Sex and Violence: The Hard Core of Fairytales

In my opinion, Maria Tatar does a good job exposing the graphic violence the Grimm Brothers intensify in their collection of tales. I never really took notice of it in this class. I think it is ironic that the Grimm Brothers would take out themes of pregnancy and incest, but yet keep the brutal murders and fighting instead. I understand that for audiences purposes, he wants to tone the content down to be suitable for children but he failed. My belief that he edits those particular themes out because as mentioned in class, he doesn't want to make shame men in society . Also, he probably feels that pregnancy and incest are more likely to happen in the real world rather than the extreme violence he includes to make the fairytale more horrific yet entertaining. He fails to realize that violence has just as much impact on the society as those other themes do. In modern day, a lot of violence that kids are exposed to through t.v, movies, and books can play a big role in how they turn out as a person later in life. By incorporating this violence in his tales could possibly send out the message that this type of violence is norm when its really not.