Hansel and Gretel story
A boy named Hansel and his sister named Gretel who are left to fend for themselves in the woods and stumble upon a curious house made out of candy that belongs to an evil witch. Starring Ricky Schroder as Hansel, Bridgette Andersen as Gretel, Joan Collins as the Witch and Stepmother, and Paul Dooley as Hansel and Gretel's Father. Written by Patricia Resnick. Directed by James Frawley.
22 total · 1 choice · 14 major · 7 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| children and candy from strangers | choice | This is the obvious moral of the story, given that the evil witch had built a candy house to lure unsuspecting children. |
| abandonment | major | Hansel and Gretel were abandoned by their parents in the middle of a forest. |
| brother and sister | major | The story concerns a young boy and his little sister as they first struggle to survive alone in the wilderness, and then fall under the captivity of a hungry witch. |
| cannibalism | major | The witch was in the habit of cooking children in her oven and eating them. |
| choosing who dies and who lives | major | The family thought they did not have enough food for everyone to survive. It was therefore decided that the children should be left in the woods for dead. |
| coping with being lost in the forest | major | Hansel and Gretel were left to fend for themselves deep in the woods. |
| father and daughter | major | Gretel and her father. |
| father and son | major | Hansel and his father. |
| husband and wife | major | Hansel and Gretel's parents argued about their fate. |
| killing to survive | major | The parents struggled with this decision: Should he abandon his children in order that he and his new wife have enough food to survive? |