Post 2: Comparison and Contrast

The movie Tangled, based on the Brothers Grimm tale, is vastly different form the actually story by the Brothers Grimm. In the story Rapunzel's parents are not king and queen but two poor present farmers. They also strike a deal with an enchantress to have all the special lettuce/plant, which happens to be named Rapunzel, in exchange for there first born daughter, after the husband is caught stealing the lettuce/plant. Where as in the movie Gothel steals the girl because of here magical hair. Another difference in the movie and the story is the Rapunzel is treated by the enchantress/ Mother Gothel, in the movie Mother Gothel only cares for Rapunzel's hair where as in the story the enchantress treats her like she is her own child and loves her. One of the larges contrasts is that in the story Rapunzel is visited daily and falls in love with a price, in the movie Flynn, a thief, hides from his pursuers in the tower she is kept in. the movie adaptation has the plot changed as well, in the fairy tale Rapunzel is cast out of the tower by the enchantress and is sent to wondered the forest/desert because she tries to leave with the prince and the prince comes to rescue her form the tower and is tricked by the enchantress and is blinded. the duo find each other and Rapunzel cries and the tears heal the price and they live happily ever after. In the case of the movie the plot is that Rapunzel wants to leave the tower to see the lanterns and Mother Gothel wont let her, fearing that she will be found. After being found by Flynn and is taken to the lanterns and find out she is a princess...in short. in the original story Rapunzel isn't even a princess, she's just a farmers daughter. the only real similarities are that Rapunzel is Rapunzel and the story involves a tower and a girl who becomes a princess/ returns to being a princess.