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Kissing the Witch has a distinct storytelling situation which encodes “dialogue between tellers that creates a feeling of intimate reciprocity among narrator, narratee, and reader” (Orme 121).
Mar 1, 2018 · Following the line of inquiry of cognitive and rhetorical theory of narrative, this paper argues that the female characters develop critical views of the classic fairy tale and become courageous ...
The author of "The Magic Power of Telling and Re-telling in Kissing the Witch", Qiu Xiaoqing, further extends this idea by addressing the ending of "The Tale of the Kiss"—unlike the others, the final tale makes it clear in its direct address to the reader that the role of the narrator is passing beyond the story and stepping into the real ...
What is implied in the retelling of a story? Two things, that the story is worth preserving, and that the story is not really worth preserving perfectly. The indication is that one should take the essence of a story and allow their own life to inform their own perception of the story, the result being new synthetic stories that are worth sharing.
They end up finding the cottage of an old woman who wants to kill Hansel for food. Gretel manages to free him, but instead of going with him, decides to stay with the witch, intrigued by her. The Tale of the Skin is a retelling of Donkeyskin, and follows Gretel’s witch in her youth.
As Kissing the Witch is a collection of short stories, there is no one clear climax. Instead, the climax of each story occurs when the retelling departs from its original canon. For example, when Cinderella leaves the ball after dancing with the prince, rather than pursuing him, she realizes that she wants her fairy godmother instead.
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