Grimm Brothers

Jacob and Wihelm Grimm, the two eldest brothers of six were born in Hanau, Germany, to Dorothea and Philipp Grimm. They both studied law at the University of Marburg from 1802 to 1806 following their fathers footsteps. They were influenced by German Romanticism and studied the folklore in their region and they emphasized recording village oral storytelling, which was vanishing with the new technology. They came up with a collection of "Kinder-und Hausmarchen (Children's and Household Tales), the first volume was published in 1812 and the second volume in 1815. These collections soon became known as "Grimms' Fairy Tales". These stories were not originally culminated by the Grimm brothers and actually was information shared by friends, family members and acquaintances. For example, Charles Perrault had written a version of "The Sleeping Beauty", known as Briar Rose in the brothers collection. The brothers settled in Berlin and became members of the Royal Academy of Science and lectured.

The Grimms' Fairy Tales was a collection of passed down stories that were not intended for children due to the type of content it included. These stories have helped build and shape the brothers legacy and have been retold and flipped to better suit children. Almost all of these stories have become movies whether it was detailing it in its original form or with a twist. The stories consistently included sex, violence, incest. For example, Rapunzel gets pregnant by the prince and the witch chops her hair off and sends her off to the wilderness. She then lures the prince back to the tower using Rapunzel's locks and pushes him into thorns making him lose his eyesight.