In "Hansel and Gretel" and "Snow White" there are many comparisons that arise within the two stories. In "Hansel and Gretel" the children's presence creates hardships for the parents, and because of this, life turns problematic for the children. In "Snow White" it is not any external difficulty such as poverty, but the relations between her and
her parents which create the problematic situation. In "Hansel and Gretel" and "Snow White" the mother insists that the children must be gotten rid of. The children are brought into the forest and abandoned from their parents. The story "Hansel and Gretel" begins realistically. The parents are poor, and they worry about how they will be able to take care of their children. Together at night they discuss their predicament, and how they can deal with it. Even taken on this surface level, the folk fairy tale conveys an important, although unpleasant, truth.
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