A Critique of Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm's Cinderella

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In the year 1812, Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm, better known today as “The Brothers Grimm” wrote a story about a young girl whose mother dies and is then tormented by her new step-mother and step-sisters. They enslave her in her own home by forcing her to do all the chores and to sleep amongst the ashes. The young girl endured this torment each and every day because her dying mother said to her “Dear child, be good and pious and then God will always protect thee.” (Grimm, 1812) In this version of the story, that has been and is still beloved by so many throughout the world over, we take a closer look at some of the visceral elements of the story (jealousy, rage, envy) that beg the question, “Is this actually a fairy tale?” We begin after Cinderella’s mother dies, and her father brings home a new wife and two daughters. Almost immediately, they disliked the young girl. Was it because she was more beautiful than they? Could that be a form of jealousy? They stripped her of all of her pretty clothes and her bed, and forced her to wear an old bedgown and wooden shoes and sleep amongst th...

In this essay, the author

Narrates how jakob and wilhelm grimm, better known today, wrote a story about the young girl whose mother dies and is then tormented by her new step-mother.
Analyzes how the visceral elements of the story (jealousy, rage, envy) beg the question, "is this a fairy tale?"
Analyzes how cinderella's father disliked her because she was more beautiful than them, and forced her to wear an old bedgown and wooden shoes and sleep amongst the ashes. the story does not explain why her father ignored these actions.

Narrates how jakob and wilhelm grimm, better known today, wrote a story about the young girl whose mother dies and is then tormented by her new step-mother.
Analyzes how the visceral elements of the story (jealousy, rage, envy) beg the question, "is this a fairy tale?"
Analyzes how cinderella's father disliked her because she was more beautiful than them, and forced her to wear an old bedgown and wooden shoes and sleep amongst the ashes. the story does not explain why her father ignored these actions.
Explains that cinderella wanted to go to the festival, but her step-mother and stepsisters would not let her go until she completed all of her chores. they intentionally empty peas and lentils into the ashes and force her to pick them out.
Explains that cinderella attended the festival each of the three days and danced with the king's son. he was so enamored of her beauty that he wouldn't let anyone else dance with her.
Analyzes how the king's son retrieved the slipper and began to scour the land and vowed to marry the one who fit into it.
Explains that this story is filled with elements that usually go hand and hand with adult emotions. it is scary and dark, and one often wonders what kind of audience it was geared towards.

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- Explains that jacob and wilhelm grimm collected stories of germanic origin to maintain their social character.
- Explains that the grimm siblings' first collection of stories was based on actual, gruesome events. they took out a portion of adult substance as kids turned into their primary audience.
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analytical essay
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- Explains how charles perrault began writing fairy tales in the late 17th century to educate his children.
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- Explains how charles perrault began writing fairy tales in the late 17th century to educate his children.
- Analyzes how charles perrault wrote for children as means of instruction, gender role enforcement, cultural pride, and entertainment. however, angela carter adapted his tales 300 years later for adults.
- Explains that perrault invented the fairy tale, children's stories, in a time period in france in which feminine chastity was honorable, respected, and expected.
- Explains that charles perrault was born into a bourgeois parisian family and socialized with the people of france, from the citizens to the royalty.
- Explains that sex was a powerful hypocritical force in france during the age of seduction, when young girls were taught that their worth was in their virginity or pureness.
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- Argues that while many literary critics and historians believe serial killers inspired this tale, others believe that it is folkloric; its origin resides with women and girls, a cautionary tale told to young girls about marriage.
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- Explains that cinderella is a girl who lost both of her parents and is left with her step mother. there are hundreds of different types of cinderella stories, but they will compare two that they've read.
- Analyzes how cinderella's stepmother is jealous of cinderella because she is beautiful and mistreated her for her prettier appearance. the step family made her do all the work like cleaning, laundry, and making breakfast.
- Compares the french and disney versions of cinderella's story. in the disney version, the fairy godmother took care of everything for her.
- Explains that cinderella is a girl who lost both of her parents and is left with her step mother. there are hundreds of different types of cinderella stories, but they will compare two that they've read.
- Analyzes how cinderella's stepmother is jealous of cinderella because she is beautiful and mistreated her for her prettier appearance. the step family made her do all the work like cleaning, laundry, and making breakfast.
- Compares the french and disney versions of cinderella's story. in the disney version, the fairy godmother took care of everything for her.
