Pre-Critical:

An unnecessary scene, in which the Knight finally finds Rapunzel.

Formalist:

Wandering because he was trying to find something worth meaning.

Twins a boy and a girl shows equality in Rapunzel's life, but a husband was missing. Tears show can show hapiness and sadness. Rapunzel's tears were of happiness of her prince and sadness of his loss of sight. Those tears brought his sight back bringing happiness to them forever

Mythological/Archetypal:

Rapunzel heals the prince with her tears. In some myths, Phoenix tears have healing properties. In addition, Phoenixes are said to sing beautiful songs, another similarity to Rapunzel. Another point is that Apollo and Artemis, twin Greek deities, were born on an uninhabited island, Delos.

Psychological:

The prince eventually found Rapunzel and was overjoyed to see her again. Rapunzel was very happy to see him as well.

Feminist:

Rapunzel had two kids, a boy and a girl, showing that she had connected to the outside world away from the witch. No father of the children was mentioned. The prince found her by hearing her voice that he fell in love with. He took her back to his castle and they lived happily ever after like a family.

Marxist:

After the king's son found Rapunzel and she wept in his eyes and he regained his sight he also regain his upper class status because he got his fortune back. now they lived in the kingdom as royalty happily ever after.

Historical:

Happily ever after is obviously the theme here. Rapunzel cured her husband of his blindness and they and the children lived “long and happily”. This gives the reader the sense of a legacy left behind them after their death, which is similar to Johann Bach, who was recognized as the last of the “old-fashioned” version of his works after his death. In the short time after his death, this is how he was memorialized, and then furthermore his legacy continues, going into the present day.

Analyses for Part Seven