I decided to choose Rapunzel as my story because growing up I have always loved the Disney movie inspired by it; Tangled. Although Tangled is not the exact same storyline as the original Rapunzel fairytale, it is the one I know better so I will be basing this project off of it.
One major turning point for the main character, Rapunzel, is when she decides to leave the tower. All her life her “mother” has kept her trapped in the tower and told her how scary and dangerous the outside world is, and Rapunzel has believed her and never strayed from the tower. Her escaping the tower is an important moment for her, as she chooses to be brave and lets her curiosity take over and make her own choices.
In Tangled, Rapunzel’s “mother” is depicted as an evil witch, who has kidnapped her at birth and kept her hidden in a tower to use Rapunzel’s special powers all for herself. In my depiction I will make it so the witches’ decision to keep Rapunzel locked in the tower is not out of greed but instead out of love and fear for Rapunzel. A main theme from the story is that the witch tells Rapunzel that the outside world is scary and dangerous, and I think it would be cool to feed into that, and twist the witch to be caring and trying to look out for Rapunzel in fear that others will try to use her powers for themselves.