Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm

In the tale of Rapunzel, the prince falls in love with her and wanted to marry her. The prince tried to help Rapunzel escape from the tower, but he ended having her hair cut and sent away (Grimm 92-93). In this story, the prince had valued his love for Rapunzel. He made this his value because Rapunzel agreed to marry, but only if the prince were to, “Bring thee a skein of silk every time that thou comest, and I will weave a ladder with it” (Grimm 92). With his love for Rapunzel, he was motivated to earn her love and help her escape from the tower. Since his motivation was from the love Rapunzel, he did not know that there would be consequences. Along with losing the girl that he loved, he had become blind from have his eye poked by a thorn bush causing him to become blind (Grimm 93). Even though there was consequences to his actions, he was still motivated to find Rapunzel. Once he found Rapunzel, he was rewarded her love and gained his sight back from Rapunzel’s tears (Grimm 93).

Another example of a story that has a male character that causes himself some trouble, would have to be the tale of The Brother and Sister. This story was about a brother and a sister that had ran from their evil stepmother, who was a witch, that wanted to get rid of the children (Grimm 76-82). The two sibling decided to hide in the woods where they thought their stepmother would not find them. The evil stepmother knew that the two children had gone into the woods and cast a spell on the creeks that ran through the woods (Grimm 76). She casted this spell because she knew that the children would grow hungry and thirsty. The brother was the one that became extremely thirsty and naïve. His sister warned her brother not to drink from the creeks because he w...

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