My Favorite Character

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My favorite character right now is Rapunzel in the new movie Tangled. It's based off of the traditional Rapunzel story, but it makes her journey more interesting. Rapunzel plays the princess who doesn't know she's a princess.

In this version of the old tale, a piece of the sun falls to Earth and a beautiful, magical flower appears. The flower can heal any alement and give an elderly person back their youth. An old lady that lives far away from the town in the woods finds it and uses its powers. When the Queen becomes sick the towns people go looking for the flower to heal her. The flower is used to make a tea for her to drink and she is fine. When she gives birth her daughter, Rapunzel, ends up having the same magical powers, except its in her hair. The old lady discovers this and takes Rapunzel away and raises her as her own.

So, Rapunzel lives her life in this tower that is hidden deep in the woods. She knows no one except for her mother and a lizard that is her pet. By being the princess and not knowing it she has a journey that the viewers see take place. She is very voulnerable, nieve and believes everything her mother tells her.

There are so many signs through the movie that should tell her that she is the princess, but she doesn't completely understand until the end (typical).