How Does Rapunzel Relate To The Movie

While remaining similar in the main plot points of the story, Tangled and “Rapunzel” take very different approaches in many of the story’s details and settings, as well as in the characterization. These differences drastically affect the tone and themes of the two stories. Howard and Greno’s Tangled focuses on a narrative of taking action when opportunity is offered to try to achieve what you want. Through the reoccurring acts of disobedience, the Grimm Brothers’ “Rapunzel” explicates a theme of the dangers of greed. As a result, Tangled tells a more hopeful story, while “Rapunzel” remains more

I previously referenced my relationship to the mythical character Rapunzel as I believe she is a prime example of The Damsel archetype. The most popular adaptation of Rapunzel was by the Brothers Grimm in their Children’s and Household Tales folklore book. The story of Rapunzel begins with her father who steals a rampion from the garden of an enchantress. To atone for his sin, the enchantress seizes infant Rapunzel from her parents. She raises the child as her own in a secluded tower without stairs or doors leading to the outside world. As prince is leisurely exploring the forest, he overhears the enchanting singing voice of a young women. He follows the resonance of her melodies and comes across the tower. The voice belongs to Rapunzel, who is now in her early teenage years. The prince was completely captivated by her voice and desired to release her from her brick cage and marry her. Having found out his plan, the enchantress casts an evil spell on the prince leaving him blind. By fate, Rapunzel then escapes the tower and is reunited with the prince. Out of grief, she holds his face and weeps over his body. Unknown to Rapunzel, her innocent tears have a unique healing quality that lifts the curse off the Prince’s eyes.

The story of Rapunzel, by the brothers Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, has the same basic structure as all other fairy tales born from the oral tradition; what is commonly referred to as the opening, main part and ending, is the foundation of the tale.

Even though the other reindeer constantly pick on her, she refuses to stop believing that one day her dream may come true.

The part that I was most drawn to was when the little girl told her dad, “I finally got to go to Disney World. But it wasn’t because I was good; it’s because I’m yours.” My first reaction was just wow. I am shocked that something so powerful came from a kid.

When I was little, I loved wearing dresses and my mother’s heels that were too big for me. I loved pink and learning how to cook, these are actions that are traditionally feminine. The US Federal News Service explains, ¨media portrayals like those in the animated movies of Walt Disney often reinforce societal stereotypes related to gender, ethnicity, and culture¨ (Disney). In the movie Tangled, Rapunzel and Mother Gothel accept traditional femininity. These characters both conduct behavior that our society would judge as womanly.

Disney is a name most households know. The Grim Brothers were a household name. They tell them same stories sometimes. They both want to help children but they go about it in two very different ways. Disney gives good and happy ending fantasies. The grim brothers give reality no matter if it was happy or evil. They both help children but are they the same? Let’s look at the some of the differences to see.

The ninth whom her lover describes figuratively as a falcon and treats her accordingly as an animal to be tamed ends up behaving like an animal: “At night, in June I think, I flew off his wrist and tore his liver from his body, and bit my chain in pieces and left him on the bed with his eyes open.” (p. 56). This instance both exemplifies the transformation of the rational human being into an animal and the literal enactment of the figurative designation used by the husband. The fifth princess rewrites the tale of Rapunzel and makes the prince of the original tale into a transvestite debasing thus his masculinity: “One day the prince, who had always liked to borrow his mother’s frocks, dressed up as Rapunzel’s lover and dragged himself into

I deeply identify with Rapunzel in Disney's Tangled. Rapunzel, similar to the beloved classic, grows up in a tower with no contact to the outside world. She longs for new sights and experiences, and fills her days with various hobbies to distract herself from wondering "When will my life begin?". Her largest source of comfort comes from her sole companion, a chameleon named Pascal. The woman that raised her conditioned her to think that the outside world is evil, selfish, and unsafe.

Once upon a time, there were two women. Both were beautiful, but one was weak, the other was a warrior. In ABC’s Once Upon a Time, Rapunzel has isolated herself in a tower as a method to escape responsibility, eventually being found by Prince David. Although she was screaming out to get his attention, she then expresses that she does not want to leave the tower. In Rupert Sanders’ Snow White and the Huntsman, the character of Snow White commanded her own army to defeat the evil queen, who sought to kill her. She fights not with her looks, but with her strength - both mental and physical. The character of Snow White was portrayed as dauntless in the modern-day movie directed by Rupert Sanders, Snow White and the Huntsman, but the depiction of Rapunzel in another fairy tale film remake, ABC’s Once Upon a Time, was incompetent and dependant.

