Part 1: RAPUNZEL STUDY QUESTIONS
What is the plot and setting of the story?
Who did the garden behind the house belonged to?
What did the Witch learn by the end of the play?
What did Rapunzel learn?
Look up the word "Villain" in the dictionary.
Was there a villain in this story? Who was it? Did the villain win out?
What surprised you the most in the play?
The Prince went through a couple severe changes. What were these changes?
What is the moral of the story?
Part 2: The Brother's Grimm - The Fisherman and His Wife
- What three wishes would you make upon meeting a magic fish? Would the wishes be for yourself, for someone else you know, or for others in the world around them. Now make three new wishes, one in each of these categories (you, someone else, the world). Discuss your reasoning behind each of your choices.
- The fisherman comments, "It will not end well. It will not end well. Asking to be archbishop is too shameless." What does he mean by this, and what is he afraid will happen?
- Discuss whether or not this fairy tale has a moral. Can a story have more than one lesson? Why or why not.