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Little Snow-White

Kliest, Hoffman, Tieck, and the Brothers Grimm

Last week we read several short stories by famous German writers, several which were from Appelbaum’s collection, Five Great German Stories, but also two others not featured in the book. What I found particularly interesting was the narrative style of each story: while similar, the slightest differences can help create a completely different atmosphere in each tale. “Earthquake […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Fair-Haired Eckbert, grimm, Heinrich von Kleist, Little Snow-White, Ludwig Tieck, The Earthquake in Chile

“Earthquake in Chile”

Last week we read several short stories by famous German writers, several which were from Appelbaum’s collection, Five Great German Stories, but also two others not featured in the book. What I found particularly interesting was the narrative style of each story: while similar, the slightest differences can help create a completely different atmosphere in each tale. “Earthquake […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Fair-Haired Eckbert, grimm, Heinrich von Kleist, Little Snow-White, Ludwig Tieck, The Earthquake in Chile

Snow White

While reading the fairytale Snow White by Brothers Grimm, I found it very interesting how women were portrayed in the story. The Queen is shown to be obsessed with her appearance and constantly stares into her mirror asking it “Mirror mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” As Snow White grows […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Brothers Grimm, Little Snow-White

Morals in Stories

Over time Snow White has managed to remain a prevalent story that we’ve almost all heard or seen as children. This made me begin to wonder why that is and what the moral of the story is that we’re supposed to come away with. Snow White—at least in this version— is only really described by […]

Posted in blogs, lb4-2015 | Tagged with Brothers Grimm, Fair-Haired Eckbert, Heinrich von Kleist, Little Snow-White, Ludwig Tieck, The Earthquake in Chile

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