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Rapunzel by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
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First published January 1, 1812
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Jacob Grimm
5,736 books2,258 followersGerman philologist and folklorist Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm in 1822 formulated Grimm's Law, the basis for much of modern comparative linguistics. With his brother Wilhelm Karl Grimm (1786-1859), he collected Germanic folk tales and published them as
Grimm's Fairy Tales
(1812-1815).
Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.
This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .
Adapted from Wikipedia.
Indo-European stop consonants, represented in Germanic, underwent the regular changes that Grimm's Law describes; this law essentially states that Indo-European p shifted to Germanic f, t shifted to th, and k shifted to h. Indo-European b shifted to Germanic p, d shifted to t, and g shifted to k. Indo-European bh shifted to Germanic b, dh shifted to d, and gh shifted to g.
This jurist and mythologist also authored the monumental German Dictionary and his Deutsche Mythologie .
Adapted from Wikipedia.
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April 15, 2025
Finally. A story about split ends.
After a lot of years trying, a nice couple who LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A WITCH eventually get pregnant. Well, the woman gets pregnant, the man gets sent on midnight runs for pickles and chocolate.
And it's those damn pregnancy cravings that set off this tale.
For reasons unknown, our mom-to-be decides that she just has to have this leafy green veg growing in the enchantress' garden. And she tells her husband that if she doesn't get it, she'll just waste away.
Ha! I've been pregnant. Bitch is ly-ing. She's gonna eat, I promise you.
But he loves her and he believes her (I think this might be where Rapunzel gets her gullibility from), so he sneaks into A WITCH'S GARDEN and steals a salad for his wife.
Yummm.
But now she's hooked on it. So she sends him back for more.
Ok. Can I just say that sometimes, in a marriage, you have to look your partner in the eye and put the kibosh on some of their wackier ideas? Sir, you have a voice. Use it. I get that pregnant women can be terrifying, but you can't just fold like a paper fan when faced with a storm of hungry hormones if the alternative is STEALING FROM A WITCH.
But nobody listens to me.
So, he of course gets caught. And of course, he has to end up giving the witch their baby girl to ensure that she doesn't kill him.
My god, man! How did you not see her endgame?!
But even the witch feels sorry for the poor bastard, so she throws in a lifetime supply of this lettuce for his wife. That way when she gets sad, at least they can go to the salad bar. Like an Applebee's but without the croutons and choice of dressings.
Oh well, sometimes you really just need to make the best out of things.
The version I listened to had Rapunzel asking why it was easier to heft Mother Gothel up than the prince, instead of asking why her clothes were getting so tight around her waist.
But both of these questions, when posed to her captor, are pretty indicative of a dingdong.
So whether she didn't realize that the prince had knocked her up or was silly enough to give away that there was a prince to start with, we the readers are aware that she's going to win the day with her "goodness" and not her street smarts.
And that's ok. It takes all kinds.
At any rate, the preggers Rapunzel gets tossed in the desert after Gothel chops her hair off, and then the foolish prince gets blinded when he tries to climb up to the tower.
Thankfully, the blind prince finds his way to the same desert that Rapunzel is living in.
Apparently, she weeps over him and her tears act like some kind of faith healer's mantra - praise the lord he can see!
This is one of those "all's well that ends well" stories.
Rapunzel gets sold for some lettuce, escapes captivity in a tower, gives birth in a desert, saves her man, ends up the queen of some unidentified kingdom, and does it all after getting a terrible cut at Ye Olde Great Clips.
I'm not sure what the moral of the story is, but it was a wild ride.
Recommended.
After a lot of years trying, a nice couple who LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A WITCH eventually get pregnant. Well, the woman gets pregnant, the man gets sent on midnight runs for pickles and chocolate.
And it's those damn pregnancy cravings that set off this tale.
For reasons unknown, our mom-to-be decides that she just has to have this leafy green veg growing in the enchantress' garden. And she tells her husband that if she doesn't get it, she'll just waste away.
Ha! I've been pregnant. Bitch is ly-ing. She's gonna eat, I promise you.
But he loves her and he believes her (I think this might be where Rapunzel gets her gullibility from), so he sneaks into A WITCH'S GARDEN and steals a salad for his wife.
Yummm.
