Determination: Short Story By Jacob And Wilhelm Grimm
Determination
We hear determination in our everyday lives, no matter our age nor our location. Although we may hear this constantly, determination is something very hard to obtain. For one short story, the word determination is nothing but known and relived constantly through the character’s lives. This short story is none other than Rapunzel. Throughout this paper you will see how determination plays a very important role in the story.
Rapunzel is a short story by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The plot of the story is the same as the Disney version we all know and love. Rapunzel’s parents were longing for a child. Through a window, the wife could see a beautiful garden, full of flowers and herbs. She longed for some Rapunzel, which is a parsnip-like root, used like a radish. She tells her husband that if she does not get some of this Rapunzel, she will die. So he climbed the high wall, determined to bring this Rapunzel to his wife. After being successful, she longs for more. Unfortunately, the second time he climbed the high wall, he was caught by the Sorceress. He pleaded his case, saying “"Let mercy overrule justice. I came to do this out of necessity. My wife saw your Rapunzel from our window, and such a longing came over her, that she would die, if she did …show more content…
When he climbs to the top, Rapunzel is no where to be found, only the Sorceress. She says to him, "You have come for your Mistress Darling, but that beautiful bird is no longer sitting in her nest, nor is she singing any more. The cat got her, and will scratch your eyes out as well. You have lost Rapunzel. You will never see her again." (Rapunzel, para 27) In the end, the prince, blinded, was walking through the forest crying over Rapunzel when he hears her singing, she recognizes him and they hug and start to weep together. Two of her tears fall into his eyes and he may once again see. They live happily together
We hear determination in our everyday lives, no matter our age nor our location. Although we may hear this constantly, determination is something very hard to obtain. For one short story, the word determination is nothing but known and relived constantly through the character’s lives. This short story is none other than Rapunzel. Throughout this paper you will see how determination plays a very important role in the story.
Rapunzel is a short story by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The plot of the story is the same as the Disney version we all know and love. Rapunzel’s parents were longing for a child. Through a window, the wife could see a beautiful garden, full of flowers and herbs. She longed for some Rapunzel, which is a parsnip-like root, used like a radish. She tells her husband that if she does not get some of this Rapunzel, she will die. So he climbed the high wall, determined to bring this Rapunzel to his wife. After being successful, she longs for more. Unfortunately, the second time he climbed the high wall, he was caught by the Sorceress. He pleaded his case, saying “"Let mercy overrule justice. I came to do this out of necessity. My wife saw your Rapunzel from our window, and such a longing came over her, that she would die, if she did …show more content…
When he climbs to the top, Rapunzel is no where to be found, only the Sorceress. She says to him, "You have come for your Mistress Darling, but that beautiful bird is no longer sitting in her nest, nor is she singing any more. The cat got her, and will scratch your eyes out as well. You have lost Rapunzel. You will never see her again." (Rapunzel, para 27) In the end, the prince, blinded, was walking through the forest crying over Rapunzel when he hears her singing, she recognizes him and they hug and start to weep together. Two of her tears fall into his eyes and he may once again see. They live happily together