Rapunzel

by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm

Short story

Genres: Classics, Fantasy, Short Stories, Fiction, Fairy Tales, Childrens, Romance

32 pages, Unknown Binding

About the author

German 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.

Reviews

[Olivia-Savannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.

[Carlos De Eguiluz · Rating 4 out of 5]

¿La historia? Cool.
¿El climax? Sádico as fuck para terminar bien.
¿Mi opinión? Asombroso.

[Sara · Rating 3 out of 5]

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.

[Mela · Rating 4 out of 5]

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.]

[Arman · Rating 4 out of 5]

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

[Dem · Rating 3 out of 5]

Review to follow

[Fred · Rating 3 out of 5]

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!

[Allen McLean · Rating 4 out of 5]

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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[Briar's Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

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!

[Lör K. · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[❆ Crystal ❆ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2 stars. Disney did a far better job of making the story memorable. It definitely has a gruesome side to it.

[Ken · Rating 3 out of 5]

An enjoyable fairy tale that most people would be familiar with.

[Ari (Head in a Book) · Rating 3 out of 5]

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,

[James Biser · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Indya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Wow, this is such a short story - I think I prefer the movie(s) in this case!

[Wilma Monica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Well, rather shocking

[Pratyasha Pokhrel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seems like a LOT was altered in the disney version (Tangled), which is unexpected to me.

[Coleccionista de finales tristes · Rating 5 out of 5]

Quien diga que los cuentos son para niños no ha leído la versión original de Rapunzel

[Sara · Rating 5 out of 5]

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.

[Jackie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Every time I read an original (Grimm) fairy tale, I‘m a bit taken aback, and I wonder if those cruel stories really have been written for children... Anyway, the story about the girl with the immensely long hair who’s being held captive by a witch is a generally known classic, and it’s been good to take a look at the original.

[Abbie Day · Rating 4 out of 5]

INLOVEATHON 2018 = 2 CHALLENGES
**Read a book with a prince/princess.**
** Read an original fairytale and watch the Disney movie or a film adaptation.**
I was surprised with how much of the original was used in the Disney remake! And now I know why she was called Rapunzel!

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

How different from the story I know.
Ha! He did not just bring her silk every night. It had some gruesome details, though... I'm wondering if you can really live happily ever after, after all of those events?
Quite interesting. I enjoyed this story.

[Camille Siddartha · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the children s book and loved this one...all based on fact...King used to imprison princesses of neighboring kings to get ransoms...etc...the more beautiful the greater the money...anyway...

[Melissa · Rating 4 out of 5]

ok so very different to what I expected. The story of Rapunzel starts similar to other versions I've seen or read, but the ending was completly unexpected wow!

[Laiba · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this even then tangled👆😊😊😊😊

[Zeenia · Rating 3 out of 5]

How could I not like fairytales?

[MsChris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wait, let me get this straight....a man promises his future child (Rapunzel) to an evil witch all so he can get some salad greens out of her garden for his wife? And then when she falls in love the witch caste her away to the desert and blinds the prince who still just "happens" to find her and when he does there are magically two children...no mention of who the father is, is it the prince? Someone else? If someone else, where is he?

So many unanswered questions...and honestly, it didn't make me care enough for the characters to even care what happened to them.

[lachris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cómo que aquí flynn no existe y el tipo no es un ladrón?? hijo del rey?? HAJSJAJSJA

La historia es muuuuy diferente, este era el que más quería leer de los hermanos grimm, porque enredados es mi película de Disney favorita jeje
Lo mismo que el de Blanca Nieves; obvio es muy diferente y son cortitos, no hay mucho para hacer alguna reseña u opinión al respecto.

Es un cuento antiguo, clásico para niños (aunque es un poco cruda la historia para ser un cuento para niños JAJSJAJS)

Al menos tuvieron su final feliz igual 🥴

[Gem ✿Ƹ̵̡Ӝ̵̨̄Ʒ✿ · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this story from Jack Zipes' translation of the original 1812 edition. I love the Grimm fairy tales, including Rapunzel. If it weren't for the ending where Rapunzel and the Prince had a happy ending in the long run, I'd understand the moral of the story to be there are consequences for stealing and omitting the truth.

[Britni · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5. Meh...this was just OK. I think I struggle with these because they are so short, so we don't get much in the way of story development.