“The Grimm Brothers recorded the stories because fewer and fewer people were collecting and preserving them”
By the time the Grimm Brothers started collecting German folk stories ( the nineteenth century) German was a conglomeration of about 200 different kingdoms , not a sole country. Their effort was to revive the national culture.
“Their stories reveal truths about the conditions people lived in when the tales were recorded. “ and "The tales of the Grimm Brothers demonstrate how language and customs can create a bond between people."
The brothers Grimm transcribed the many stories they had learned over the years, but they did it in a more soft language and contente, suitable for many audiences. So theses stories could spread -preserving the national culture. Besides the folklore, they published about language, grammar, and old sayings.
Their literature contribution is perceived until today in german cultural heritage.
<span>“<span>With a steady stony glance—
Like some bold seer in a trance,
Beholding all his own mischance,
Mute, with a glassy countenance—
She look'd down to Camelot.”</span></span>
These
are the lines that depicts the Lady of Shallot defying the curse.
<span>Previously,
she has heard a voice saying that a curse will befall her if she looks down to
Camelot and in those lines, it shows that she is defying the curse by looking
down to Camelot with a steady and stony gaze.</span>
The answer is A. a simile, personification, and metaphor.
