Im not very familiar with the story of Hansel and Gretel. I Read over a few different versions and Im trying to come up with the crimes that were committed by the parents. I do know that tryed to abandoned their children, but Ive heard people say they plotted to murder them. I havent read that anywhere. So if someone knows the actual story and can tell me the crimes that were committed by the parents, that would be very helpful
2007-01-28 18:09:20 · 8 answers · asked by nadia 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Well, they were the children of a poor woodcutter. The mother (or in some versions the step-mother) convinces the father to abandon the kids in the forest. Nice lady, huh? They leave a trail of pebbles to follow home... and 'mom' has dad once again abandon them in the forest.
Read link for more info. I think it has the answer you're looking for.
2007-01-28 18:17:55 · answer #1 · answered by Cambria 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The major crime is abandonment. Since the story takes place in the Middle Ages, we can't view it with modern eyes. The parents were fearing starvation for themselves and the children - there was no Welfare State then. Clearly, it was a nasty thing to do, but the desperation would have been much more acute then than now (in the devleoped world, anyway).
2007-01-28 18:28:44 · answer #2 · answered by sallyotas 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The version I am aware of didn't include a mother, it included a stepmother and it was her idea to abandon the children because they couldn't afford to feed them and she wanted to put themselves before the children. She pressured the father to go along with it. They were abandoned in the woods. When they escaped, they reunited with the father and the step mother had died. It has been suggested that the stepmother and the witch were one in the same. This is the only version I have ever read.
2007-01-28 18:28:14 · answer #3 · answered by Michelle F 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hansel and Gretel is a fairy tale of Germanic origin, adapted by the Brothers Grimm and earlier by Giambattista Basile.
Check out the site:
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/grimm015.html for the brothers Grimm version.
Also check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel
2007-01-28 18:24:28 · answer #4 · answered by BlueCat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When they abandoned their children in the wood, they assume that the children will die because they won`t found something to eat. That might lead to say they try to murder their children.
Hope you can understand my bad English.
2007-01-28 22:12:51 · answer #5 · answered by moonlightbogey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
From what I remember......the kids wandered away from home....got lost and found the house made of cookies and candies. They started to nibble and the lady who owned the house put them in a cage.
2007-01-28 18:21:59 · answer #6 · answered by clcalifornia 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's a very Grimm subject.
2007-01-28 18:20:48 · answer #7 · answered by ThinkaboutThis 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
what made you think of that? lol
2007-01-28 18:42:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