Read the excerpt from julio's essay about folk tales. when people think of the grimms’ fairy tales, they think of well-loved children's stories. the cleaned-up adaptations we read now have a reputation for being childhood favorites. however, the stories did not start out that way. the grimm brothers actually collected tales that were passed on from person to person about terrible living conditions and challenges that people faced. these stories are dark and often tragic. but germany is not the only source of folklore that, rather than serving as bedtime stories, might keep kids up at night or give them nightmares. tales of monsters, evil witches, and other horrors can be found in other cultures as well. for example, the baba yaga stories from russia and other slavic countries portray a scary-looking witch who flies around in a mortar, carries a pestle, and might or harm, depending on her mood. she is not exactly a calming character for sleepy children. which thesis does julio present effectively? the grimms' fairy tales are well-loved children's stories. many folk tales are not happy children’s stories but dark, realistic tales. all folk tales are dark, realistic tales. the grimms' fairy tales we read now are the most realistic versions.

The correct answer is: Many folk tales are not happy children's stories but dark, realistic tales.

Julio tells us that the fairy tales we know nowadays are modified so our children can enjoy them, they often are harmless and filled with magic, in the end the evil ones loose and the good ones triumph. Although kids like this tales, they are not the original.

The original folk tales often represented the reality of those years were hunger and death were an everyday thing. As they passed from person to person they needed to describe how they felt and the things they saw. In cinderella for example the step sisters cut off their toe to fit in the shoe. Julio nevers says that all folk tales are dark, most of them migth be but not all.

The correct answer is: Many folk tales are not happy children's stories but dark, realistic tales.

A. She wants to entertain the children to keep them quiet

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A. The narrator's introduction introduces the setting and contrasts the innocence of children's books and bedtime stories with the tragedy that can result from fear.

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In the introduction of the story "Once Upon a Time" by Nadine Gordimer, we learn more about the setting of the story. We learn of the fear of burglary that affects South Africans, and how this fear impacts all citizens in various ways, including the author. The rest of the story builds on this fear to discuss how people can become so controlled by their fear that they end up hurting and ruining what they wanted to protect. The introduction is also important in that it creates a strong contrast between a "serious" subject, such as the fear of violence, and the project that Gordimer is engaging in, which is that of telling a bedtime story.

No

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In a fashionable way they are not all fables. Fables are in a sense non-fiction type stories, but alot of kid stories are fiction

The children's aunt offers to tell them a story because:

A. She wants to entertain the children to keep them quiet.

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In the short story "The Story-Teller" by Saki, an aunt is onboard a train with her two nieces and a nephew. In the same carriage is an "unsympathetic" bachelor - or at least, that is how the aunt sees him. The children are restless, constantly asking questions, moving around, smacking the cushions of the seats, and even reciting poems. When the bachelor seems to be getting angry, the aunt decides to entertain the children with a story, as a way to keep them quiet and prevent the bachelor from complaining. However, her story is filled with flaws. Even its attempt to teach the children a lesson about being good and well-behaved fails. The bachelor than intervenes and ends up telling them a much better story.

The Grimm´s fairy tales have often been told to children of our time as bedtime stories and have also been used to produce movies that are known and cherished by many. For many years people believed that these were tender and great stories of love, heroism, selflessness and learning. However, in recent years new studies have found that in fact, the original Grimms´ fairy tales were really dark and not for young audiences as their purpose was really to capture in writing the tales and stories that had been told in Europe for centuries. It has been learned that after almost six editions the brothers Grimm, two German-born siblings, decided to alter the stories they had originally compiled and re-wrote them so that they would be acceptable for 19th century religious puritans in Europe and it is the stories that came after the seventh edition the ones we know and love today. As said before, the Grimms´ purpose was to entertain the masses, but originally, they wanted to just capture the stories as they were told verbally by people in Europe. Thus, after analysing the stories, it was found that they protrayed brutality against children and adults and the conflicts that arose throuhout time in Europe and the harsdhips of European living. This is why, the correct answers would be B, C and E.

They find the choice of words to be unexpected and surprising.

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In the story "The Story-Teller", H.H Munro presents a picture of the reality and wants of the children. The children in the story want to listen about reality and not about the superficial world.

The story told by the aunt was boring and about the expectation that society wants from the children. The children lacked interest in such stories because of the representation of the main character. When the bachelor told the story about Bertha and described her to be 'horribly good', the children gained the interest in the story. The description brought a different view about the girl and brought surprise in her characterization.

yes there because they are

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