| Title | : | Rapunzel |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle , Hardcover , Paperback , Audiobook & More |
| Number of Pages | : | 32 |
| Publication | : | First published January 1, 1812 |
Rapunzel Reviews
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Great! Really loved it.
I think I have seen this type of story in the movie Tangled. Both are great. -
I really enjoyed this.
It surprised me how much the beginning of the story had echoes quite similar to that of Beauty and the Beast.
As told to me many a time, the Grimms version of Rapunzel is a lot darker and grimmer than the Disney version and tale I was told growing up. But I liked its morbidity. I feel like Rapunzel's 'magic' moment was a bit too random and happily ever after though. Especially as there is not a lick of magic in the rest of the story before now.
Unless you count super long hair that people can climb as magical, of course. Which is highly likely. -
¿La historia? Cool.
¿El climax? Sádico as fuck para terminar bien.
¿Mi opinión? Asombroso. -
Oh! so different
not like tangled, unexpected at all! -
Interesting the ending of this story, very different but still a happy ending.
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Reseña completa:
http://letraslibrosymas.blogspot.com/...
Con una edición preciosa y muy cuidada, en tapa dura y con ilustraciones a todo color Edelvives ha publicado el cuento clásico de Rapunzel de los hermanos Grimm.
Nos cuenta la historia que en mayor o menor medida conocemos todos, la de una joven de cabellos rubios infinitos que está atrapada por una bruja en lo alto de una torre perdida en la espesura del bosque.
Es uno de mis cuentos preferidos, incluso la película de Disney "Enredados" es de mis favoritas, así que tenía muchas ganas de leer el libro y ver si se diferenciaba mucho de lo que yo ya conocía. Y sí que hay pequeños detalles que desconocía y me ha encantado descubrir. -
To me, the story was about craving what you shouldn't desire, how big consequences can be to satisfy it, that some people would do everything for such craving. The second part was about trying to protect someone from a 'corrupt world', at the cost of freedom.
I am starting to look at Grimms' fairy tale as a structure consisting of two types. One is the message for people (adults), full of harshness, metaphors, etc. and then (nearing to the end and a happy ending) it is as a tale for children.
[This time I have been listening
Hans Hafen from LibriVox, but it was very hard for me. I think it was a matter of his strong accent.] -
Not so sweet as the Disney one!
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Like with many other fairy tales, some weird things happen here but heck that's pretty standard for fairy tales.
One thing I do have to ponder as an adult is that I imagine a tower didn't have much access to any water unless Rapunzel was able to collect rainwater and what have you, and with all her hair, that would end up one really nasty, grody mess especially if it was being used as a ladder.
At least in the movie Tangled, Rapunzel's hair was literally magical so it'd explain how it stayed so silky smooth and seemed to never be tangled in anything. -
Cuento Perfecto para dormir, ¿por qué? Le leí dos paginas a mí mamá y de una se durmió jajajajaa
Pero hablando en serio, la historia de Rapunzel que ya conocemos pero en una edición hermosa de Edelvives y con ilustraciones en cada página. Es una belleza completa 🖤 -
Review to follow
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The original Grimm Brothers tale is very, very sad... although it does end happily ever after. The evil woman chops off Rapunzel's hair, who's pregnant with twins. The prince is blind, but regains sight when he somehow finds Rapunzel and kids living in poverty in the woods... Her tears nourish his vision. An absolutely beautiful, well~written tale. FYI: she's named "Rapunzel" after the rampion plant, which may have been used in medieval times for mouth/throat afflictions.
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This was a pretty shocking version! Poor Rapunzel! The ending was a little bit...well...fairytale! But all in all an entertaining and interesting story!
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Towering over, \\ took away what one loves most, \\ removed from the world.
#HAIKUPRAJNA - Rapunzel [Book Review / Analysis / Summary / Essay]
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Hello readers,
I have begun a fairy tale themed series, and I am starting it off with a review of Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm.
This fairy tale is set around the tower of Gothel, an enchantress. Gothel had taken the daughter of the parents who were stealing from her rampion garden. Rapunzel was then kept away from the rest of the world. She was kept hostage until she fell in love with a prince, who overheard Gothel's request, "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down thy hair."
What stuck out to me was Gothel's desire to keep her being in direct conflict with the parents' and the prince's desire to have her.
The original fairy tale stories' gruesomeness is great at being dramatic in a dark way, with characters flinging themselves towards death or despondency over their misfortune. 'Rapunzel' succeeded in this by moving to a happy ending that is juxtaposed to highlight both the drama and the resolution. This is explored further through the symbolism of Rapunzel being separated from the world as a way to prevent the desire that afflicted the rest of the cast. In a theatrical manner, the Prince's desire to see her led to Rapunzel's awareness of the outside world and her desire to leave.
