Based on this picture, we see two very hungry kids eating a house; a house that this gross looking lady lives inside of. "Hansel & Gretel" is a fairy tale about a family who does not have enough food to support the kids, so they are left in the forest. Hansel and Gretel stumble upon a house made of sweets, which is every child's dream. The witch that lives there lures children with her house and then eats them. Hansel and Gretel is a fairy tale that depicts the male and female stereotypes differently, depending on the author. In the version by the Grimm brothers, the women look worse than the men. The step-mother comes up with the plan to send the kids away. The witch wants to eat Hansel while making Gretel her slave. Also, Gretel played an insigificant role for the first half of the story. She only cried and whined; until the end where she actually saved them. The step-mother and witch dies while the father receives jewels.
Charles Perrault wrote a version of this fairy tale called "Little Thumb." In his fairy tale, the mother is the one who cries for her children while it was the father's plan to get rid of them. The evil giant who wants to devour the children is also male. The Grimm brothers continue the image of womanhood as either being a damsel in distress or completely evil.
