A Study of Fairy Tales by Laura F. Kready
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I. _Introduction_. Time. Place. Characters: Mother and
Three Pigs. Mother gone. II. _Rise_. 1. First Pig's venture with a man with a load of straw. Builds a straw house. (Wolf enters.) Wolf comes and destroys him. 2. Second Pig's venture with a man with a load of furze. Builds a furze house. Wolf comes and destroys him. 3. Third Pig's venture with a man with a load of bricks. Builds a brick house. Wolf comes. (Climax.) III. _Conclusion_. Third Pig outwits the Wolf. At the turnip-field in Mr. Smith's home-field. At the apple tree in Merry-Garden. At the fair at Shanklin. At his own brick house. Evidently the climax here is when the Wolf comes to the third Pig's brick house. After that things take a turn; and the final test of strength and cleverness comes at the very end of the tale, at Little Pig's brick house. Grimm's _Briar Rose_ is a model of structure and easily separates itself into ten large episodes. |
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