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“You have to write the book that wants to be written.and if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children,”(L’Engle, Good Reads). There are many authors that would rather write books for children than for adults. Some of the most famous writers in history are the Grimm Brothers; they were only one year apart in age, and they wrote brilliantly together for all of their life. The Grimm’s Fairytales are probably one of their most famous pieces of work. These stories really changed the way people could tell their stories accurately and present them to children without being inappropriate.
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- Explains that many authors would rather write books for children than for adults. the grimm brothers were one year apart in age, and they wrote brilliantly together for all of their life.
- Explains that jakob and wilhelm grimm were born in hanau, germany, and later moved to berlin.
- Explains that jakob and wilhelm grimm made a great contribution to the history of fairytales. they wrote the first volume in 1812 to tell the stories accurately.
- Explains that many authors would rather write books for children than for adults. the grimm brothers were one year apart in age, and they wrote brilliantly together for all of their life.
- Explains that jakob and wilhelm grimm were born in hanau, germany, and later moved to berlin.
- Explains that jakob and wilhelm grimm made a great contribution to the history of fairytales. they wrote the first volume in 1812 to tell the stories accurately.
- Explains that jakob and wilhelm's reasons for writing the fairytales were significant. they were the first to take out sexual content in the stories.
- Opines that jakob and wilhelm grimm were a great influence on the history of fairytales and stories.
- Cites ashliman, d.l., "chronology of their life." grimm brothers' home page.
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Comparing Perrault's Cinderella with Disney's Cinderella
analytical essay
Today, adults reading Charles Perrault’s Cinderella realize similarities and differences between Cinderella and a modern western woman. Adults recognize that Cinderella in Perrault’s fairy tale has undesirable qualities for a modern western woman, today. Cinderella is affectionate, goodwill, forgiving, and loyal. On the other hand, Cinderella is not independent, outspoken, confident, and strong. Cinderella has low self esteem and is incapable of solving problems. Inferiority, dependence and passiveness are characteristics that represent Cinderella do not characterize a modern western woman.
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- Compares walt disney's cinderella and charles perrault'. the king hosts a two-day ball, and the step sisters ridicule her for trying on the slipper.
- Compares perrault's cinderella and walt disney'. adults realize that despite her charismatic traits, her behaviour is not acceptable for modern western women.
- Analyzes how cinderella in perrault's fairy tale portrays qualities of a modern woman, such as intelligence, patience, and strong will.
- Compares walt disney's cinderella and charles perrault'. the king hosts a two-day ball, and the step sisters ridicule her for trying on the slipper.
- Compares perrault's cinderella and walt disney'. adults realize that despite her charismatic traits, her behaviour is not acceptable for modern western women.
- Analyzes how cinderella in perrault's fairy tale portrays qualities of a modern woman, such as intelligence, patience, and strong will.
- Analyzes how cinderella's dominating submissive behaviour makes her appear as a negative character.
- Analyzes the similarities and differences between cinderella and a modern western woman. adults recognize that she has undesirable qualities, such as affectionate, goodwill, forgiving, and loyal.
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analytical essay
This article, is arguing about the cultural history on how the poor and the lower class would tell stories. These stories still affect our society today. This article states that fairy tales at first were meant for adults because children could not read. An example is Brothers Grimm, where “Weber argues that fairy tales can tell us a great deal about the real conditions in the world of those who told and those who heard the tales” (344). It also explains how the Grimm’s brother changed society with their stories of cruelty.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how bottigheimer ruth b. fairytales folk narrative research and history argues about the cultural history on how the poor and the lower class would tell stories.
- Explains that the brothers grimm's tales were about the danish government, and their horrible incidents which were caused by political reasons from the 1830s.
- Analyzes how charles perrault's paradox: how aristocratic fairy tales became synonymous with folklore conservation.
- Analyzes how bottigheimer ruth b. fairytales folk narrative research and history argues about the cultural history on how the poor and the lower class would tell stories.
- Explains that the brothers grimm's tales were about the danish government, and their horrible incidents which were caused by political reasons from the 1830s.
- Analyzes how charles perrault's paradox: how aristocratic fairy tales became synonymous with folklore conservation.
- Analyzes how perrault's change on the original fairy tales influenced the grimm’s brothers to write their own versions of beauty and the beast.
