TangledIn many fairy tales, there is always a damsel in distress who is beautiful and the male character always falls in love with her. In the short story Tangled, Rapunzel is placed in a tower and lives there for most of her young life by her "mother" before her prince comes to challenge her. The difference between Tangled and Tangled, the short story is that Rapunzel is the princess and her prince is actually a thief, who ends up falling in love with her. Tangled illustrates how a naive and beautiful heroine, an evil mother figure, and a superficial selfish hero can make a fairy tale end in love and marriage. Like many fairy tales we grew up with, the characters are always beautiful or beautiful, with an evil mother who wants to destroy that. Baker-Sperry and Grauerholz state that "the ideal of feminine beauty – the socially constructed notion that physical attractiveness is one of women's most important assets, and that all women should strive to achieve and to maintain… [is] widely considered an oppressive and patriarchal view. practice that objectifies, devalues ​​and subordinates women” (711). Women grow up feeling like they have to be perfect and beautiful to get a man. They will see the beautiful girl having a handsome guy and everything she wants. The characters in Tangled prove that every fairy tale follows the same guidelines; Rapunzel, Flynn and even her mother Gothel are magnificent. Their characteristics are all the same: they are thin, have straight teeth and are beautiful. If a person were described as perfect, they would be compared to a fairy tale character. A little girl will see Rapunzel and want to be like her because she is pretty and a princess and she l...... middle of paper ......r to have one. Mother Gothel, although she was beautiful on the outside, she was dark and evil on the inside, which is why she died in the end. No fairy tale will ever allow the evil queen or her mother to survive, because that's not what little girls and boys want to read. They want to see the beautiful princess get her prince and the handsome prince kill the evil creature. All stories have a happy ending and that's how it should be, with the main characters living happily ever after, forever and ever. Works Cited Baker-Sperry, Lori and Liz Grauerholz. “The omnipresence and persistence of the ideal of feminine beauty in children's fairy tales.” Gender and Society 17.5 (2003): 711-726.JSTOR. Internet. November 19, 2013.Tangled. Nathan Greno, Byron Howard. Zachary Levi, Mandy Moore and Donna Murphy.Walt Disney Pictures. November 24. 2010. Blu-ray.