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Analysis Of Rapunzel: The Harsh Fairy Tales
Who were the people that made the harsh fairy tales that most haven't heard the original of? The names most have heard of are the Grimm brothers (Wilhelm and Jacob). The brothers made stories that were adapted and restored by Disney. One in particular is “rapunzel”.We’ve all heard of the basic “Rapunzel” or the twist “Tangled” animated by Disney, but have we heard of the true story written by the Grimm brothers? The real question asked after reading the story is if the they pushed the limits with what they were teaching the tot. Youngsters were showed that the basic corner was taken to extremes. The cursed corner all children dread was made into a tower where a girl must live her whole life imprisoned because her father went to steal plans for his pregnant wife (out …show more content…
She is sent to the desert to where she will soon give birth to twins.If that doesn't make sense then what does. Last time checked, two people of opposite genders must share genes in order to create a child. Unless she was forced into that position, she made that choice on her own, so much for that true love.
Anyway, how did he find her in a desert if he had his eyes scratched out by the cat? More importantly, where did the old lady get a cat? While the whole story is an obvious fairy tale, we must think about how children might respond to this. Yes, a child couldn’t ban someone to desert where they have to live their life in grief, but they could use the cat to scratch someone even causing eyes to be damaged. In the story the eyes are fixed with the true love crying, but you can't do that in real life.
From reading this tale and actually going in deep to the realistics of it, I've decided that the Grimm brother's stories need to be told later on in life. Parents need to keep it to the Disney G/PG rated movies. An average child at the age of 6 should know the difference between a fairy tale and idea to use on their

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