- Explains how scientists from 2012 found the first fairy tale by hans christian andersen. they also found "taellelyset," the ink manuscript that was found by a local historian esben brase.
- Explains that the first collection of fairy tales stories from grimm's brothers were based on actual gruesome events, such as rapunzel.
- Explains that fairy tales came from italy, and the setting is usually "harbours and market places and pilgrimage sites in places such as venice, nepal and sicily."
- Explains that fairy tales have evolved and are in different environment, meaning that they have changed over the years.
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opinion essay
If there is one message that most fairy tales have, it is that good will always triumph over evil. That is also prevalent in the dark tale from the Brothers Grimm, “The Juniper Tree”. A story full of cannibalism and homicide still manages to lead up to an iconic happy ending. Interwoven through every ironic sentence are symbols. Connections with tales from Greek Mythology to Biblical times hide the true macabre nature of the story of (as it is also called) “My Mother Slew Me, My Father Ate Me”.
In this essay, the author
- Describes grimm, jacob, wilhelm, and maria tatar's annotated brothers. new york: w.w. norton, 2004.
- Describes d. l. ashliman's grimm brothers' home page.
- Opines that lenssen, philipp, "fairy tales by the grimm brothers." authorama.
- Describes grimm, jacob, wilhelm, and maria tatar's annotated brothers. new york: w.w. norton, 2004.
- Describes d. l. ashliman's grimm brothers' home page.
- Opines that lenssen, philipp, "fairy tales by the grimm brothers." authorama.
- Narrates dick's "mendelssohn’s world": being german in the early 1800s.
- Opines that acocella, joan, "once upon a time," the new yorker, conde nast, 23 july 2012.
- Analyzes how the fable "the juniper tree" is a story full of cannibalism and homicide with symbols. the boy's undeserved death by the hands of another references the unjust crucifixion of jesus.
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analytical essay
However, fairy tales weren’t all morality tales - in fact, in their earliest forms, they were violent, sexual, gory. Many stories as we know them today have changed significantly since centuries ago. Sleeping Beauty was originally found asleep in the woods by a nobleman who raped her which, still while she slept, resulted in twins, and when the nobleman‘...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that fairy tales were violent, sexual, and gory in their earliest forms. sleeping beauty was raped by a nobleman, which resulted in twins. hansel and gretel's lost children replaced the witch with the devil.
- Analyzes how the grimm brothers and han christian anderson adapted and softened fairy tales as they began to be collected in written form.
- Explains that fairy tales were a staple of the 17th century. they were used to communicate with children about the changes in life, such as birth, puberty, entering adulthood, marriage, and death.
- Explains that fairy tales were violent, sexual, and gory in their earliest forms. sleeping beauty was raped by a nobleman, which resulted in twins. hansel and gretel's lost children replaced the witch with the devil.
- Analyzes how the grimm brothers and han christian anderson adapted and softened fairy tales as they began to be collected in written form.
- Explains that fairy tales were a staple of the 17th century. they were used to communicate with children about the changes in life, such as birth, puberty, entering adulthood, marriage, and death.
- Opines that fairy tales are an essential part of childhood, and that parents are replacing them with stories like the gruffalo and winnie the pooh.
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The Perfect Moral Example
analytical essay
Fairy tales portray wonderful, elaborate, and colorful worlds as well as chilling, frightening, dark worlds in which ugly beasts are transformed into princes and evil persons are turned to stones and good persons back to flesh (Guroian). Fairytales have long been a part of our world and have taken several forms ranging from simple bedtime stories to intricate plays, musicals, and movies. However, these seemingly simple stories are about much more than pixie dust and poisoned apples. One could compare fairytales to the new Chef Boyardee; Chef Boyardee hides vegetables in its ravioli while fairytales hide society’s morals and many life lessons in these outwardly simple children stories. Because of this fairytales have long been instruments used to instruct children on the morals of their culture. They use stories to teach children that the rude and cruel do not succeed in life in the long run. They teach children that they should strive to be kind, caring, and giving like the longsuffering protagonists of the fairytale stories. Also, they teach that good does ultimately defeat evil. Fairy tales are not just simple bedtime stories; they have long been introducing cultural moral values into young children.
In this essay, the author
- Compares fairytales to the new chef boyardee, which hides vegetables in its ravioli, while fairy tales hide society's morals and life lessons in these outwardly simple children stories.
