Summary of the Grimm’s “The Devil and His Grandmother” (Part 3) (Clip)

The proactive soldier escapes through the window and lets his companions in on the riddle’s answer.  They meet the Evil Prince, who sneers that he’ll soon give them a meal in Hell, but the three men each answer a part of the riddle.  The Devil screams and flies away and the three live blessed lives.

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The contracted seven golden years have just about passed, and the three men are approached by an old woman.  This helper instructs them to venture into the forest, and there is a rock that resembles a house where they’ll get aid.  The optimist goes and explains his situation to the lady within, who is the Devil’s grandmother.  He hides under the stone that covers the cellar and listens to their communion after the Devil returns.  He reveals the answer to the riddle and then goes to sleep.

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Three military men decide to risk execution and desert because they have not been paid.  Hiding out in a corn field, they are aghast to see soldiers surrounding it when they try to exit.  Thinking they’ll die, at last a dragon flies to them and makes inquiries before revealing himself as the Devil. He will extricate them if they’ll serve him for seven years.  

Equipping them with a gold-producing whip, he tells them they’ll either be free or burn in eternal fire after seven years, depending on their answer to a riddle of his.  They live it up but as the seventh year approacheth, only one of them remains hopeful.

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Yet at the end of the story, the giants remain roaming, and I speculate about their nature, which may be mindless consumption; for Christians, this may be a representation of the historical development from the seemingly consumptive, anthropomorphic and natural gods to rulers that bring order and serve the people in some way in a new kind of kingdom.  Jack, the everyman, comes up to this rulership not by conquering, but by character, and so echoes many heroes of Christendom. 

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Jack starts with little, with barely his basic needs met, but he displays ambition even after his initial material successes.  This may show something like Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, where, after basic material needs and social success, one may have meaning and political needs.  

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LL thinks the story is about what truly sustains people, things like beauty, order, and truth (in the form of good judgment, which leads to good governance).  At first, his parents provide for Jack – a house, an axe, tools, caring, and food.  Then he leaves home and begins to negotiate.  He crosses the bridge threshold and receives help from a wizard (< ”wise”).  Life symbolically proliferates, and Jack’s risk for the first time leads to profit more than his mother’s cautious instincts.  Life moves forward.  Analyzing the characters, his mother is a protector, the wizard pushes Jack to mature, and the giants challenge, threaten and inadvertently provide for him.  The stakes have been raised, and Jack decides to risk a better life.

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Fleeing the third castle, Jack is pursued by giants from all of them, six giants in total.  At the bottom, Jack is finally able to topple the stalk and the falling of the various giants cause tsunamis, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, destroying a small city.  With his spoils, Jack eventually becomes a wise king. However, the giants survive and now he must put his wits to governance.

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Not content with the second, silver castle, intrepid Jack dreams of the old man again, whose riddle, “Who is stronger, a man who builds a house or the one who tells him to build it for him?” feeds his intrigue.  On this third journey, he loses track of time.  He seems to be among the dark sky and stars, and sees the serpent coiled around the earth far below.  This castle is magnificent and translucent, and the lady’s husband is away on his chariot.  When he arrives, she distracts him with the music from a golden harp, which disorients and then transports Jack into reverie.  

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We summarize and discuss the Grimms Brothers’ story. We both particularly enjoyed this humorous story that has interesting details and presents a somewhat humanized devil who tries to ensnare three desperate soldiers. These deserters (because of low pay) escape death and live in luxury traveling the world until it’s time to pay the bill.  One of them keeps his head and is helped by a passerby, who directs him to a magical place deep in the forest.  There he sees the devil without his garb and learns his secret. 

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The next day Jack is driven to climb the stock and on three trips he sees three castles which progress from roughly-hewn to radiant.  The boy defies irate heavenly man-eating giants (helped by their wives), acquiring bronze, and then a silver egg-laying chicken.  He is able to gain food and wealth through his exploits. 

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