Yes I know mother.” She said with a slight roll of the eyes and turned her head. Even if she wasn’t allowed outside around others people or even watch shows about those around her age. Rapunzel was still a teenager and did what most teenagers did from time to time, she rolled her eyes and often ignored what her mother was telling her. It was just part of being a teenager. Not to mention Rapunzel wanted to forget about the procedure until the day it came to happen. It was her way of dealing with the whole thing. “I just don’t like it mother, though I understand why I have to go through with it.” She stated with a slight nod of the head. Turning to look at her mother once more. “I know mother, I would also hate to get sick.” She stated with a nod, a soft smile forming at the corners of her lips. You’d think by now that Rapunzel would realize that Gothel was only ever really looking out for herself, but she didn’t. Rapunzel still believed that Gothel was doing what was best for her.

When looking at both Dorothy and Snowdrop you can immediately notice that their lives are ‘generally’ similar. Both girls grew up without biological mothers though in Dorothy’s case her eventual mother figure is positive, and blood-related to her, Auntie Em cares for/ loves Dorothy, and is noticeably concerned for her well being (though readers don’t encounter her for most of the book.) Comparably you have Snowdrops evil queen step-mother her father marries after her mother dies. The evil queen doesn’t care for Snowdrop, she is jealous of her, and wants her dead, attempting to kill her four times throughout the story all because of her need to be “the fairest in the land.” Both Dorothy and Snow White are also taken away from their homes. Dorothy by an environmental disaster--- the tornado (whether Dorothy and Toto really went to Oz is widely argued.) and Snowdrop sent away by the huntsmen in a bid to save her life from the evil queen.

Moana (2016) was my pick for the Disney Princess film for two reasons. First, I absolutely adore the soundtrack created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Mark Mancina and Opetaia Foa'i. The music does an amazing job combining Miranda’s Broadway expertise and traditional elements of the South Pacific music and never fails to make me sing along. Secondly, I love that Disney tried to broaden their cultural scope and focus on a culture other than American or European. The plot of Moana revolves around Moana’s quest to save her island from a blight. To accomplish this she must journey to find the demigod Maui, who stole Te Fiti’s heart, and help him return the stone to it’s rightful place. According to an ancient tale, the heart creates life and allows the islands to flourish and it’s theft causes life to slowly die out. Moana, a stubborn but caring girl struggles between her dream of traveling the ocean and learning how to be a leader to her people on the island of Motunui. At the beginning of the film, Moana defies her father’s wishes that she stay on Motunui after the death of her grandmother and sails out to search for Maui who can shapeshift by using a magical fishhook. When she eventually finds the demigod and forces him to journey towards Te Fiti, they encounter creatures who want to steal the heart so they can create life themselves. After conquering these obstacles, they arrive at Te Fiti but a lava monster, Te Kā, attempts to destroy them and damages Maui’s magical hook. Maui

Ad Rapunzel continued with her journey her symptoms such as her “pet” pascal. Pascal is a chameleon that Rapunzel often confined in as if he were actually interacting with her, which is only a further sign of hallucinations that reinforce the diagnose of a schizophrenic. Rapunzel throughout the journey mental struggled with understanding what was real, and what was a fantasy that she had made up in her head. A schizophrenic often distorts reality so when she was painting on the wall she couldn't distinguish what was real and what she was dreaming about such a the floating lanterns. Originally Rapunzel was convinced that the floating lanterns were stars in the sky and painted them as such on the wall because she did not know that they were in fact lanterns, and not being to make this clear distinction is a symptom of her schizophrenia caused by her isolation.

Frozen is a must see film about two delightful sisters on a quest to save one another. It is one of the best films by Disney productions since Tangled in 2010. It is craftily animated with catchy songs for all ages to enjoy. I really liked how they made the main point of the movie based around two sisters bond with one another. They also steered away from the typical Disney happily ever after and lastly, it also empowered girls to be critical thinkers of who they meet and trust.