Comparing Rapunzel With The Movie Adaptation Tangled

This essay is about comparing the fairy tale of "Rapunzel" with the movie adaptation Tangled. The different clothing, the characters and the different settings are going to be compared. "Rapunzel" is a fairy tale from the XVII century, about a girl who has spent her entire life trapped in a tower since she was kidnapped by an old lady witch. Rapunzel is very famous for having her long blonde hair, and because she "let down her hair" to the prince to scape her tower. In the movie there were many elements changed from the fairy tale. One of the biggest changes where regarding the characters, for example the modification between the Prince and Flynn. In the fairy tale the Prince is from a royal family and he is a very fancy gentleman. But in the movie the character that takes the role of the Prince is called Flynn. Flynn is the opposite of the Prince, he is a criminal running away. …show more content…
The tower is an isolated one, that only has one way in in both the original story and the cinematic adaptation. The biggest difference setting-wise could be the role that the forest takes in the film, where Rapunzel, Flynn and the horse spend way more time than in the story. The forest is barely mentioned in the fairy tale, but it takes a larger role in the big screen. Based on what I've researched, I was able to find many differences between the original fairy tale of "Rapunzel" and the movie adaptation Tangled. Comparing the different clothing, the characters, and the setting I concluded that the film is pretty accurate compared to the original story, but it has some different elements that in my opinion make the story more fun. The movie adaptation was a big hit that, when released was very popular, that has a good rating, and that represents the story very well. Also it's shows how different are famous fairy tales from two hundred years ago than from