Rapunzel

1. The Polar Express was written and illustrated by Chris Van Allsburg and it was published by Houghton Mifflin in 1985. This book is a classic children’s book that was later made into a feature film. The story is about a boy who goes unnamed though out the whole book, and his journey on a magical steam engine to the North Pole in the middle of the night. Van Allsburg evokes such a vivid visual world through is text and visuals. He uses great metaphors and similes such as “the train is wrapped…

both versions show royalty as picture perfect, and both stories have an evil character that affects the princesses life in a dramatic way. Some stories that were compared were Snow White, Hansel and Gretel, Tangled, Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Rapunzel, both the original story…

change is that I have gender swapped the characters of Jack and his mother to Jackie and her father. Although, the original “Jack and the Beanstalk” is not a story that presents an overly perfected or helpless female like the stories of Cinderella or Rapunzel. I decided to make the main character a female because I believe that female children are not exposed to strong female that is also a child. Jackie is written as compassionate, smart, athletic, daring, and a bit reckless. I left…

narrator. It showed love through selling his watch for money so she could buy the narrator a gift. The “Gift of the Magi” shows the theme that to make the ultimate sacrifice, may end up making your loved one happy. This story is like “Rapunzel” because in “Rapunzel” the main character has long beautiful hair and it gets cut off, and in the “Gift of the Magi” the narrator has long beautiful hair too until it gets cut off as…

Connie’s mother believes “[she cannot] do a thing,” but outside home, Connie’s “kissing sessions [with boys]” continuously degrade her level of purity (Tierce and Crafton 221). A connection can be made to the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of “Rapunzel.” Rapunzel does not let the enchantress, “a mother” to her, know anything about her relationship with the King’s son (The Brothers Grimm 45). In the course of Rapunzel’s deception, she commits intercourse with the King’s son, directly going against her…

Most people have heard a story book with the lines “once upon of time” at the beginning when we were younger ether from parents or a school and most girls and some guys watched a disney movie with a princess and a prince defeating the villain and living happily ever after. In reality though the books and movies that people know ,love, and still watched today are actually from a darker story with gore, death, and people with darker personalities from the movies and books that are known by many…

Rafaela is an attractive woman who was locked inside her house like Rapunzel. Her husband doesn’t want her leaving the house because he fears that she will flee since she is too beautiful. On Tuesday nights, her husband isn’t in the house since he plays dominoes. Locked inside, she can hear music from the bar on the corner, a place she wishes she could go before she gets old. She leans on the window and drops a dollar, then she asks some kids if they can get some coconut or papaya juice from the…

exception of Rapunzel, had great chemistry with each other. They had great comedic timing which helped enhance the entertainment value of the script. Haydn Haring, the witch, stood out from the rest of the actors. Haring had the best comedic timing and took over every scene that she was in. Her energy resulted in strong musical numbers and a very memorable performance. Every time that Haring was on stage, it made the play more entertaining. On the contrary to Haring, Jessica Shamble, Rapunzel…

The capitalist society of America has been economically motivated since the first settlers came to the continent in search of valuable items. As this country grows, so does the power it gives to money. The American Dream is a perfect example of this. Due to the emphasis the United States places on money, people from all over the world come to the country to get rich. F. Scott Fitzgerald highlights the greed of the American people perfectly in his book The Great Gatsby, particularly in his…

happily ever after. But what about when Cinderella’s step-sisters cut their foot off in order to fit the glass slipper? We also fell in love with the 2010 hit movie Rapunzel, where we learned about the hopeful independent girl who grew up in a tower alone and fell for the mischievous rough rider. The one part we missed though was when Rapunzel became pregnant at the end of the movie. The gruel and missing endings of these stories and many other beloved fairytales are courtesies of Jacob and…