Hansel And Gretel Research Paper

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Hansel & Gretel

After a month of being in jail, the case of “Hansel and Gretel” is brought to court. I have finally the opportunity to bring my testimony and prove to the judge and everyone that I’m not the person that people think I’m.
Good morning ladies and gentlemen in this courtroom. My name is Mirsella Witchwood, as probably you all know me as the witch that wants to eat little kids. That is not who I really am.
First of all, I’d like to let the court know that I never wanted to be a witch. In fact, I actually wanted to become a doctor, or maybe a fashion designer, or even rescue poor abused animals, but no. I come from a family line in which every female becomes a witch. The transformation starts at age 16. First and the one I hate most, our skin turns a sickly green color. Then, our hair becomes dark as the night but during the day looks such as a grey-headed. Next, nasty warts grow on our nose and face. We are forced to wear black because it is the only color that compliments our green skin and our dark hair.
Eventually our parents can’t stand to look at us anymore because they think we are too ugly and embarrassment for the family so they send us off to a life in seclusion in the woods. So please, please!! Don’t you dare accuse me of choosing to become a witch because believe me I never wanted to look green and old at my age. There’s another thing you all should know about my witchery. Everyone seems to think that witches are ugly, 100-year-old hags or whatever. Hey, not me. I’m maybe not the prettiest girl or nothing like that but the truth is that I’m only 18th. As I said, I may not very beautiful, but I am way much prettier than the way those Grimm Brothers described me.
Every witch is kicked out of their parents’ ho...

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...wisted story Hansel and Gretel (or whatever their names are) came up with, but I do know that the story I just now proposed to all of you was really what happened that day in my house. And that’s all I have to say.
The court and the judge decided that I am innocent and Hansel and Gretel are the culprits in this case. These two children were sent to a military camp to be discipline and punish for what they did in my house.

A few months later I leave town. I moved to Far Far Away were my friends Fiona and Shrek leave. I got a new haircut and I started wearing black modern clothes that makes me look and feel younger and pretty. I meet Sir Lancelot, a handsome man who actually likes the way I look and loves me by the way I am. Lancelot and I got marry and I can finally said that witches not always have to be bad. I’m a witch I finally live happy ever after.

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