But now she's hooked on it. So she sends him back for more.
Ok. Can I just say that sometimes, in a marriage, you have to look your partner in the eye and put the kibosh on some of their wackier ideas? Sir, you have a voice. Use it. I get that pregnant women can be terrifying, but you can't just fold like a paper fan when faced with a storm of hungry hormones if the alternative is STEALING FROM A WITCH.
But nobody listens to me.
So, he of course gets caught. And of course, he has to end up giving the witch their baby girl to ensure that she doesn't kill him.
My god, man! How did you not see her endgame?!
But even the witch feels sorry for the poor bastard, so she throws in a lifetime supply of this lettuce for his wife. That way when she gets sad, at least they can go to the salad bar. Like an Applebee's but without the croutons and choice of dressings.
Oh well, sometimes you really just need to make the best out of things.
The version I listened to had Rapunzel asking why it was easier to heft Mother Gothel up than the prince, instead of asking why her clothes were getting so tight around her waist.
But both of these questions, when posed to her captor, are pretty indicative of a dingdong.
So whether she didn't realize that the prince had knocked her up or was silly enough to give away that there was a prince to start with, we the readers are aware that she's going to win the day with her "goodness" and not her street smarts.
And that's ok. It takes all kinds.
At any rate, the preggers Rapunzel gets tossed in the desert after Gothel chops her hair off, and then the foolish prince gets blinded when he tries to climb up to the tower.
Thankfully, the blind prince finds his way to the same desert that Rapunzel is living in.
Apparently, she weeps over him and her tears act like some kind of faith healer's mantra - praise the lord he can see!
This is one of those "all's well that ends well" stories.
Rapunzel gets sold for some lettuce, escapes captivity in a tower, gives birth in a desert, saves her man, ends up the queen of some unidentified kingdom, and does it all after getting a terrible cut at Ye Olde Great Clips.
I'm not sure what the moral of the story is, but it was a wild ride.
Recommended.
March 5, 2017
Great! Really loved it.
I think I have seen this type of story in the movie Tangled. Both are great.
I think I have seen this type of story in the movie Tangled. Both are great.
May 4, 2020
I really enjoyed this.
It surprised me how much the beginning of the story had echoes quite similar to that of Beauty and the Beast.
As told to me many a time, the Grimms version of Rapunzel is a lot darker and grimmer than the Disney version and tale I was told growing up. But I liked its morbidity. I feel like Rapunzel's 'magic' moment was a bit too random and happily ever after though. Especially as there is not a lick of magic in the rest of the story before now.
Unless you count super long hair that people can climb as magical, of course. Which is highly likely.
It surprised me how much the beginning of the story had echoes quite similar to that of Beauty and the Beast.
As told to me many a time, the Grimms version of Rapunzel is a lot darker and grimmer than the Disney version and tale I was told growing up. But I liked its morbidity. I feel like Rapunzel's 'magic' moment was a bit too random and happily ever after though. Especially as there is not a lick of magic in the rest of the story before now.
Unless you count super long hair that people can climb as magical, of course. Which is highly likely.
December 7, 2016
¿La historia? Cool.
¿El climax? Sádico as fuck para terminar bien.
¿Mi opinión? Asombroso.
¿El climax? Sádico as fuck para terminar bien.
¿Mi opinión? Asombroso.
March 30, 2017
Oh! so different
not like tangled, unexpected at all!
not like tangled, unexpected at all!
May 7, 2020
Interesting the ending of this story, very different but still a happy ending.
September 20, 2024
قصههای برادران گریم
قصه دوازدهم
راپونزل
قصه راپونزل نیاز به هیچ توضیحی ندارد، یکی از بهترین و آیکونیکترین قصههای برادران گریم.
همه چیز برای یک قصه عالی را در خود دارد. اگرچه خوردن میوه ممنوعه و ادای قولی که به یک جن یا جادوگر میدهید و تبعید به سرزمین آن جادوگر، عناصری تکراری هستند، اما خود کاراکتر راپونزل و برجی که در آن گیر میافتد، موقعیت یکه و جالبی هستش.