- Analyzes how fairytales teach children to be good people and follow the moral code of their culture through example rather than the parents telling them how to act.
- Analyzes how the protagonists in fairytales personify the morals that children should have and do what is morally right and just.
- Compares fairytales to the new chef boyardee, which hides vegetables in its ravioli, while fairy tales hide society's morals and life lessons in these outwardly simple children stories.
- Analyzes how fairytales teach children to be good people and follow the moral code of their culture through example rather than the parents telling them how to act.
- Analyzes how the protagonists in fairytales personify the morals that children should have and do what is morally right and just.
- Analyzes how the story of "oochigeaskw-the rough-faced girl" shows how good people are always rewarded for their kind heart.
- Opines that fairytales teach children the moral values of society and instill hope, generosity, kindness, and self worth in children.
- Explains laurence behrens and leonard j. rosen's curriculum, 10th ed. new york: pearson longman, 2008.
- Explains laurence behrens and leonard j. rosen. 10th ed. new york: pearson longman, 2008.610-612.
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Grimm's Cinderella Story
analytical essay
Instead, she takes her burdens as they come. Clare R. Ferrer noted in her article, “heroines are not allowed any defects, nor are they required to develop, since they are already perfect.” At the beginning of the story, Cinderella is described as “remaining pious and good” in-spite of the loss she endured. Cinderella is such a good person, that she takes the abuse from her step-sisters with grace and never asks for anything, nor does she reveal to her father or the Prince the type of life she has succumbed to living. Beauty goes hand-in-hand with being a good woman. According to Parsons, “a high premium is placed on feminine beauty…Women are positioned as the object of men’s gaze, and beauty determines a woman’s ...
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how grimm's stories have strict criteria for good and evil. good women are obtuse and wait until a prince saves them. cinderella is the heroine and ideal good girl.
- Analyzes how the sisters mocked her and emptied her peas and lentils into the ashes, forcing her to sit and pick them out again.
- Analyzes how cinderella takes her burdens as they come. beauty goes hand-in-hand with being a good woman.
- Analyzes how grimm's stories have strict criteria for good and evil. good women are obtuse and wait until a prince saves them. cinderella is the heroine and ideal good girl.
- Analyzes how the sisters mocked her and emptied her peas and lentils into the ashes, forcing her to sit and pick them out again.
- Analyzes how cinderella takes her burdens as they come. beauty goes hand-in-hand with being a good woman.
- Describes how cinderella arrived in a heavy, gilded carriage painfully pulled by horse-slaves. the men stared at and lusted after this wommon who had captured perfectly their barbiedoll ideas of feminine desirability.
- Analyzes how the grimm brothers illustrate the vileness within women, which makes them do drastic things to get what they want.
- Analyzes how the story of snow white illustrates the negative view of good and evil when their characters are analyzed, but instead of repeating the same qualities that were identified in cinderella, both stories will be used to exhibit how females are
- Analyzes how snow white is pure and innocent at heart, but lacks intelligence, which is displayed by her constantly falling for the poison trick. she succumbs to the mercy of others by being weak.
- Analyzes how the mother in snow white's story is portrayed as being nave and convinced by a mirror that she is the fairest of the land. the mirror signified male power and insulted the female gender.
- Analyzes how rowe used an excerpt from another source who theorized that the tragedy within western patriarchies is found in this mother/daughter relationship.
- Analyzes how james garner wrote a parody to how nave and absent-minded cinderella really is.
- Analyzes how michael mendelson recognized that those who came to the aid of the protagonist did not work with the character, but merely bestowed rewards upon them.
- Analyzes how garner illustrates the extreme view that a female character was stereotyped as being weak, nave, or absent-minded. the wicked characters are bloodthirsty with envy.
- Describes how the queen rejoiced at the thought that her rival in beauty had been eliminated. she indulged herself with three whole pieces of chocolate without purging.
- Analyzes how the queen's insecurities turned her into someone morally out of the mainstream. she devised a plan to ensure the nonviability of her daughter-of-step.
- Analyzes how the step-sisters in cinderella are conniving and corrupt because they want to marry the prince at any cost. the grimm brothers executed women as being vicious and cunning.
- Analyzes how the brothers grimm versions of old folk tales are perhaps the most sexist versions in existence as they were written for the patriarchal society of the 19th century.
