Question 2: Tatar offers two readings of the heroine's character: either as a celebration of self-preservation and cleverness or as a disobedient female. Using a version other than the Perrault, consider how the heroine gets presented. Use quotes to support your reading.
In Grimms' The Robber Bridegroom, the heroine (the young girl) is initially portrayed as a clever girl as she "filled both her pockets with peas and lentils to mark the way" (151). But then she is portrayed as a disobedient female as she keeps ignoring the caged bird's warnings to "turn back, turn back..." (152). But after the witch helps the young girl escape, the girl is again portrayed as a clever girl while she re-tells the story of how her bridegroom is actually a murderer and how she had the thought to save the finger with the ring as some sort of evidence of her story.
On a sidenote, I also see the witch in this story as a heroine. Her character is definitely a celebration of a female who uses her intelligence for self-preservation. The witch successfully keeps the murderers from discovering the young girl, and the witch also helps the girl escape back to her castle.
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