The Brothers Grimm

Who are the Grimm Brothers?Jacob Ludwig Grimm Wilhelm Carl Grimm

1785-18631786-1859

The Grimm’s Birthplace

Family History• Father Philipp Wilhelm Grimm 1751-

1796 , A very respected lawyer• Mother Dorothea Zimmer 1755-

1808• 9 children• 3 sons die during infancy• Leaving 5 boys and 1 girl

Unfortunate Events• 1791 the Grimm’s

move to Steinau• Philipp Grimm obtains

a district magistrate position

• Family had a large home with servants

• Philipp Grimm passes in 1796 due to pneumonia

• This causes a major declass in the family

The Facts• Grimm’s primary

method for collecting tales was by inviting story tellers to their homes and writing the information down

• Story tellers consisted of young educated woman from middle class to aristocracy

The Grimms wanted people to know the basic truths about the customs and practices of German culture, and they wanted to preserve German oral tradition.

NAPOLEON !

Why Did German Folklore Need Protection?

Why Did German Folklore Need Protection?

     French Empire

     French Satellite States

  French Allied States

Their Achievements• The Grimm brothers

produced a significant amount of books during their lifetime

• Jacob Grimm publishes 21

• Wilhelm Grimm publishes 14

• Together the brothers published 8

Interesting Things To

Know

• “Children’s and Household Tales” came second only to the Bible as the best seller in Germany and remains that way today

• There are theme parks, films, books, and plays dedicated to the brothers Grimm

Grimm’s Scholarly Contributions

• Folklore• History• Ethnology• Religion• Jurisprudence• Lexicography• Literary Criticism

The Grimm’s Final Days• Wilhelm Carl

Grimm dies on December 16, 1859 at the age of 73

• Jacob Ludwig Grimm dies on September 20, 1863 at the age of 78

Their Intentions• The Grimm’s were writers of violent vivid imagery• Their fairy tales would allow us to work through

our fears• Also the Grimm’s wanted to teach people lessons

on moral values “Right & Wrong”• The number one message that people were to

gain out of their stories was… “Children should use their brains to overcome any situation”

Some fairy tales• Aschenputtel….

Cinderella• Schneewitchen… Snow

White• Rumpelstilzchen• Rotkappchen… Little Red

Riding Hood• Hansel und Gretel….

Hansel and Gretel• Dornröschen….. Sleeping

Beauty

The Fairy Tale Road ambles for 370 miles through German LandscapesThat evoke dreams-and nightmares.

Some stories with Violent Themes

Snow WhiteCinderellaRed Riding HoodThe Goose GirlHansel and GretelSleeping Beauty

Some Examples Of The Violence

• In Hansel and Gretel the witch was burned to death in her oven!

• In Cinderella the stepsisters try to cut off parts of their feet in order to fit into the slipper, thus deceiving the prince. Pigeons came and pecked their eyes out!

• In The Goose Girl a servant girl was dragged to death in a barrel spiked with nails!

• In Snow White the witch is forced to wear red hot iron shoes and danced herself to death!

Little Red Riding Hood

Illustrations of Snow White

Grimm’s Snow White Disney’s Snow White

Illustrations of the Grimm’s Cinderella

Walt Disney• Today's versions of

children's stories are toned down

• Its more of a “Happily Ever After” theme

• It was made so children wouldn’t have fear or nightmares

I’m Rich.

Works Cited

• http://www.grimmfairytales.com/en/stories• http://

www.nationalgeographic.com/grimm/main.html

• www.thebrothersgrimm.com• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

=vlUnB4CIijo