یک چیزی که هم که تازه به ذهنم رسید، این است که میتوان برج توی قصه را نمادی قضیبی در نظر گرفت و بقیه ماجرا
قصه دوازدهم
راپونزل
قصه راپونزل نیاز به هیچ توضیحی ندارد، یکی از بهترین و آیکونیکترین قصههای برادران گریم.
همه چیز برای یک قصه عالی را در خود دارد. اگرچه خوردن میوه ممنوعه و ادای قولی که به یک جن یا جادوگر میدهید و تبعید به سرزمین آن جادوگر، عناصری تکراری هستند، اما خود کاراکتر راپونزل و برجی که در آن گیر میافتد، موقعیت یکه و جالبی هستش.
یک چیزی که هم که تازه به ذهنم رسید، این است که میتوان برج توی قصه را نمادی قضیبی در نظر گرفت و بقیه ماجرا
September 16, 2024
طبق اون ساختارشناسی پراپ این داستان همه چیز رو داشت.
ابتدای داستان میاد وضعیت اولیه رو میگه و اینکه یه خانواده بودن که بچه میخواستن و ویلن رو معرفی میکنه. بعدش وایولیشن و خطای رفتاری رخ میده و شخص دزدی میکنه.
حالا وقت انتقامه، جادوگر میاد سرنوشت رو عوض میکنه.
قهرمانمون ایزوله میشه و بعدش ناجی(؟ به نظرم قهرمان این داستان راپونزله و شاهزاده ناجی حساب میشه) داستان ظاهر میشه.
بعد ارتباط اینا رو گسترش میده و بعد وقت شکست خوردن قهرمان داستانمونه.
(آها شاید با این ورژن راپونزل اونقدر آشنا نباشیم، اینجا شاهزاده ای که برا نجات راپونزل میره خودش رو از برج میندازه پایین و کور میشه.)
و درنهایت رستگاری داستان رو داریم که شاهزاده دوباره صدای راپونزل رو میشنوه و اشک راپونزل چشماش رو شفا میده.
حالا اون قسمت از دست دادن بینایی برام جالب بود چون یه جورایی اشاره داره به اینکه عشق کور میکنه.
ابتدای داستان میاد وضعیت اولیه رو میگه و اینکه یه خانواده بودن که بچه میخواستن و ویلن رو معرفی میکنه. بعدش وایولیشن و خطای رفتاری رخ میده و شخص دزدی میکنه.
حالا وقت انتقامه، جادوگر میاد سرنوشت رو عوض میکنه.
قهرمانمون ایزوله میشه و بعدش ناجی(؟ به نظرم قهرمان این داستان راپونزله و شاهزاده ناجی حساب میشه) داستان ظاهر میشه.
بعد ارتباط اینا رو گسترش میده و بعد وقت شکست خوردن قهرمان داستانمونه.
(آها شاید با این ورژن راپونزل اونقدر آشنا نباشیم، اینجا شاهزاده ای که برا نجات راپونزل میره خودش رو از برج میندازه پایین و کور میشه.)
و درنهایت رستگاری داستان رو داریم که شاهزاده دوباره صدای راپونزل رو میشنوه و اشک راپونزل چشماش رو شفا میده.
حالا اون قسمت از دست دادن بینایی برام جالب بود چون یه جورایی اشاره داره به اینکه عشق کور میکنه.
August 20, 2020
To me, the story was about craving what you shouldn't desire, how big consequences can be to satisfy it, that some people would do everything for such craving. The second part was about trying to protect someone from a 'corrupt world', at the cost of freedom.
I am starting to look at Grimms' fairy tale as a structure consisting of two types. One is the message for people (adults), full of harshness, metaphors, etc. and then (nearing to the end and a happy ending) it is as a tale for children.
[This time I have been listening Hans Hafen from LibriVox, but it was very hard for me. I think it was a matter of his strong accent.]
I am starting to look at Grimms' fairy tale as a structure consisting of two types. One is the message for people (adults), full of harshness, metaphors, etc. and then (nearing to the end and a happy ending) it is as a tale for children.
[This time I have been listening Hans Hafen from LibriVox, but it was very hard for me. I think it was a matter of his strong accent.]
October 24, 2018
Lo he leído en una preciosa edición que acaba de publicar Edelvives y que es preciosa.
Está ilustrada por Francesca Dell'Orto y os juro que hace magia con sus dibujos.
