Hansel and Gretel
Grimm, Jacob Ludwig Karl (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) popularly known as Grimm Brothers. German philologists and collectors of fairy tales. Encouraged by a spirit of Romantic nationalism the brothers collected stories from friends, relatives, and villagers. They compiled these stories and published them in three volumes, Nursery and Household Tales between 1812 and 1822. Synopsis Once at the edge of a large forest there lived a poor woodcutter with his second wife and two children. The little boy´s name was Hansel and the little girl´s name was Gretel. Once there was a famine in a country. They didn’t have enough food to eat. The woodcutter was very worried about their situation. When he asked his wife , the step mother of Hansel and Gretel, she suggested him that he should take the children to the dense forest. The famine compelled the step mother to think of leaving the children to the forest so that it would be easier for them to live. The husband didn’t like it but he w...