Themes
1. Selfish and greedy
a) The King is selfish as he forces Lisa to spin the straw into gold and if she does not succeed, she would be sentenced to death.
(King: It doesn’t seem very likely but never mind, we can soon find out. My kingdom’s not very rich and I could do with some more gold. You can come back to the palace and if you really can turn straw into gold you’ll be well rewarded. But if not, I shall cut off your head.)
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b) The King is greedy as he would ask Lisa to turn every last wisp of straw into gold for the third time.
2. Boasting for own benefits
a) Lisa’s father boasts about his daughter’s cleverness that she could bake the best pies in the world and turn straw into gold.
b) In order to get noticed by the King, the miller lies to the King about his daughter who could turn straw into gold.
3. Regret to ones mistake
a) The miller and his wife regret their own mistakes as they have put Lisa into such troubles.
Rumplestiltskin represents the federal reserve bank that is able to spin dollars ot of paper.
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I figured this out in my head last night....so...cool to see verification.....I have been watching "Once Upon a Time" and I got to thinking about who the characters REALLY are.....Do you watch that show?
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