Weixlmann once pointed out the fact of literary canon that “the vast majority of the writers canonized in this country are white males of European decent, coupled

oth The Robber Bridegroom and The Trespasser are revised from its original versions. The novel of The Robber Bridegroom by Welty is based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale. In Campbell’s short story The Trespasser draws from the tale of Goldilocks and The Three Bears which was originated by the Robert Southey. In each work, there are similarities as well as changes that are made for significant reasons all related to folklore in which the context changes to better suit the audience. There are of

maidens yet they support these women with the beastly, dirty, characters of men. Whether it is goblin men with deadly fruits, or cannibals with knives, women are the true victims in The Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, The Bridegroom by Pushkin, and The Robber Bridegroom by Grimm. In the media, women have been portrayed with many qualities, one of which being cunningness. In the Goblin Market, older sister Lizzie uses all of her might to defend and save her sister Laura. Young, inquisitive Laura

gained the same amount of popularity. Their more prominent stories, such as “Cinderella” and “Snow White,” create a sense of whimsy with talking animals and love. In contrast, “The Robber Bridegroom,” a lesser known fairy tale, focuses on dark ideas: cannibalism and murder. The Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale “The Robber Bridegroom” did not reach the same level of acclaim as other Grimm stories

“Yeah I think I will too” replied the second guard, and so the guards were off to drink. As the body was going down the river, the Robber Bridegroom mind was unconsciously traveling down into the Fields of Oblivion. “Wha- What is going on?” as the Robber Bridegroom fell from the painful drop. “Where am I and why does my head hurt so much?” questioned the Robber Bridegroom. This unholy world below earth known as the Fields of Oblivion was filled with foul creatures who could easily take on 10,000 men

Thus, the heroines of previous incarnations become villainesses in a gender role reversal (male to female murdered, female to male victim). The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood also engages in this reversal. However, Atwood depicts both heroines and villainesses. The eponymous robber bride is Zenia, cannibalistic like previous bridegrooms as a metaphorical “man-eater” and trickster, associated with fox imagery by multiple characters. Roz thinks, “All foxes dig back doors,” assuming Zenia has many

It was with this cunning that the heroine of fairy tales that save themselves, such as the Grimm Brother's The Robber Bridegroom are able to escape their fate. There were only two female characters in the Grimm's tale The Robber Bridegroom; the heroine, a beautiful young girl given away to the first rich suitor to ask for her, and the old crone in the robber's den that helped the robbers but took the opportunity the heroine provided to leave, saving the girl in the process. The story was interesting

“Bluebeard” and “The Robber Bride Groom” are both chilling stories that appear to shed light on the fears of marrying someone you don’t know or the horrors of discovering that your new significant other is truly evil. Despite these similarities, the characters in these stories are as different as day and night. Perrault’s character Bluebeard possesses so much wealth that he becomes so bored with life that he can no longer find pleasure in the most natural things in life, so he relies on torment and