A Bad Guest Tests the Man of the House in the Brother’s Grimm’s “The Gnome” (Clip)

LL asks what is with the gnome dropping the bread donation at the door?  Is it a test?  Maybe only the youngest hunter shows himself to be strong enough to detect what the mannikin is doing while hiding behind the propriety of Xenia.  I draw a parallel with Odysseus, who also deals with bad guests.  Anyway, this scene cracks open the story, opening important possibilities for the young hunter and leading to the story’s resolution.

 

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