Part one of term paper
s During the times the story was written, there was much child abuse in society. The child's welfare was often put aside because the family was more important. The unknown author of the Fairy Tale "Hansel and Gretel" used many rhetorical devices such as symbolism and diction to intensify the purpose of the story, to alert society of the abu ...

Part two of term paper
... negativity of the stepmother's character. He or she uses such words as "cruel" or "wicked" wherever the stepmother is being described by the author, which intensifies the negativity the reader perceives. This device of careful word selection is immediately followed up by "She kept Hansel and Gretel under lock and key". The rhetorical technique of description and example furthers our understanding of the depths of the stepmother's cruelty in the tale. The author paints a picture of both Hansel an ...