Brothers Grimm. By analyzing them according to the protagonists, settings ,

themes, and occurrences I have noticed many similarities in the fairy

I found the protagonists of all the stories to be mystical and

mysterious. Many of the protagonists tended to be characters such as Kings

and Queens and other authority figures. Perhaps this was so the children

could look up to them. Second of all I noticed that there was always

something unique about the protagonists that made them different from

people in the ordinary world. I read a variety of protagonists such as

hunters, poor peasants, a lazy girl, three little men, and a Miller and his

wife. I did not read one fairy tale that had a plain and ordinary type of

In the way of settings I again noticed that most of the settings were

peculiar in some way or another. Rarely would I read of a setting of an

ordinary place such as what you and I may live in. they always had

something mystical about them. Only places that children

Many of the themes I found to be quite common. I quite often found them

beings, such as fairies, magicians, ogres, and dragons. Fairy tales are

she possessed a beautiful apron that the other daughter envied. By accident

became easy for the child to pay attention to. Fairy tales become a

stories by Grimm such as "Thousandfurs", the king had to marry someone as

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