PrepTest 115, Section 3, Question 10
Fairy tales address themselves to two communities, each(459 more words not shown)
Based on the passage, which(20 more words not shown)
- AHansel and Gretel(6 more words not shown)
- BHansel and Gretel(5 more words not shown)
- CHansel and Gretel(3 more words not shown)
- DHansel and Gretel(4 more words not shown)
- EHansel and Gretel(8 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
Bettelheim downplays wrongdoing by adults, especially parents. The abandonment in the woods immediately comes to mind. The witch's treatment of the children also looks bad, so we'll need to check how he actually uses those events rather than assume every bad adult action gets ignored.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Abandoning the children makes the parents look cruel. Yet Bettelheim shifts attention to the children's supposedly unhealthy dependence. That fits the later complaint that his readings suppress parental wrongdoing.
- B
This was worth considering, but he doesn't leave the imprisonment out. He uses the children's punishment for eating the house as a lesson about their greed. The same event can make the witch look bad to us while serving his child-blaming interpretation. We don't need to decide whether a witch counts as an ordinary adult.
- C
Their escape belongs to the account of children who overcome danger. It doesn't supply the parental wrongdoing we're looking for.
- D
Taking the jewels helps set up their change from dependents into the family's support. That fits his account of growing maturity.
- E
He expressly emphasizes this outcome: the children return with wealth and become the family's support. It's part of his interpretation, not an element he is likely to minimize.
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