The Grimms’ fairy tales address the experiences of people who are living in difficult situations. For example, there is the story of Rapunzel. There is also the story of Hansel and Gretel, who had to escape their house in order to find food and were locked out. Which revision would best help the author support the thesis more effectively?

Looking At The Question

Let's take the example of Hansel and Gretel. Let's say that instead of the ending of the witch getting thrown into the stove and the kids escaping successfully, let's pretend both of the kids died there inside of the candy home.

Applying To The Problem

Now, let's see if this helps the author support the thesis more effectively? First of all, what is the thesis of Hansel and Gretel? Well, it's mainly that "looks can be deceiving," right? We're talking about the house here. Does the different ending I mentioned above help this thesis?

Exploring Different Options

Not quite. Let's pick a different ending. Maybe, instead, the parents didn't let the kids wander outside at all. Or maybe the parents started off with a lot of money, so the kids wouldn't have to stay outside in the first place. Or, even better, the kids weren't tempted by candy and didn't even go into the house in the beginning. Let's take that example.

Focusing On One Example

This definitely helps the author support the thesis, because if people weren't so tempted by things so easily, this story would have ended up much better. But, it's only a story.

I hope this helped!

the first proposition is to question economic materialism and victorian christianity. the lines are:

“it moves us not.—great god! i'd rather be

a pagan suckled in a creed outworn; ”

wordsworth is stating that nature no longer interests mankind, that the latter is not “moved” by it and explains that ancient western paganism had a more positive attitude concerning nature since it lacked the perv erted judaeo-christian interpretation of having received the world and all its animals and elements from god to use as we , instead of humans actually being not only part of nature but its wardens, meant to appreciate it and protect it.

the next lines are:

“so might i, standing on this pleasant lea,

have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

have sight of proteus coming from the sea;

or hear old triton blow his wreathed horn.”

wordsworth here make it very clear that by actually looking and contemplating nature, human beings would reconnect with happiness, serenity and purpose. the use of mythological figures is quite evocative as well, proteus is a greek mythological god of the changing sea. he personifies the sea that changes, which symbolizes the way nature changes and inevitably can change to be destructive not only due to natural causes but to human pollution. furthermore, the sea is even more symbolic since all life originated in the sea so it is not only our past but our future since no life form in our planet can survive without water and if all water is destroyed in earth all life will be gone as well.

he then uses triton which is symbolic of the synthesis of both nature and mankind. triton is a mythological greek god that has the upper body of a man and the lower body of a fish (a merman). this human fish duality evokes the fact that humans are not only human but also part of nature, the fish tail representing nature. the main attribute of this god was that he used a conch shell as a horn to calm the roaring seas. in other words, triton uses nature through science for the benefit of human sailors who risk death during tempests. with the use of such metaphor, wordworth is conveying the message that human technology   is supposed to use nature to preserve nature and thereby humanity as well.



question

discuss the two key differences between the prose form of sojourner truth’s speech and the poetic version. use evidence from both texts to support your response.