Como todos los cuentos de los hermanos Grimm, tiene una parte muy oscura y retorcida, donde incluso no ves un posible final feliz para los protagonistas.
Me ha encantado este cuento y sin duda me ha sorprendido, ya que se parece muy poco a todo lo que han sacado sobre esta conocida historia.
Si tenéis niños, os recomiendo muchísimo que consigáis esta edición y se la leáis o la lean con vosotros, es una maravilla.
Está ilustrada por Francesca Dell'Orto y os juro que hace magia con sus dibujos.
Como todos los cuentos de los hermanos Grimm, tiene una parte muy oscura y retorcida, donde incluso no ves un posible final feliz para los protagonistas.
Me ha encantado este cuento y sin duda me ha sorprendido, ya que se parece muy poco a todo lo que han sacado sobre esta conocida historia.
Si tenéis niños, os recomiendo muchísimo que consigáis esta edición y se la leáis o la lean con vosotros, es una maravilla.
September 11, 2019
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Con una edición preciosa y muy cuidada, en tapa dura y con ilustraciones a todo color Edelvives ha publicado el cuento clásico de Rapunzel de los hermanos Grimm.
Nos cuenta la historia que en mayor o menor medida conocemos todos, la de una joven de cabellos rubios infinitos que está atrapada por una bruja en lo alto de una torre perdida en la espesura del bosque.
Es uno de mis cuentos preferidos, incluso la película de Disney "Enredados" es de mis favoritas, así que tenía muchas ganas de leer el libro y ver si se diferenciaba mucho de lo que yo ya conocía. Y sí que hay pequeños detalles que desconocía y me ha encantado descubrir.
Con una edición preciosa y muy cuidada, en tapa dura y con ilustraciones a todo color Edelvives ha publicado el cuento clásico de Rapunzel de los hermanos Grimm.
Nos cuenta la historia que en mayor o menor medida conocemos todos, la de una joven de cabellos rubios infinitos que está atrapada por una bruja en lo alto de una torre perdida en la espesura del bosque.
Es uno de mis cuentos preferidos, incluso la película de Disney "Enredados" es de mis favoritas, así que tenía muchas ganas de leer el libro y ver si se diferenciaba mucho de lo que yo ya conocía. Y sí que hay pequeños detalles que desconocía y me ha encantado descubrir.
September 8, 2021
Cuento Perfecto para dormir, ¿por qué? Le leí dos paginas a mí mamá y de una se durmió jajajajaa
Pero hablando en serio, la historia de Rapunzel que ya conocemos pero en una edición hermosa de Edelvives y con ilustraciones en cada página. Es una belleza completa 🖤
Pero hablando en serio, la historia de Rapunzel que ya conocemos pero en una edición hermosa de Edelvives y con ilustraciones en cada página. Es una belleza completa 🖤
March 31, 2020
Review to follow
May 17, 2017
This was a pretty shocking version! Poor Rapunzel! The ending was a little bit...well...fairytale! But all in all an entertaining and interesting story!
February 7, 2023
Towering over, \\ took away what one loves most, \\ removed from the world.
#HAIKUPRAJNA - Rapunzel [Book Review / Analysis / Summary / Essay]
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Hello readers,
I have begun a fairy tale themed series, and I am starting it off with a review of Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm.
This fairy tale is set around the tower of Gothel, an enchantress. Gothel had taken the daughter of the parents who were stealing from her rampion garden. Rapunzel was then kept away from the rest of the world. She was kept hostage until she fell in love with a prince, who overheard Gothel's request, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down thy hair."
What stuck out to me was Gothel's desire to keep her being in direct conflict with the parents' and the prince's desire to have her.
The original fairy tale stories' gruesomeness is great at being dramatic in a dark way, with characters flinging themselves towards death or despondency over their misfortune. 'Rapunzel' succeeded in this by moving to a happy ending that is juxtaposed to highlight both the drama and the resolution. This is explored further through the symbolism of Rapunzel being separated from the world as a way to prevent the desire that afflicted the rest of the cast. In a theatrical manner, the Prince's desire to see her led to Rapunzel's awareness of the outside world and her desire to leave.
When Rapunzel revealed that she was using the method that Gothel was using to visit Rapunzel to also bring up the Prince, Dame Gothel decided to take Rapunzel's hair away and she cast Rapunzel away.
