Despite a privileged childhood, Rapunzel is curious about what lies on the other side of the wall to her mother's villa. She soon finds out that the mother in her dreams wasn't a dream and her life in the villa has been a lie. Soon, she begins a wild adventure to free herself from the chains of her "mother" in hopes of freeing her real mother from the evil grips of the mines.
Hale, S., & Hale, D. (2008). Rapunzel's revenge. New York, NY: Bloomsbury.
- Evaluation Criteria
- Style and Character
- Although style as defined by the textbook doesn’t directly address a change in format of the fantasy book, but I believe that the graphic novel form both enhances the readability of the story, as well as the action behind the adventure. Also, the author’s choice to weave in three distinct fairy tales into one new tale shows their unique style.
- A strong female heroine is always a character choice that defies typical fantasy text, which tend to be driven by male leads. Also, the familiar tale of Rapunzel is turned on its head with a change from a female lead who needs to be saved, to a female lead who does all of the saving, creating a character that the reader “believ[es] [is] worth the adventure.
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