English 2033E Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Alligator Pie, Ridicule, Brave Little Tailor

• School: Western University
• Department: English
• Course: English 2033E
• Professor: Gabrielle Ceraldi

Document Summary

Cannibalism symbol of power, control and the success of the antagonist. Taboo eating humans/making others do it/eating family members. Traditional fairy tales were originally folk tales, not meant for children. Grimm brothers noticed children were reading the stories. Therefore, they changed the mother" character into a stepmother" in order to protect the idea of a loving family unit so as to not frighten the children. Hansel + gretel the witch is a replica of the stepmother, they say the same phrase when waking the children + stepmother is conveniently dead after the witch is defeated. Magic small elements that are the most memorable. Marriage at ending symbol of success and security (especially financially) Wealth = amount + kind of work you need to do (lack of labor and duties is wealth) Social mobility the hope to change your social class.