Into The Woods Analysis

The play, Into the Woods, begins with each character expressing what their goals are. Cinderella wants to attend the King’s festival, Jack wishes for his cow, Milky-White, to give milk, The Baker and his Wife wish to conceive a child, and Little Red wishes to go to Granny’s house. Cinderella’s Stepsisters don’t want Cinderella to attend the ball and Jack’s Mother insists that Jack has to sell his pet cow. The Baker and his Wife are visited by Little Red, who buys bread to bring to her ill Granny in the woods. Then, the Witch stops by to inform the Baker and his Wife that they are unable to have children because of the curse the Baker’s dad brought on when he stole the beans from the Witch a long time ago. The only way to lift the curse is to obtain four items for her: “The cow as white as milk, a cape as red as blood, hair as yellow as corn, and a slipper as pure as gold.” The Baker and his Wife have to explore the woods to find the items. …show more content…
Then the Baker stumbled upon Little Red and attempts to steal her red cape but failed miserably after she had a outburst. Little Red arrives at her Granny’s house and finds her Granny was eaten by the Wolf that Little Red ran into in the woods and then she gets devoured too. The Baker followed Little Red and saves the Granny and her and is rewarded from Little Red with her “red as blood” cape. Jack’s mother tosses the magic beans away, which grows into a giant beanstalk. Jack then climbs the beanstalk, the home of the giants, several times and brings back souvenirs such as a chicken who lays golden eggs and a harp that plays itself. He eventually hacked down the beanstalk causing the Giant’s