5/28/2023 0 Comments Rumpelstiltskin paul zelinsky![]() ![]() It's more like he's pridefully taunting her than anything else. ![]() ![]() The inner flap of the book bafflingly describes the character of Rumpelstiltskin as "an impudent, sympathetic, infuriating creature." Sympathetic? What is possibly sympathetic about this character? In this book, he just barely gives her an out, after she sobs piteously over losing her child, and it's extremely clear that he doesn't expect her to ever guess his name. There's no possible character development for the story as written. She is first forced to sacrifice everything she owns, then barely avoids sacrificing everything she holds dear by sheer luck. Rumpelstiltskin is one of those stories where a woman ends up in trouble through the fault of some man who owns her like property. I don't think it's a coincidence that Disney has never made a feature film out of it, although they've picked a lot of Grimm's fairy tales like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, and even Rapunzel. I've never really cared for the story of Rumpelstiltskin. ![]()
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