Chantal Warfield 1-15-13 Period 7 The Twelve Wild Geese vs.

Ashputtle: Innocent In Ashputtle and The Twelve Wild Geese, The Brothers Grimm and Patrick Kennedy, respectively, use the innocent archetypal character, to convey that people can go through hardships and turn out happy in the end. In both of the stories, the reader is sympathetic toward the main character. The reader can see the two different foils of good and evil in the characters in their stories. The reader sees how the main characters character helps them out for the better. There are two very distinct sides in the stories. One is moral and the other is wicked. In Ashputtle, Ashputtle was the foil for her father and step-family. They were evil, greedy, and unkind. She was innocent, beautiful, good, and sweet. She was forced into her life of servitude for her family, by her family. Snow-White Rose-Red was the foil for her mother-in-law in the story The Twelve Wild Geese. She was innocent, very attractive, and cared about others. Her mother-in-law was very hateful, spiteful, and wicked. But in the end of the stories, karma was rewarded. In Ashputtle, her step-sisters eyes were pecked out and they became blind. In The Twelve Wild Geese, her mother-in-law was never seen again. The reader is sympathetic to Ashputtle and Snow-White Rose-Red. In Ashputtle, the reader can feel Ashputtles pain. Her own father sat by and watched as his biological daughter was humiliated. She had to do all of the work in the house, as in cooking, cleaning, and washing. She didnt have a bed to sleep in, so she had to sleep in the ashes by the fireplace. Her new step-sisters took all of her beautiful clothes, and gave her an old grey dress and wooden shoes to wear. When the Prince asked Ashputtles

father if he had any more daughters he said said he to the father; 'have you no other daughters?' 'No,' said he; 'there is only a little dirty Ashputtle here, the child of my first wife; I am sure she cannot be the bride. In The Twelve Wild Geese, the reader can understand Snow-White Rose-Reds grief and sadness. First, she finds out her brothers were taken from her family, so that she could have been born. Then, to correct it, she has to make twelve shirts out of bog down, over a period of two years. But the catch was that she cannot talk, laugh, or cry in that period. Then, she gets married, but her mother-inlaw hates her. Her mother-in-law takes her children from her, framing her to make it seem that she killed her children. She came very close to dying because of her. Both Ashputtle and Snow-White Rose-Reds traits helped them out for the better. In Ashputtle, the Prince was so taken with her beauty, that he would only dance with her at the feasts. And they were married. In The Twelve Wild Geese, the Prince was so taken with Snow-White RoseReds beauty, he married her, and she did not have to say a word. All she did was answer with signs. When her mother-in-law tried to frame her, Snow-White Rose-Red didnt break her honest vow, she endured and suffered on. The archetypal character, innocent, helps to suggest that people can go through trials and tribulations, but have it all worked out in the end. Ashputtle and Snow-White Rose-Red were good girls, which were brought down by evil, but managed to get a happy ending.