Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (1786-1859) were German authors, linguistics, and folklore collectors. The brothers were raised together in Hanau, Germany and graduated from Friedrichsgymnasium before going to the University of Marburg. However, it was while working at a Royal Library in Kessel that they wrote their most famous work titled Children’s and Household Tales. (“Brothers Grimm”) One piece in this work is the tale of Hansel and Grethel. In this tale two children are abandoned by their parents and left in the forest. While trying to find a way out of the forest they find the candy house of a cannibalistic witch. The …show more content…
The episode was directed by Dean White who began his career in the '90s as a production assistant on the detective series Reasonable Doubts. Now he is best known for his work on The Shield and on Law & Order: Criminal Intent. (“Dean White.”) For most episodes on Once Upon a Time a fairy tale is adapted to interact with the main plot. In True North Hansel and Grethel were homeless kids that were taken by sheriff Ema. She tried to help them, but knew that they were telling lies in order to be free, so throughout the episode Ema tried to figure out their true story. According to the main actress Jennifer Morrison, the Hansel and Grethel fairy tale was adapted to this episode because it acted as a way to further reveal her character in the show as so far she had lacked a fairytale counterpart. (“Once Upon a Time's Jennifer Morrison Talks Hansel and