The tale of Rapunzel written by the Brother Grimm is about a young woman whose life is controlled by selfish adults until she disobeys them and chooses her own fate. Fairy tales are similar to the stories told in the bible in the fact they are there to 'control the masses' and to help people live a morally good life. The idea that shes choosing her own fate links with my album cover, as shes walking away from the dark and choosing her own path through the door to the light.
There are many different interpretations of this story, the main warning being do not talk to strangers.
Ritual
The story could be interpreted as a puberty ritual, the girl leaves home, endures the acts of the tale, she is then transformed into an adult woman from coming out of the wolfs stomach.
Rebirth
The act of the huntsman cutting open the wolf can be interpreted as 'rebirth'. The girl who listened to the wolf is reborn as a new person.
Sexual Awakening
The red clock could be a symbol of the blood from menstruation or a symbol of the hymen. The wolf symbolises a man, seducer or sexual predator. He threatens the girls virginity.
This links to my album as she is going of on her own, so she could be either running away from a 'wolf' or may encounter a 'wolf' on her journey.
The Little Mermaid
I think the moral of this story is about selfless love. The mermaid gives up everything for the Prince. On the other hand it could be to obey your parents because she disobeys her father and if she had listened she wouldn't have had her heart broken and have to kill herself.
The original story was written by Hans Christian Anderson, and is different from the Disney version. The main difference being the ending. There are 2 versions of the ending one being that she throws herself into the sea and becomes a daughter of the air as she shes her lover getting married to another woman so it was either kill her lover or kill herself. The other ending being she sees the prince getting married so she throws herself into the sea and dies by turning to froth.
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