Monday, February 5, 2007
joanne said...
In the Hansel and Gretel Fairytales, I remember the one from Grimm’s also. I believe the moral is that life is hard. At that time, when you had too many children to feed, you would also starve. As Professor Kittle said in the last lecture, people thought of their children as pets, therefore it would seem to be not as devastating to leave a pet to fend for them self. It also shows the ability of children to do just that. They are smart enough to make do when needed. The stories all had a bad mother or stepmother; therefore, the child or children not wanted was easier to be rid of. As with the other two, in the magic ones with the bird, it also shows how the children cared for each other. The one with Molly is similar in that she was smart and cunning to fool the giant, as the others fooled the witch. The overall moral I guess would be that bad things come to those who do harm.
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I agree with Joanne about the moral of all the Hansel and Gretel variants. Even though all of them were a little different, especially Molly Whuppie, the children are all forced to fend for themselves in order to save their lives. I think it's funny that not only in Hansel and Gretel, but also in Cinderella, and Beauty and the Beast, there is usually three attempts at something in the fairy tales. In Hansel in Gretel told my the Brothers Grimm they have to find their way back to the house about three times before there is any success at anything. Same with Cinderella. She goes to the ball about three times also, or serves the king soup that many times. I guess what I'm trying to say is that another moral is to keep on the positive side and to keep trying no matter what life throws at you.
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