Comparison of Fairy Tale

Introduction

A fairy tale is a fictional story that may contain characters folklore, such as fairies, goblins, elves, witches, mermaids, trolls, giants, goblins and talking animals and spells - usually represented in an unlikely sequence of events. In contemporary language as well as outside the literary context, the term is also used to describe something that is related to princesses or related things, as the terms "a fairy tale ending" (a happy ending) or "a fairy-tale romance ", but not all stories end with a successful end. Similarly, in the conversational aspect of a "fairy tale" may be associated with any history of bizarre and extraordinary. Usually, this kind of stories often attracts young children to permeate this quickly and easily with the characters archetypal of each story.

However, s paper focuses on a very famous fairy tale of Hansel and Gretel who are two siblings. There is another fairy tale which is closely linked with Hansel and Gretel is Yaga Baba. Therefore, the paper will highlight details of both the fairy tales and create a comparison of them.

Discussion

The children's fairy tale "Hansel and Gretel" tells the story of two siblings who are abandoned in the woods by their parents and held captive by an evil witch. It begins when the stepmother of Hansel and Gretel, her husband, a poor woodcutter, persuaded, because of financial hardship, the suspension of two children in the woods. As Hansel overheard the two in their conversation but he knows the plan of the parents to avoid. On the first trip, he places white stones along the way so he can go home and Gretel. After the failed attempt to suspend the two, the father starts a second attempt. Again, sets, Hansel a trace, but this consists of bread crumbs and is eaten by the birds. As Hansel and Gretel are not home now, they roam in the woods and come across a house made of gingerbread and luggage. The occupant of this house is a witch and captures Hansel and Gretel. While Gretel must do homework, Hansel is imprisoned in a cage and fattened by the half-blind witch. Every day, she is testing on the finger of Hansel, whether this is already thick enough so that you can eat it. But Hansel is not stupid; every day anew takes an old bone. At some point, but also loses the old witch's ...