Gothel then displayed her ability to use the hair against Rapunzel to lure the Prince up the tower. Gothel's gloating over taking away both of their desired objects was genius in its display of the duality in using the love that others provide for one's own purposes.
It also displayed--via the Prince--how that can leave one lost and wandering in blindness. His reaction set the tone for Gothel as a villain who would have instead reacted by taking from anyone that had just wronged her.
Every character acted upon what they desired. Readers are thus left with an important idea to contemplate. Dame Gothel was wronged in the same manner as the others. However, the other characters reacted without malice when they were wronged. Nobody else was afraid to suffer the consequences of their acts of freely given love, regardless of the source being one's own or another's.
Gothel could have helped the parents, I feel. She could have wedded her adopted (stolen) daughter and been related to royalty. Instead, she removed herself from the equation.
The shared suffering further cemented the love between Rapunzel and the Prince. The greatest symbolic lesson I found from this story was how that was shown to even heal their wounds; a good, short bedtime story.
Thank you for reading.
Please share your thoughts in a comment.
Allen W. McLean
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#HAIKUPRAJNA - Rapunzel [Book Review / Analysis / Summary / Essay]
https://haikuprajna.blogspot.com/2023...
...
Hello readers,
I have begun a fairy tale themed series, and I am starting it off with a review of Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm.
This fairy tale is set around the tower of Gothel, an enchantress. Gothel had taken the daughter of the parents who were stealing from her rampion garden. Rapunzel was then kept away from the rest of the world. She was kept hostage until she fell in love with a prince, who overheard Gothel's request, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down thy hair."
What stuck out to me was Gothel's desire to keep her being in direct conflict with the parents' and the prince's desire to have her.
The original fairy tale stories' gruesomeness is great at being dramatic in a dark way, with characters flinging themselves towards death or despondency over their misfortune. 'Rapunzel' succeeded in this by moving to a happy ending that is juxtaposed to highlight both the drama and the resolution. This is explored further through the symbolism of Rapunzel being separated from the world as a way to prevent the desire that afflicted the rest of the cast. In a theatrical manner, the Prince's desire to see her led to Rapunzel's awareness of the outside world and her desire to leave.
When Rapunzel revealed that she was using the method that Gothel was using to visit Rapunzel to also bring up the Prince, Dame Gothel decided to take Rapunzel's hair away and she cast Rapunzel away.
Gothel then displayed her ability to use the hair against Rapunzel to lure the Prince up the tower. Gothel's gloating over taking away both of their desired objects was genius in its display of the duality in using the love that others provide for one's own purposes.
It also displayed--via the Prince--how that can leave one lost and wandering in blindness. His reaction set the tone for Gothel as a villain who would have instead reacted by taking from anyone that had just wronged her.
Every character acted upon what they desired. Readers are thus left with an important idea to contemplate. Dame Gothel was wronged in the same manner as the others. However, the other characters reacted without malice when they were wronged. Nobody else was afraid to suffer the consequences of their acts of freely given love, regardless of the source being one's own or another's.
Gothel could have helped the parents, I feel. She could have wedded her adopted (stolen) daughter and been related to royalty. Instead, she removed herself from the equation.
The shared suffering further cemented the love between Rapunzel and the Prince. The greatest symbolic lesson I found from this story was how that was shown to even heal their wounds; a good, short bedtime story.
Thank you for reading.
Please share your thoughts in a comment.
Allen W. McLean
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February 6, 2017
The original Grimm Brothers tale is very, very sad... although it does end happily ever after. The evil woman chops off Rapunzel's hair, who's pregnant with twins. The prince is blind, but regains sight when he somehow finds Rapunzel and kids living in poverty in the woods... Her tears nourish his vision. An absolutely beautiful, well~written tale. FYI: she's named "Rapunzel" after the rampion plant, which may have been used in medieval times for mouth/throat afflictions.
October 2, 2020
I had to read this for one of my English classes. It is so cool picking these stories apart and trying to find meaning behind them. The inter texts are even cooler, my goodness!
