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. What both the Brothers Grimm and Disney's version of Rapunzel unsuccessfully show I'm practically of the length of her hair. In the cartoon, Rapunzel possesses the characteristics of mother Gothal, the evil witch in the Grimms case, the roles are reversed and instead of her being locked up it's the opposite and the men that come to rescue her are captured and locked away with her. Overall this comic brings out the humor and makes the readers/ audience question the true intentions behind the story of Rapunzel. 

Source:
 DeadWhale. “JoyReactor - Funny Pictures.” / Funny Pictures & Best Jokes: Comics, Images, Video, Humor, Gif Animation - i Lol'd, JoyReactor.com, 10 Aug. 2013, joyreactor.com/post/917593.
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