Disney, while delightful, is definitely not the original Grimm's. :-) The latter are, well, much more *grim*. Cinderella, for example. If I remmember correctly, at the end, her stepmother is sentenced to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she drops dead. And the stepsisters each chop off parts of their feet to make the shoe fit (one the toes, the other the heel) -- in both cases, the Prince brings them back as the blood dripping from the shoes is discovered on the journey to the palace. Grisly, no?
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Date: 2009-07-12 11:42 pm (UTC)Disney, while delightful, is definitely not the original Grimm's. :-) The latter are, well, much more *grim*. Cinderella, for example. If I remmember correctly, at the end, her stepmother is sentenced to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she drops dead. And the stepsisters each chop off parts of their feet to make the shoe fit (one the toes, the other the heel) -- in both cases, the Prince brings them back as the blood dripping from the shoes is discovered on the journey to the palace. Grisly, no?