Kassandra

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The Brothers Grimm

• Kassandra
• (Ms. Cassandra Noblin)

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The Grimm Family

• Philipp and Dorothea Grimm
• Eight sons and one daughter.
• Friedrich, Jacob, Wilhelm, Carl, Ferdinand,
  Ludwig, Friedrich, Charlotte and Georg.
• Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
• Later known as the Brothers Grimm.

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How They Started

• At the ages of 13 and 14, Jacob and Wilhelm move
  to Kassel.
• Both attend the University of Marburg, at the
  ages of 17 and 19.
• Studied law.
• Began to collect folktales in the early 1800s.

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About Their Stories

• Dorothea Viehman and two Huguenot families told
  the brothers tales.
• Jacob and Wilhelm held different interests
  regarding folktales.
• More than just collecting fairy tales and folk
  legends.
• They had a favorite local storyteller named Marie
  Muller.

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More About Their Stories

• Publish first collection in 1812.
• Contains 86 folktales.
• Two years later, a second volume is published.
• Adds 70 more folktales.
• In another two years, two volumes of Deutsche
  Sagen is published.

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Following the Stories

• Brothers receive honorary doctrates.
• Wilhelm marries.
• Both begin work at the University of Göttingen.
• Joined in protest against King Ernest Augustus of
  Hanover.
• Moved back to Kassel.
• Accept jobs at the University of Berlin.

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More About Jacob

• Born January 4, 1785, in Hanau, Germany.
• Studied law out of duty, not because he loved it.
• Director of the Westphalian kings private
  library.
• Also the auditor of the Council of State.

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Grimms Law

• Named after Jacob Grimm
• Also known as the First Germanic Sound Shift.
• The first non-trivial systematic sound change to
  be discovered in linguistics.
• Deutsche Grammatik, formulated the law as a
  general rule.

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More About Wilhelm

• Born February 24, 1786, in Hanau, Germany.
• During four years of high school, suffered
  scarlet fever attacks and asthma.
• Confined to bed for half a year, health became
  worse.
• Studied Norse literature on his own.

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Some Of The Most Popular Stories

• Cinderella
• Snow White
• Little Red Riding Hood
• Rapunzel
• Rumpelstiltskin
• Hansel and Gretel
• Sleeping Beauty

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Disney VS Grimms

• Everyone knows the classic stories.
• Stories differ drastically, others only slightly.
• Disney more kid friendly
• Grimms stayed true to the spoken legends.
• More morbid and grim (pun intended).

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The End

• Wilhelm Grimm dies December 16, 1859, at the age
  of 73.
• Jacob Grimm dies September 20, 1863, at the age
  of 78.
• Leave behind the best collection of German fairy
  tales and folk legends of the time.

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Works Cited

• "Grimm Brothers - Biography Works." Grimm
  Brothers - Biography Works. N.p., n.d. Web. 29
  Nov. 2012. lthttp//www.literaturecollection.com/a/
  grimm-brothers/gt.
• "Grimm Brothers." GermanyInsiderFacts. N.p., n.d.
  Web. 29 Nov. 2012. lthttp//www.germany-insider-fac
  ts.com/grimm-brothers.htmlgt.
• "Grimm Brothers' Home Page." Grimm Brothers' Home
  Page. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Nov. 2012.
  lthttp//www.pitt.edu/dash/grimm.htmlgt.
• Grimm's Complete Fairy Tales. New York Barnes
  Noble, 2012. Xv-Xix. Print.