- Analyzes how fairy tales are repetitive, with passive beautiful women living happily ever after with the man of their dreams, and determined outspoken females ending up with nothing and shame.
- Cites alcantud-daz, maria, and doyle, bernard. "mythology."
- Narrates how the brothers grimm's fairy tales were revived or forgotten.
- Explains the absence of female collaboration in grimms' fairytales, in children's literature in english.
- Opines that fairy tales and the art of subversion are a classic genre for children.
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What the Cinderella Story Has to Teach Young Girls
analytical essay
At first glance, what makes a fairy tale a fairy tale may seem obvious—some kind of magic, hidden symbols, repetition, and of course it’s evident it’s fiction—but fables are more than that. As Arthur Schelesinger puts it, it’s about “[expanding] imagination” and gaining understanding of mysterious places (618). While doing this, it also helps children to escape this world, yet teach a lesson that the reader may not be conscious of. A wonderful story that achieves all of this is Cinderella, but not the traditional tale many American’s have heard. Oochigeaskw, or The Rough-Faced Girl, and Ashputtle would be fitting for a seven-year-old because they get the gears of the mind turning, allowing for an escape on the surface, with an underlying enlightenment for children of the ways of the world.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that fairy tales are more than that. they help children escape the world and teach a lesson that the reader may not be conscious of.
- Analyzes how the rough-faced girl differs from all the other cinderella stories. the story's focus is on an invisible man who will marry the woman who can see him.
- Analyzes how the bath symbolizes the inner beauty that is exposed when truth and love are in oochigeaskw's heart. the message is that life may not always be fair, and difficult situations arise for every type of person.
- Explains that fairy tales are more than that. they help children escape the world and teach a lesson that the reader may not be conscious of.
- Analyzes how the rough-faced girl differs from all the other cinderella stories. the story's focus is on an invisible man who will marry the woman who can see him.
- Analyzes how the bath symbolizes the inner beauty that is exposed when truth and love are in oochigeaskw's heart. the message is that life may not always be fair, and difficult situations arise for every type of person.
- Analyzes how the story of ashputle, transcribed by jakob and wilhelm grimm, follows the basic story line, but has a different twist.
- Analyzes how schlesinger's story introduces different emotions and helps kids differentiate between good and bad. the story ends with the birds pecking out the sisters' eyes.
- Analyzes how bruno bettelheim, psychologist and educator, exposes that the woman the prince marries is chosen by the size of her feet. this can be connected with the fact that women with small feet were attractive.
- Analyzes how the tree symbolizes motherhood, and the blindness of the sisters exposes the poor treatment of ashputtle's young girl.
- Analyzes how the rough faced girl and ashputtle are suitable for a seven-year-old. they teach various lessons, most of which are to be grateful for what is.
- Cites behrens and rosen's writing and reading across the curriculum 11 ed. longman, 2011.
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Analysis Of The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
opinion essay
The Brothers Grimm are often associated with our beloved Disney princesses. However, examining the original tales reveals a darker side to the stories. The disturbing elements within Grimm fairy tales are struggles women still face today, especially in developing countries.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the brothers grimm are associated with disney princesses, but examining the original tales reveals a darker side to the stories.
- Explains that while many nations have reached close to equality between the sexes, women in developing countries continue to be at a disadvantage and face much violence.
- Explains that child marriage appears frequently in grimm's collection, with two of the biggest names in fairy tales being the prime instances.
- Analyzes how the brothers grimm are associated with disney princesses, but examining the original tales reveals a darker side to the stories.
- Explains that while many nations have reached close to equality between the sexes, women in developing countries continue to be at a disadvantage and face much violence.
- Explains that child marriage appears frequently in grimm's collection, with two of the biggest names in fairy tales being the prime instances.
- Explains that fairy tale princesses cinderella and snow white are victims of domestic abuse. it is a challenge faced by women all over the world, but it is particularly difficult for women in developing nations to overcome.
- Opines that rape is a form of violence commonly faced by women, especially in developing countries due to minimal or unenforced laws and strong cultural stigma.
- Explains that disabled women in developing countries are twice as prone to separation, divorce, and domestic violence as non-disabled women. they have to strive against patriarchal and class prejudices and discrimination against disabilities.
- Opines that the violence and inequality evident in the brothers grimm’s tales still occurs today. the common view that these negative aspects are indicative of the time period is wrong.
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