Love. Love Love. The connector in almost every story. It seems like every Disney story has a dramatic barrier keeping two lovers apart and somehow they end up living happily ever after. Rapunzel, a fairy tale written in 1812, follows the original story of love. Rapunzel and her lover, end up happily together despite the barriers they face along their short relationship. The story of Rapunzel follows the principles depicted by Thomas Foster in How to Read Literature Like a Professor. Rapunzel was given away as a young child to a witch, in exchange for rampion. She shut Rapunzel in a tower with no door, giving her no access to the world. Rapunzel’s mother portrays evilness in the story; keeping her young, curious, and ambitious daughter locked …show more content…
He called for Rapunzel himself and the two connected. Soon, they began seeing each other on the regular. However, the witch found out about the visitor and was very angry. She moved Rapunzel away and threatened the prince’s life, inciting violence. This violence against the Prince, was not only a message to him but her daughter as well. Rapunzel is the most beautiful girl in the world and the witch does not want anyone, but herself to have the power Rapunzel possess. Rapunzel gives her mother a sense of secruity. The witch feels Rapunzel’s beauty must reflect her, as she is her mother. So for this reason, the witch will insight any sort of violence upon whoever, even the King’s son. The witch wants to keep her daughter pure and in her eyes that means keeping Rapunzel out of reality, locked away with only herself. Foster provides, “Violence is one of the most personal and even intimate acts between human beings” (95). The witch was not necessarily focused on harming the prince, but keeping her daughter safe and clean from the world, reflecting the irony in this situation because her mother is evil and has dangerous and unhealthy tendencies. Moreover, Rapunzel’s purity indicates the overall beliefs of the 19th century and the faint attribute to