December 4, 2020
Любимата история за дългокосата Рапунцел идва в нова премяна от изд. „Лабиринт”. Класическата приказка на Якоб и Вилхелм Грим оживява по нов, зашеметяващ начин - с прелестните илюстрации на художничката Франческа дел’Орто. Да, можем да прочетем приказката за затворничката от кулата под какви ли не форми и вид, но точно тази версия на „Рапунцел” е не просто чудесна картинна книга за деца, тя е и уникално удоволствие за ценители на илюстрацията. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле": https://knijnikrile.wordpress.com/202...
July 25, 2017
Who doesn't know the stunning story of Rapunzel, the girl with the long hair, kept captured by a witch in a tall, tall tower? A childhood classic for many people of my generation, older generations, and even generations to come.
However, in the countless retellings of this classic story, so many beautiful details are missed out. Visiting the original story text was a short but stunning adventure for me. I got to receive nostalgia, whilst also discovering a brand new story.
A tale as old as time, and a beautiful one at that, the original story of Rapunzel almost brought tears to my eyes. A simply beautiful story, and an original story that people should definitely check out.
However, in the countless retellings of this classic story, so many beautiful details are missed out. Visiting the original story text was a short but stunning adventure for me. I got to receive nostalgia, whilst also discovering a brand new story.
A tale as old as time, and a beautiful one at that, the original story of Rapunzel almost brought tears to my eyes. A simply beautiful story, and an original story that people should definitely check out.
May 19, 2016
2 stars. Disney did a far better job of making the story memorable. It definitely has a gruesome side to it.
July 22, 2018
An enjoyable fairy tale that most people would be familiar with.
March 10, 2022
Very interesting to see the original tale.
Like many, I grew up watching Tangled but I actually enjoyed this version and how much darker it was,
Like many, I grew up watching Tangled but I actually enjoyed this version and how much darker it was,
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February 8, 2017As terrible as it sounds, what I loved most about reading this was seeing the parallel's between The Grimm's original tale, and the novelisation version of Rapunzel 'Cress' by Marissa Meyer! There were so many similarities between the two that I never knew about (only previously seeing the Disney movie Tanged) so reading this was really enjoyable for that element!
July 3, 2021
The stories Grimm are best in the original form. Perhaps, one should say the form that was released by Jacob Grimm. This tale is the story of a cursed princess that lives out her curse. The beauty of the tales of Grimm is the horror.
February 8, 2017
Wow, this is such a short story - I think I prefer the movie(s) in this case!
August 17, 2018
Well, rather shocking
September 8, 2020
Seems like a LOT was altered in the disney version (Tangled), which is unexpected to me.
August 6, 2021
Quien diga que los cuentos son para niños no ha leído la versión original de Rapunzel
November 22, 2022
3 ⭐
Chciałam sobie poczytać oryginał i jednocześnie poczytać o wpadaniu w ciernie oczami xD Lepiej w to nie wnikać.
Chciałam sobie poczytać oryginał i jednocześnie poczytać o wpadaniu w ciernie oczami xD Lepiej w to nie wnikać.
March 4, 2018
I would recommend Rapunzel to people who love reading fairy tales, or to older kids because of what is written even though this is a classic short story. The story is written well; however, the dialogue is written to sound like the story takes place during the medieval times. That, however, does not mess with the rest of the story. The rest of the story has enough action and romance that would make it enjoyable for any age.
The characters are also written well, and are relatable to the reader. I think that readers can use their past experiences to connect to a character. There were also messages scattered throughout the story, and I learned a few of those messages while reading and annotating the story. Those hidden messages helped make the characters and the entire enjoyable.
Overall, the story was a good story to read. The story was able to add enough emotion to the story, which made it fun to read. The story also had enough imagery, which was able to paint a picture in the reader’s head. Rapunzel is a story that is told by generations and should be a story that should still be told by generations to come.
The characters are also written well, and are relatable to the reader. I think that readers can use their past experiences to connect to a character. There were also messages scattered throughout the story, and I learned a few of those messages while reading and annotating the story. Those hidden messages helped make the characters and the entire enjoyable.
Overall, the story was a good story to read. The story was able to add enough emotion to the story, which made it fun to read. The story also had enough imagery, which was able to paint a picture in the reader’s head. Rapunzel is a story that is told by generations and should be a story that should still be told by generations to come.
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