Obviously there are prominent themes of social mobility and ingenuity, with the tailor rising from his "lowly" station as a peasant to king, and the royalty being outwitted by the tailor. I'm not sure if the little tailor was delusional or just a really great con man, and I think that's part of the fun of the story.
I put it together in such a way that made sense to me, but the original doesn't really concern itself with the details. I mean, there were significant changes from the story of Rapunzel that we all know, what with the pregnancy, the thorns in the eyes, and all that, but nothing shockingly different.įull disclosure, in the beginning, the story doesn't specifically say that the sorceress came in the form of the midwife, only that she showed up in the room. This one was interesting, but not particularly surprising. The creature this week is a stack of old weasels. The only problem? His greatest achievement may be based on a lie, and he's either the world's smoothest con man or completely delusional. The first is the story of Rapunzel, and the second is about a small tailor who uses one success to face giants, a rampaging boar, and a unicorn when seeking the hand of the princess.
Two stories from the Grimm brothers, both of which have people going up, but in different ways. This is the discussion post for episode 29: Upward Mobility, which tells the stories of Rapunzel and The Brave Little Tailor by the Brothers Grimm.
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