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 Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 12:27 pm
Has anyone read any of the Grimm stories? I recently bought a book that has a few selected stories of them.
The one I want to discuss is the cinderella story.
Also, which do you prefer the grimm stories or the happy happy kiddy ending stories? Lol.
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 3:33 pm
Stories should end with some serious emotion or theme, not some happy ever after crap. That is why my book don't have happy endings, and at best they have seriously disturbing endings.
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 4:28 pm
I agree. Happy Every After is boring. It's just disgusting.
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:01 pm
Haha the Brothers Grimm version is so.....grim. Sorry the bad pun!
But really i like the grimm brothers versions of a lot of tales cuz it has more whieght and less lovey dovey wishy washy stuff that is found in just about every tale there is.
mrgreen
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 8:15 pm
I usually like bittersweet endings best. I just can't enjoy a book that has an entirely sad ending, because after getting to know the characters, I want them to be at least a little happy in the end, but I will admit something bad happening in the end makes the story more real.
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Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2009 6:58 pm
I Like Them All, But Some Endings Could Be Way Different Then What Was Intended. [Meaning Better In My Opinon]
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:56 am
The thing that a lot of people forget with the Grimms Brothers is they were collecting these tales for an ADULT audience, it was only in the Victorian era that tales of magic, witches, giants and so on and so for were cleaned up and relegated to the nurseries. Wilhelm and Jakob probably rolled over in their graves when that happened. I do prefer the original versions of the fairy tales, because they do give the stories more depth. Probably explains why I like twisted fairy tales now.
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Posted: Fri Aug 28, 2009 6:50 pm
I haven't read the full versions of the Grimm fairytales, but I've read a manga based around them with parts of the actual stories in it, and I like them.I don't like happy fairytales, I prefer darker tales. I understand why it was changed though, heck my IS had a huge discussion about the stories a few days ago, but yea I prefer the originals, I've yet to find the book, but I shall remain looking for it.
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 9:15 am
I've seen a lot of copies in used book stores, not necessarily hard back though. You might try looking there or at your local library, mine has the Grimms Tales as well as other fairy tales in the Juvenile Non-Fiction section (not sure why).
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Posted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:42 pm
Awen Dana The thing that a lot of people forget with the Grimms Brothers is they were collecting these tales for an ADULT audience, it was only in the Victorian era that tales of magic, witches, giants and so on and so for were cleaned up and relegated to the nurseries. Wilhelm and Jakob probably rolled over in their graves when that happened. I do prefer the original versions of the fairy tales, because they do give the stories more depth. Probably explains why I like twisted fairy tales now.
Oh and I've always liked the Grimm versions better.
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Posted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 4:08 pm
I'm not saying that the stories themselves weren't told to children but the Grimms brothers didn't collect them and put them in writing for children. They collected these stories with the of showing a common cultural link between all the independent states of Prussia. It was more a cultural study than a collection meant for children.
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