0
Ant_222 Posted 18 years ago
Software & Reviews
Hansel and Gretel
Hello all,
Stephen King mentions an episode in "Hansel and Gretel" in which the the father shows his wife the hearts of two rabbits as a fake proof he has killed the children, but in the version I could find the stepmother never stays at home following the woodcutter on their trips to the forest...
Does Stephen King mean some some rare version of the tale?
Anton
Stephen King mentions an episode in "Hansel and Gretel" in which the the father shows his wife the hearts of two rabbits as a fake proof he has killed the children, but in the version I could find the stepmother never stays at home following the woodcutter on their trips to the forest...
Does Stephen King mean some some rare version of the tale?
Anton
Top answer
I thought it was the woodcutter that showed the rabbit hearts, but anyway, that episode is a part of one version of H & G or a similar tale.
- I thought it was the woodcutter that showed the rabbit hearts, but anyway, that episode is a part of one version of H & G or a similar tale.
Get the Weekly English Kit 📬
New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.
6 Answers
0
.
I thought it was the woodcutter that showed the rabbit hearts, but anyway, that episode is a part of one version of H & G or a similar tale.
I thought it was the woodcutter that showed the rabbit hearts, but anyway, that episode is a part of one version of H & G or a similar tale.
00
Hello, Mr. Micawber.
«I thought it was the woodcutter that showed the rabbit hearts»
Didn't I say so?
«...that episode is a part of one version of H & G or a similar tale»
Yeah, I looked at Grimms' version (at the project Gunteberg) and it turned to be different, then I tried searching elsewhere and various translations of this Grimms' version (diverging in mino
«I thought it was the woodcutter that showed the rabbit hearts»
Didn't I say so?
«...that episode is a part of one version of H & G or a similar tale»
Yeah, I looked at Grimms' version (at the project Gunteberg) and it turned to be different, then I tried searching elsewhere and various translations of this Grimms' version (diverging in mino
00
I thought that the part where the woodcutter shows an animal's heart to proof he has accomplished his task was from Snow White, not from H&G.
00
In folklore some plot turns drift across different tales, sometimes undergoing changes on the way. Or maybe King just confused things...
00
Ant_222Or maybe King just confused things...If he mixed two tales (or maybe more), he surely did it on purpose.
00
TanitIf he mixed two tales (or maybe more), he surely did it on purpose.
0
Related Questions