Grimm Brothers Research Paper

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Modern fairy tales are often child-like stories that have happy endings and basic morals but the older versions where often very different. Disney fairy tales and the Grimm brother’s fairy tales are examples of such differences. The authors where born in different time periods, in different countries but shared the love for stories. Although they all faced hardships the Grimm brothers’ stories had a different audience base, level of profanity, and a different set of morals set into their often-gruesome tales; these differences make choosing between the different versions a decision of preference for the reader.
Despite the fact that Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are often associated with Snow White and Rapunzel, the brothers didn’t actually write …show more content…
Disney was also among the first to use television as an entertainment medium. The Zorro and Davy Crockett series were extremely popular with children, as was The Mickey Mouse Club, a variety show featuring a cast of teenagers known as the Mouseketeers. Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color was a popular Sunday night show. His versions of fairy tales, such as, Rapunzel and Cinderella where considered more child friendly than that of the Grimm brothers. Rapunzel never gets pregnant and the evil step sisters keep their toes in Disney’s version. By Disney cutting out the dark points of the fairy tales he made the stories less gruesome and more for children, but by making these changes he also changed the morals set into the …show more content…
In the Grimm Brothers’ tale, the sea witch actually cuts of her tongue, but in the movie, they have the sea witch store it in one of her magic shells. Also in the movie, Disney leaves out the other part of the deal Little Mermaid made with the sea witch. (Disney) When Little Mermaid drinks the potion to make her human, it will feel like a sharp sword is going through her. In addition to this, whenever she walks, although she will have graceful movements, it will feel like she is treading on sharp knives. This will hurt so bad it will make her feet bleed. (Grimm
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