Toni McNair Blog #1

Rapunzel" is a classic German fairy tale in the collection assembled by the Brothers Grimm, and was first published in 1812 as a children’s fairytale. As discussed in class hair in fairytales can be seen as a symbol of femininity, strength, beauty, and sexuality. In the cartoon, Rapunzel's hair is the center of attraction. She is using her hair to attract men and trap them in the tower with her. In the cartoon, we see that Rapunzel is calling out to a Knight asking him to rescue her from the tower, as he’s climbing he realizes that it would be common sense to use her own hair to rescue herself. She then whispers “dammit” as she has failed to capture another man. In both the Grimm fairy tale and Disney's contaminated version Rapunzel's hair is used to ensure that there’s no way out and only one way up.  In Disney’s “Tangled” the prince/ thief falls in love with Rapunzels almost immediately while in the cartoon version the knight is unimpressed and uninterested. W

The original tale of “Hansel and Gretel” but the brothers Grimm is a rare and classic story, that is centered around siblings who will do anything to protect one another. In the fairytale, Hansel and Gretel are children of a poor woodcutter and his wife. As the days go by the woodcutter's wife begins to grow worried about starving to death. So the wife forces the husband to take his children into the forest and leave them there. However, Hansel being the conniving little boy he is overhears the conversation, collects stones/ pebbles that can be seen in the moonlight and places them inside his pockets for safe keeping. The next day the father takes them deep into the woods, as they walk deeper and deeper Hansel leaves a trail of the pebbles so that they are able to find their way back home.  Nightfall comes and the father is nowhere in sight, Hansel and Gretel follow the stones out of forest and home. The wife is shocked and conjures another plan for the husband to take the

We all know the classic story of “Little Red Cap” or as most people know it, “Little Red Riding Hood” a commonly known tale. Told to us all as a childhood story. A story used to warn us about the cautionary dangers of venturing off into a path that your parents didn’t pave for you. Going toward the darkness instead of light. Little Red Riding Hood has many different versions, but the original version by the Brothers Grimm has been turned into many other versions. The image above represents the concept of how naïve Little Red Cap is as she ventures off into the forsaken path. The image above shows a humorous meaning behind Red Riding Hood’s decision to choose the wrong path and falling into desire. The males portrayed in the picture is the wolf and the hunter.  The males in the tale are separated in two forms: the dangerous reducer who if given into, turns into the destroyer of the good grandmother and the girl; while the hunter is the strong responsible, strong, an