Remember how our parents used to read us some great fairy tales?
I dunno if parents these days still did this.
But, my mom did, she read all the fairy tailes that her children wants to hear (or read).
Many experts said that if parents did the story telling, it will effect the children in the future. Most children will love to read a book cause their parents did so.
This princesses are very familiar to us. They're just some of the great fairy tale characters.
It's true that most (I think all) of the fairy tales has the happy ending.
Many children(especially girls) will love it. They always wondering as if they were the princess. What a great escape from the real life.
I always believe in the great and happy ending of each stories. But as I grew older, many books I've been read. and I started to know this two men.
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| The Brothers Grimm |
They were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors who together collected and published folklore or fairy tales.
They have their own side story about fairy tales.
I'll write the ending of two famous fairy tales in their version:
1. Cinderella
" When the wedding with the King's son had to be celebrated, the two false sisters came and wanted to get into favour wtih Cinderella and share her good fortune. When the betrothed couple went to church, the elder was at the right side and the younger at the left, and the pigeons pecked out one eye of each of them. Afterwards, as they came back, the elder was at the left, and the younger at the right, and then the pigeons pecked out the other eye of each. And thus, for their wickedness and falsehood, they were punished with blindness as long as they lived'
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2. Snow-White and the Seven Dwarfs
"Then then the wicked women uttered a curse, and was so wretched, so uttery wretched, that she knew not what to do. At first, she would not go to the wedding at all, but she had no peace, and must go to see the young Queen. And when she knew Snow-White; and she stood still with rage and fear, and could not stir. But iron slippers had already put upon the fire, and they were bought in with tongs, and set before her. Then she was forced to put on the red-hot shoes, and dance untill she dropped down dead"
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feel shock with how the story end?
Yeah, I feel the same way too :D:D (at first)
They collect and write their (version) fairy tales based on what the people said (witness said).
*The important thing you should remember that they were collectors, not authors of the tales
although the majority of which were not intended as children's tales. Deeply concerned by the content of some of the tales. The brothers added an introduction with cautionary advice that parents steer children toward age-appropriate stories
We should say thank you to the brothers Grimm to gives the new perspective of fairy tales.
Things we learn from the brothers Grimm's fairy tales is :
" We do need the " fairy tale killer" inside of us, it can always reminds us that no matther how great the fairy tales, IT'S just a fantasy. We didn't live in fantasy, we live in the real world. Where something may not as good as it seems. Open up your eyes and face the real world"
