Grimm Brother's 'Rumpelstiltskin'

In the Grimm Brother’s tale of “Rumpelstiltskin”, lived a poor miller who had a beautiful daughter. When he crossed paths with a King, the miller tried to get friendly with him by telling the King about how his beautiful daughter could spin straw into gold. The King who was greedy at heart took the daughter, and brought her to a room where he gave her a day to spin straw into gold. If not she would be sentenced to death. Breaking down into tears, fearing for her life, a little man opened the door to where the daughter was. He then made a deal to spin her gold in exchange for something of her. The daughter gave him her necklace. In the morning the King wanted more gold, and again the daughter gave the little man the ring on her finger. However, on the third time, with nothing to give, the little man made a deal with the daughter where she would give him her first child, in which she
accepted.
After marrying the King, the daughter gave birth to a baby, and soon the little man came to take what was his. Not wanting to part with her child, the little man gave her the option that if she found out his real name, she would be able to keep her child. The daughter tried with countless names that did not work, until one day a servant overheard the little man shouting out his name, Rumpelstiltskin. As soon as the Queen stated the man’s name, Rumpelstiltskin ripped his body in two. In the story of “Rumpelstiltskin”, it can be defined as one where there is no one who is truly innocent or pure. It is evident that both the miller and the King are vile individual’s who used lies to impress in order to gain benefits in return, and where the other was greedy, wanting nothing but wealth. However, the daughter is conveyed to be desperate agreeing to give Rumpelstiltskin anything she can offer in order for her to be able to live. On the other hand Rumpelstiltskin is shown to be a complex character offering his help to the daughter numerous times making deals
with her, and even taking pity on the daughter when she did not want to give her child up. Although, Rumpelstiltskin was shown to be the villain who was a “monster” that wanted to take the daughter’s baby away even though Rumpelstiltskin was able to appear anywhere and could possibly be able to secretly take the baby. Instead, he gave the daughter a chance to keep her child. Readers are able to conclude that Rumpelstiltskin possibly does not want the war or violent means to be used to find the child if he did actually kidnap the baby. It is also evident that Rumpelstiltskin does not harbor any sort of hatred against the daughter for going back on their agreement. As a result, it is hard to see who is really the “good guy” in this fairy tale. Although, Rumpelstiltskin was shown to be the villain who was a “monster” that wanted to take the daughter’s baby away even though Rumpelstiltskin was able to appear anywhere even to be able to secretly take the baby; instead, he a The idea that the actions and not looks of an individual really defines how kind natured an individual truly is. Whereas the daughter was conveyed to be beautiful, while Rumpelstiltskin was shown more like a demon, the actions took by Rumpelstiltskin did not have any sense of evil one would expect a demon to have. Unfortunately, it can be concluded that one must play the villain to to not cause harm to others.