Jack And The Beanstalk Analysis

In the classic play, “Into The Woods,” the fairy tales Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and The Beanstalk, and Rapunzel collide in a twisted story. The fairy tales intertwine in the woods, while they are struggling to make their wishes come true. In the play and in the book by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine, the fairytale, “Jack and the beanstalk,” helps pave the path for Into The Woods. For instance, by having the reader's question the moral behaviors of the fairytale. Furthermore, Jack and the Beanstalk helps readers comprehend Into the Woods by regarding greed as an essential element to understanding the play and the book.
By analyzing Jack's experiences and actions in the story, “Jack and the Beanstalk,” the readers are able to identify the other characters motives and intentions in a higher level. For example, Jack's actions in the beginning are justifiable, a poor family in poverty. Although, as Into the woods progressed he became greedy and suffered the consequences. His lesson was learnt after death

Similar to Jack and the Beanstalk, but Jack represents, greed, maturity, and the ends justify the means. Jack unable to stand up to his father in the beginning of the tale, later on becomes the dominant one. The bargains involve a magic stick that fights off people, a musical instrument that talks, and a bee that sings. (Bettelheim.) He is handed all three objects and only by them is he able to gain independence and dominance. Unlike, “Jack and the Beanstalk,” where Jack makes the continuous effort to keep himself alive without magic objects. As well as Jack became more mature and in Act two he no longer needed his mother but only a friend. Therefore, both fairy tales have the same meaning, in the beginning he is an adolescent boy, but at the end Jack had reached maturity through obstacles he had overcome and lessons he had