CALL Literary Reaction Journal 5

Reaction to Rapunzel from the Grimm's Fairytales

Ⅰ. Summary
There are a husband and a wife in some place. One day, they were gifted a baby. The wife being pregnant was dying to eat Rapunzel of the garden. She asked her husband and he went to the garden to pick Rapunzel but he was detected by witch. But the witch understood the situation and she told him that he could pick Rapunzel as much as he liked but he had to give a baby after the baby had been born. The baby of girl was taken by the witch as soon as the wife gave birth to her and the baby was named Rapunzel and she was locked in the tower which had no entrance. One day, a prince discovered Rapunzel and he went up the tower by her long blond hair. Since the day, Rapunzel invited the prince without being known to the witch and they did sex frequently. And Rapunzel became pregnant. The witch was very angry by knowing the fact and she cut off Rapunzel's hair and Rapunzel was expelled to a wilderness by her. On the other side, the prince who had known nothing and had visited Rapunzel knew  the all by bing cursed by the witch. He despaired and he threw the body from the tower and he went blind. After 7 years, the prince who wandered in the forest with blind cae across Rapunzel who was living with her twins. Rapunzel's nie tears falled to the prince's eyes and his eyesight recovered. He went back his country with Rapunzel and their hildren and they lived happily together.
あるところに夫婦がいた。ある時やっと子供を授かる。妊娠した妻は、隣に住むゴーテルという魔女の庭のラプンツェルを食べたくてたまらなくなる。懇願された夫は、ラプンツェルを摘み取りにかかるが、魔女に見つかる。しかし、事情を知った魔女は、好きなだけラプンツェルを摘んでもいいが、子供が生まれたら自分に渡せと言う。やがて妻が生んだ女の子は即座に魔女に連れて行かれ、ラプンツェルと名付けられ、森の中に築かれた入口のない高い塔に閉じ込められた。ある日、王子がラプンツェルを発見し、ラプンツェルの長い金髪を使って塔に登る。その日以来、魔女に隠れて王子を部屋に招き入れて頻回に性交渉を行う。そしてラプンツェルは妊娠する。それを知って激怒した魔女は、ラプンツェルの髪を切り落とし、荒野へと放逐する。一方、何も知らずにラプンツェルを訪ねてきた王子は、魔女から罵られる中で全ての顛末を知り、絶望し、塔から身を投げて失明する。７年後、盲目のまま森をさまよっていた王子は、男女の双子と暮らしているラプンツェルとめぐり会い、うれし泣きするラプンツェルの涙が王子の目に落ち、王子は視力を回復する。王子はラプンツェルと子供達を伴って国に帰り、皆で幸せに暮らす。

Ⅱ. Reaction

1. Character
A couple, a witch, Rapunzel, a prince and twins appear in this story.
この物語には、あるところにいた夫婦、魔女、ラプンツェル、王子、そして王子とラプンツェルの双子の子供達が登場する。

2. Appeal
I think this story's charm is the point which impress readers because Rapunzel's tears revived the prince's eyesight in the last.
この物語の魅力は、最後に、ラプンツェルの涙が、王子の視力を回復させ 、読者を感動させる部分にあると私は考える。

3. Tone of voice in audio
It is told by the tone which reflect the story's caracters' feeling very well.
この物語の登場人物の気持ちをよく反映している語調で話されている。

Ⅲ. General Opinion
I think the point which the prince and Rapunzel got happiness in their hands in the last even if there was the evil of the witch is the most impressive. Because the prince and Rapunzel caught the happines together, I felt their the strength of the intention.
たとえ魔女という弊害があっても、王子とラプンツェルは最終的に幸せを手につかむという点が、私は最も感動的だと考える。その幸せを二人で掴みとったので、二人の意思の強さすら感じた。