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Oct 13, - The fairytale of Rumpelstiltskin. There was once a miller who was poor, but he had a beautiful daughter. The little man took the ring, began whirring again with the wheel, and by morning he had spun all the straw into shining gold.
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Sure, the king happens to stop at three rooms full of gold for unknown reasons, but what if he had continued? What horrible things would the miller's daughter be forced to trade away? Anyway, the man spins the straw into gold, the king is satisfied, and the miller's daughter becomes queen. After a year, she gives birth to a boy who, according to most feudal law, is heir to the throne , and then one day the little man appears in her room and says, "Give me what you promised me.

He declines. She is so she is so upset that he is "moved" and gives her three days to find out his name. If she succeeds, she gets to keep her own child. She spends one day thinking up all the names she knows, and tries them on him that night, but none of them are correct. The second day, she asks everybody in town for more names.

None of those are correct either. The queen is overjoyed, and reveals the name to the man when he returns on the third night. He screams, "The Devil told you that! The Devil told you that! This story is so frustratingly misogynistic. That's not Zelinsky's fault, one could argue, although why did he pick this story?

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He wanted to draw gnomish little men? It's a popular story. It's a fairy tale that's part of our culture, but there's just nothing redeeming about it. She ends up married to the horrible king who kept threatening to kill her. When Rumpelstiltskin returns, it's not like she's enjoying her life. He's coming to take the one thing she has that in some small part belongs to her.

It's likely that for the original creators and listeners of the tale, the most worrisome aspect is that a strange forest creature will have control of the heir to the throne. But as a modern woman, it's just horrifying what this poor woman has to go through. None of the characters do anything remotely altruistic.

She's not given a chance to be, and everyone else is a greedy, scheming, sleazebag. There's nothing good about the text. What kind of moral could this even impart? That happens in the first two pages. I guess it could be worse if the queen didn't try to keep her own child.

The illustrations, on the other hand, are gorgeous. Zelinsky is an amazing artist.

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I understand his desire to illustrate a traditional tale, but there are plenty of better ones out there. Zelinsky adds a note at the end about different versions of this story, like the one where the king accidentally discovers the name and happens to mention it to his wife, or the one that starts off with a girl who can't stop spinning flax into gold she's trying to make linen. I wonder if this story is just a product of its time or if it was just as weird back then. As I said, the story is one that is known in this culture, so my kids are going to learn it at some time. Maybe someone could make the argument that they might as well experience it with breathtakingly beautiful art, but it might be best for them to just hear a brief summary instead.

Life sucks unless you're the one in charge especially if you're a woman. Since the daughter has no idea how to make anything into gold she falls into a despair only to be met by a small peculiar man, who tells her he can fulfill her task for something in return. And thus the story takes off. I am not going to go into more detail about the plot but rather tell you what I like about this little book. What I love is the artwork and the classic style in the illustrations. It is very reminiscent of paintings of the masters and has a romantic appearance.

The story is simplistic and not everything is explained but that is customary to most fairy tales in picture books, so I can shrug off some of the plot holes I encountered. There is more then one moral in this story. There are actually many. All the characters have something to learn in the story regardless if they actually learn the lesson given to them or not.

Any one of these can be a great conversation to have with a child. Also this book is just fun to read and look at the pictures. All around, this is a wonderful read! Nov 24, Linda rated it liked it Shelves: classic , historical-fiction. When a miller convinces the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold, the king seizes the opportunity and captures her. Every evening a little man saves her by magically spinning the gold and getting jewelry in return, and by morning the king is satisfied and let her live.

The third night she has nothing left to give, and he wants her unborn child in return for helping her. In her miserable state, she accepts, and when the time comes, she obviously doesn't want to give away her child.

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He When a miller convinces the king that his daughter can spin straw into gold, the king seizes the opportunity and captures her. He gives her another chance. If she can find out his name by the next time he visits, she can keep her child. I think there's an interesting theme in this story. A woman, back then, had no power, no right and no influence over her own life. Her father treated her as an object, the king as an investment and Rumpelstiltskin as someone he could benefit from. But when it comes to Rumpelstiltskin, I don't think of him as a truly bad person.

He actually gave the woman a second chance to keep her baby, though he could have just taken it - he was a magical person that were able to sneak in and out of the castle unseen, not to mention spinning straw into gold. The interesting thing here is why he would want the baby? Was it to save the oppressed people from another cruel king and to bring the baby up himself and make it a better person?

Or was it to cause anarchy?


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Or was it revenge? I think the story is somewhat thin, and too short. I would have liked more details and more characteristics. Anyway, it's an unusual read and I will remember it.

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View 1 comment. Feb 07, Samantha rated it it was amazing Shelves: traditional-lit. Zelinsky's retelling of Rumpelstiltskin is well written.

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The story is paced and phrased in a way that pulls you through the pages even if you know the basic plot of the story. The illustrations are amazing and remind my of Renaissance paintings.

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They are technically beautiful and filled with amazing detail. I would use Zelinsky's version to teach the story since it is clear and well told. I would also use his illustrations to showcase artistic skills and for art criticism lessons. In this Zelinsky's retelling of Rumpelstiltskin is well written. In this version, a father claims his daughter can spin straw into gold. He leaves her with the king who will kill her is she cannot spin an entire room of straw into gold over night.

Rumpelstiltskin offers to help the first night for a necklace and the next for a ring. On the third night he wants her first born for the task. She agrees and he shows up to claim her child. Her servant follows him into the woods to discover his name. I liked the use of slang and the kind of rude banter that occurred. I didn't see any pictures though, which was disappointing. I think this would be a good example for showing students how they can modernize a traditional story. Feb 25, Friend of Pixie F. The Renaissance-style oil paintings in this book were amazing; they really made the story.

Brilliant colors, interesting perspectives, expressive faces, and evocative historic details of architecture and clothes. The text is true to the Grimm version but kind of boring, so the paintings were crucial to give the story sparkle.