Week 14 Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (Hunt), Part A

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Allerleirauh (Wikimedia)

Week 14 Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (Hunt), Part A

Hansel and Grethel:

· Wild that the mom’s first instinct is to abandon the children, is she actually the witch or related somehow? Might make an interesting retelling

· Ah, Step-mother, maybe even more likely that she and the witch are in cahoots

· Interesting that he uses stone’s to find way back, I had always heard it as bread crumbs but I suppose the creatures of the forest would eat that

· This story has a really nice balance of narrative description and dialogue keeping the plot flowing, some descriptive imagery details might enhance it though.

· Ah, here are the bread crumbs

· And the birds ate them, there we go

· First interaction is interesting, no explanation given for why house is made of food

· Interesting that she forces Grethel to take care of her brother and make him fat, this story seems to lack a little bit of dialogue here between brother and sister

· This story emphasizes certain details and leaves others by, interesting tactic especially in places like having the duck only carry one of the two kids at a time without any real relevance to the story. I would’ve liked a bit more detail in the ending, might be a good retelling to enhance that. For example I would really like to see the evil step-mother still alive and get thrown out by the father

Allerleirauh:

· Interesting start to the story, rough start for the king indeed

· The king has been through some trauma but turning to his daughter for a bride… yikes

· How this girl put three dresses into a nutshell we may never know

· I like the interjections mid story like “Alas, fair princess, what is to become of thee now!” helps the reader feel like they are listening to a story

· Curious as to what the princesses angle is here, this is a cool story though

· Even more wild ending, seems to lack a significant deal of explanation as to why the princess was playing this game or how she feels about the marriage. Also interested in how the original king would react to this

Bibliography
 Household Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, translated by Margaret Hunt

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