GER 1791 Lecture 7: Lesson 7 - Beauty and Beast
23 Jan 2019
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Grimm the six swans : at 451, the brothers who were turned into birds. 3) brothers are turned into birds by evil stepmother. Mother-in-law thrice accuses sister of eating her new-born child sister"s husband finally decides to execute her. Brothers appear and spell is broken sister can finally clear her name. Heroine of six swans has to balance between obligations to natal family and obligations to her husband and children. Grimms could not completely conceal the way in which the frog king rewards the princess" selfishness, duplicity and rage. At 425 the search for a lost husband. Both beauty and the beast and cupid and psyche are tales of this type. First known version of beauty and the beast fairy tale. Often read as an allegory: psyche = soul, cupid = love. Neo-platonists read this tale as the journey of the soul towards god.
