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Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were recognized for their publication of folk stories and fairy tales during the 19th century. Young children continue to obtain pleasure from reading such fairy tales as Snow White, Rumpelstiltskin, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel in the 21st century. Over time others have imitated the Grimm brothers by rewriting their fairy tales and stressing what the author thinks are the important moral factors of the fairy tale. Anne Sexton rewrote some of the Grimm fairy tales into satirical poem modifying it to illustrate what she thought was important. In doing this she was able to stress what she saw as important. In the fairy tale Snow White, Anne Sexton and the Grimm Brothers stress the idea of jealousy of punishment one receives differently. Sexton stresses the importance of Snow White’s death through detailed explanation while the Grimm Brothers explain the process of killing Snow White in order to show consequences.
Although Anne......
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