Briefly analyse the story hansel and gretel from socio economic perspectives
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Explanation:
Throughout Hansel and Gretel the moral of the story is don't trust strangers and don't disobey your parents. The witch in the story tries to lure the children into her home - “Do come in, and stay with me.
Hansel and Gretel’: plot summary
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Before we attempt to analyse ‘Hansel and Gretel’ any further, a brief summary of the story’s plot.
A poor woodcutter and his wife live with his two children – the woodcutter’s wife is the children’s stepmother. The children are called Hansel and Gretel (‘Grethel’ in some versions).
The family are so poor that the stepmother persuades her husband to give the children one last piece of bread each, lead them into the forest, light a fire, and then leave them there to fend for themselves, as they won’t be able to find their way out of the forest. Although the woodcutter initially rejects this plan, he’s talked round, and agrees to go along with it.
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Concept:
It's a gem of a story: it's easy to see why it's become such a favorite with 'children of all ages, with its plucky and sympathetic child protagonists, house made of food, and sense of real peril.
Explanation:
There's none of the moral ambiguity that surrounds Goldilocks, that young blonde who thinks it's acceptable to waltz into someone's house and just help yourself to whatever you can find: Hansel and Gretel's nibbling of the old hag's dwelling is motivated by severe hunger and being abandoned by a heartless stepmother and a hen-pecked father who should have known better (and grown a backbone for that matter).
This brings us to an intriguing plot point: is the evil witch in the 'gingerbread' house the children's stepmother? The story does not normally state as much, and the witch in the forest is described as "aged," rather than "middle-aged," as we expect the stepmother to be.
But it's a strange coincidence that the stepmother dies during Hansel and Gretel's absence (a month or so; not much longer). Of course, the witch had died in her oven. Was the wicked stepmother always the wicked witch? If that's the case, this is a delectable plot twist in this most delectable and gustatory of fairy tales.
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