A Comparison Between Grimm And Zelinsky's Version Of Rapunzel

The law of opening and closing is prevalent in both Grimm’s and Zelinsky’s version of Rapunzel. Zelinsky’s begins “Long ago, there lived a man and a woman who had no children.” Grimm’s story begins “There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child.” Both of the stories follow the same opening premise introducing Rapunzel’s parents and why Rapunzel is important to them. Both versions end with Rapunzel and the prince being happy and content. They get their happily ever after.

The second law that is prevalent in the versions is the law of two to a scene. In the beginning the mother talks to the father. Then the father talks to the sorceress. Then the sorceress is in many scenes with Rapunzel. Finally there are Rapunzel’s

They follow the same story line. The characters have about the same level of development in both stories. One difference for these two stories is the name that they give rapunzel the plant. In the Grimm version they call it rampion whereas Zelinsky always calls it rapunzel. The sorceress in the Grimm’s version is known as an enchantress. In both stories Rapunzel is locked into a tower at age twelve where she lives along for some years. In Grimm’s version the text states one or two years while Zelinsky isn’t specific. Then a prince finds her and falls pregnant, which she notices by how tight her dress, is getting. In Grimm’s version Rapunzel accidently tells the enchantress about the prince whereas the sorceress finds out in Zelinsky’s by her pregnancy. Rapunzel’s hair is cut off and she is banished to a desert where she lives in misery. In the Grimm’s version the prince goes blind by thorns, but in Zelinsky’s version it is just by his fall from the window. The prince wanders in blindness for a year in Zelinsky’s version. It does not specify a timeline in Grimm’s version. Rapunzel heals him with her tears, they move to his kingdom, and live happily ever after with their twins. That is the basic premise of the traditional rapunzel

Carolyn Turgeon wanted to explore what would happen if Rapunzel grew up to be Snow White’s evil stepmother. This Rapunzel was so different from the lighthearted Rapunzel we saw in Rapunzel Untangled. This Rapunzel is selfish, evil, and jealous. She killed Snow White’s mother, so that she could marry the King and become Queen. Before Rapunzel became queen she was trapped in a tower with her sorceress, Mathena. Mathena taught her to distrust men and she grew up knowing that Mathena was not her real mother. Rapunzel got pregnant before she met the king. She miscarried and had to bury her son. This is what leads her to be increasing jealous of Snow White. In this fairy tale Carolyn Turgeon tried to think what would happen if the princess did not live happily ever after. Rapunzel was not happy with her position as a step-mother and her marriage. She liked the control she was given by being queen. The first half of the story has many elements of the traditional fairy tale as Rapunzel explains how her and Mathena came to live in the tower, how she didn’t have contact with the outside world, and her journey to becoming pregnant. The second half of the novel was a mixture of the fairy tale of Snow White and Rapunzel. The opening and close of this novel was gentle following the normal theme of a fairy tale. There was not much repetition in this story. The law of two still held true for this novel, as Rapunzel would