When Rapunzel revealed that she was using the method that Gothel was using to visit Rapunzel to also bring up the Prince, Dame Gothel decided to take Rapunzel's hair away and she cast Rapunzel away.
Gothel then displayed her ability to use the hair against Rapunzel to lure the Prince up the tower. Gothel's gloating over taking away both of their desired objects was genius in its display of the duality in using the love that others provide for one's own purposes.
It also displayed--via the Prince--how that can leave one lost and wandering in blindness. His reaction set the tone for Gothel as a villain who would have instead reacted by taking from anyone that had just wronged her.
Every character acted upon what they desired. Readers are thus left with an important idea to contemplate. Dame Gothel was wronged in the same manner as the others. However, the other characters reacted without malice when they were wronged. Nobody else was afraid to suffer the consequences of their acts of freely given love, regardless of the source being one's own or another's.
Gothel could have helped the parents, I feel. She could have wedded her adopted (stolen) daughter and been related to royalty. Instead, she removed herself from the equation.
The shared suffering further cemented the love between Rapunzel and the Prince. The greatest symbolic lesson I found from this story was how that was shown to even heal their wounds; a good, short bedtime story.
Thank you for reading.
Please share your thoughts in a comment.
Allen W. McLean
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Любимата история за дългокосата Рапунцел идва в нова премян�� от изд. „Лабиринт”. Класическата приказка на Якоб и Вилхелм Грим оживява по нов, зашеметяващ начин - с прелестните илюстрации на художничката Франческа дел’Орто. Да, можем да прочетем приказката за затворничката от кулата под какви ли не форми и вид, но точно тази версия на „Рапунцел” е не просто чудесна картинна книга за деца, тя е и уникално удоволствие за ценители на илюстрацията. Прочетете ревюто на "Книжни Криле":
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Who doesn't know the stunning story of Rapunzel, the girl with the long hair, kept captured by a witch in a tall, tall tower? A childhood classic for many people of my generation, older generations, and even generations to come.
However, in the countless retellings of this classic story, so many beautiful details are missed out. Visiting the original story text was a short but stunning adventure for me. I got to receive nostalgia, whilst also discovering a brand new story.
A tale as old as time, and a beautiful one at that, the original story of Rapunzel almost brought tears to my eyes. A simply beautiful story, and an original story that people should definitely check out. -
An enjoyable fairy tale that most people would be familiar with.
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I had to read this for one of my English classes. It is so cool picking these stories apart and trying to find meaning behind them. The inter texts are even cooler, my goodness!
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Very interesting to see the original tale.
Like many, I grew up watching Tangled but I actually enjoyed this version and how much darker it was, -
As terrible as it sounds, what I loved most about reading this was seeing the parallel's between The Grimm's original tale, and the novelisation version of Rapunzel 'Cress' by Marissa Meyer! There were so many similarities between the two that I never knew about (only previously seeing the Disney movie Tanged) so reading this was really enjoyable for that element!
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2 stars. Disney did a far better job of making the story memorable. It definitely has a gruesome side to it.
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Wow, this is such a short story - I think I prefer the movie(s) in this case!
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Well, rather shocking
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Seems like a LOT was altered in the disney version (Tangled), which is unexpected to me.
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Quien diga que los cuentos son para niños no ha leído la versión original de Rapunzel
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3 ⭐
Chciałam sobie poczytać oryginał i jednocześnie poczytać o wpadaniu w ciernie oczami xD Lepiej w to nie wnikać. -
Originally published in Germany, this retelling of the beloved fairy tale collected by the Grimm brothers is accompanied by illustrations that are softly painted and have a delicate quality to them, almost seeming misty in some places. Readers who are familiar with the story will enjoy hearing it told again or reading it for themselves as this version is faithful to the original account although it leaves out some of the more unsavory details. When a couple who have longed desperately for a child realize that they are in luck, the future mother craves the rapunzel in the garden belonging to an enchantress. The father is caught stealing the leaves, and promises to give his child in return for the leaves he has taken. Rapunzel, the child, thus ends up being placed in a tower and having only the witch as her companion. That is, until a prince happens by as she is releasing her braided hair as a rope for the witch to climb. Naturally, he is curious, and things go from there. I've always loved this fairy tale, no matter what form it takes.
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Every time I read an original (Grimm) fairy tale, I‘m a bit taken aback, and I wonder if those cruel stories really have been written for children... Anyway, the story about the girl with the immensely long hair who’s being held captive by a witch is a generally known classic, and it’s been good to take a look at the original.
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INLOVEATHON 2018 = 2 CHALLENGES
**Read a book with a prince/princess.**
** Read an original fairytale and watch the Disney movie or a film adaptation.**
I was surprised with how much of the original was used in the Disney remake! And now I know why she was called Rapunzel!
