Category: Writing Assignments

For my revisionist storytelling project, I will be using the story of Hansel and Gretel. The reason I chose this story was because it was one of my favorite stories when I was younger. I really liked how the kids were able to beat the bad guy (the witch) by the end of the story. While it was scary for me to read, it had a strong ending that made it worth it. I’ve decided to focus on the part of the story where the witch tries to eat Hansel and Gretel. This is a central part of the story, and is what leads to them defeating her and escaping. However, I have decided to take a different approach, where the children are the antagonists instead of the victims. The witch, like her home, is made out of candy, and the children try and trap her so that they can eat her instead. I have basically decided to flip the narrative of the story. I think this will add an interesting switch, because the children did break into her home, and it will show how that could go in a different menacing path. I am going to attempt to display a scene where the children are looking down upon the witch outside of her home, when they were about to intrude.

Story: Sleeping Beauty

The story I chose is Sleeping Beauty. I chose this story because I wanted to choose a story tied to childhood and put a disturbing twist on it. Though, I feel as though the story of Sleeping Beauty is quite dark on its own if you think about it for long enough. The moment that I am going to focus on is after Aurora is already under the curse and is asleep. However, I plan to mix the spinning wheel with this moment as well. This moment is significant because it is the falling action. Aurora has just touched the spindle of the spinning wheel and is now cursed to sleep forever. Though Sleeping Beauty has a happy ending I want to focus on the reality that the curse could have instilled had it not been broken. I plan to do this by focusing on the bed she slept in hinting at a reality where she never does wake up. By taking and mixing the moments of the spinning wheel with the moments where she is asleep I plan to bring my vision to life. Getting the message across of how the story could have potentially ended a bit differently.