Grimm Fairytales By Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
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Re: Grimm Fairytales By Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm
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One day we just asked why did Snow White's story end that way? Why doesn't she ever confront the wicked stepmother? I wanted to know what happened after the little mermaid got married to her prince, did she ever miss the sea and her family? What of Cinderella's stepfamily, what consequences did they face after years of treating her so cruelly?!
Yeah, that phase.
So when my brother and I discovered so videos claiming to have the answers to the questions, we spent nearly a whole night learning about the first fairy tales. The Grimm fairy tales became a popular topic for a while and I've only read a few of them. I think what I like most about them, is the fact that even back then in the old, medieval days, the art of storytelling was meant to accomplish the same as today. The creation of the Grimm Tales kind of shows how little has really changed in this department. Stories have always reflected the environment back at us tenfold. It reflects our fears of wandering into the dark by creating shadow monsters of deceitful faires. It reflects our weariness of strangers by turning the most unthreatening old women into children eaters. It was a dark and unexplored world back then, much was to be feared and punishment was plentiful, through stories like the Grimm Tales the people at the time used their best tool to keep the children safe; their voice. In a way, we still do that today. Lady Llarona is a popular creepy told to children in the Latin/Hispanic region to be home before dark and not to play close to rushing rivers. When I was a kid, my parents told me that spirits lived in the dark so I would stay out too late. It was creepy but effective.
I think the same can be said for Grimm's Tale, creepy yet effective.
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