Apr 29, 2018

Reading Notes: Brothers Grimm (Librivox) Part A


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Rapunzel

  • Man and woman are unable to have children.
  • Woman starts to crave the rapunzel she saw in the enchantresses garden.
    • Husband stole her some to satisfy those cravings, deciding to pay whatever cost.
  • She loved the rapunzel so much, she had her husband steal some more.
    • Enchantress catches him and is very angry, until she hears his explanation. 
    • Enchantress uses this as an opportunity to make a deal; their baby for her rapunzel.
  • The woman has a child and the enchantress takes it.
  • The child was named Rapunzel, after the food that had been stolen from the enchantress.
  • She was shut into a tower when she was twelve, one she couldn't escape. Only the enchantress could enter by climbing the girls long hair.
  • After years passed, the King's son heard her singing and became curious.
    • After witnessing the enchantress climb Rapunzel's hair, he decided he too would climb her hair.
  • Rapunzel was frightened by him, but he was a charmer. He proposed to her almost instantly, to which she said yes.
  • She doesn't know how to escape the tower and convinces him to bring her some silk so she can make a ladder (rope?).
  • The enchantress was angry when she found out that Rapunzel had pulled the prince up into her tower. In that anger, she cut Rapunzel's hair and relocated her to a desert.
  • Enchantress used Rapunzel's cut off hair to pull the prince into the tower, who she then blinded with birds.
    • Because of his blindness, he began to roman around for years.
  • The prince eventually found Rapunzel. She cried tears that healed his eyes and they lived happily ever after.

Bibliography
Rapunzel from Fairy Tales by Brothers Grimm 

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