Little Snow-White (conclusion)
The evil queen forced to dance in red-hot iron shoes until she falls dead — the archetypal Grimms punishment.
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From Grimms' Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm
The Grimms' tales characteristically end with vivid, often brutal punishment of the wicked, reflecting peasant moral logic and the harshness of the oral tradition.
Cinderella (conclusion)
The doves pecking out the stepsisters' eyes at the wedding — Grimms' insistence that wickedness must be answered in kind.
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The false maid sentencing herself by describing the punishment she deserves: to be dragged naked in a barrel studded with nails.
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