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A 4 page essay that discusses the significance of the forest setting in the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, specifically Hansel and Gretel. The writer argues that the forest setting had particular significance for the Grimm brothers and that it works allegorically within the tale. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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tales is the setting of the forest. In a Grimm brothers tale, the setting of the forest always carries specific connotation: The forest is always large, immense, great and
mysterious. No one ever gains power over the forest, but the forest possesses the power to change lives and alter destinies. In many ways it is the supreme authority on
earth and often the great provider (Zipes 65). In tales such as Hansel and Gretel, the protagonists venture into the forest afraid and scared but return "wiser
and fulfilled" (Zipes 65). Examination of Hansel and Gretel demonstrates the importance of the forest setting and also how the tale works as a psychologically oriented allegory. The story
opens by describing the dire situation of the Woodcutter and his family who are so poor that they are starving to death. The stepmother proposes that they increase their chances
of survival by taking the children deep into the woods and abandoning them. The father, at first, refuses, pointing out the dangers of the woods. "How could I bring myself
to abandon my own children alone in the woods? Wild animals would soon come and teat them to pieces" (Grimm and Grimm). Eventually, however, the stepmother convinces him. The
parents first attempt at abandonment is thwarted by Hansels cleverness as he drops shiny stones on the path to show them the way home, but the second attempt is successful
and the children are hopelessly lost because they have been taken "deeper into the woods" (Grimm and Grimm). In their wandering, they come upon the witchs bread house, which is
designed to lure hungry children for the witch to eat. The experience with the witch recreates a situation of child abuse, but--in the setting of the forest--the children are empowered
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