degrimm1-6, Exercise 1: Comparing two tales

Model answer (one possible choice: "Hansel and Gretel" and "Snow White"; check against your translation):

Opening trouble: in "Hansel and Gretel" it is hunger and a family that cannot feed its children; in "Snow White" it is a jealous queen who cannot bear a rival in beauty.
Helper: the children are helped by a bird and by their own cleverness (check the details); Snow White is helped by the dwarfs, who warn her but cannot keep her safe.
Test: Gretel must outwit the witch; Snow White is tested by three attempts on her life.
Ending: the witch is destroyed and the children return to a father whose household has changed (check the stepmother detail); the queen is punished severely and Snow White is restored and married.

Shared pattern: danger inside the family or home, a refuge that is itself dangerous, and a punished villain. Difference: one tale rests on the children's action, the other largely on rescue.