RUMPELSTILTSKIN

By Brothers Grimm

AUTHORS BIOGRAPHY

AUTHORS BIOGRAPHY

SYNOPSIS
Once there was a miller who was very poor and very boastful. He had a beautiful daughter named Lisa. The miller lied to the King about Lisa who could turn straw into gold. The King was so delightful and took Lisa to the tower room which full of straw and a spinning wheel. The King demanded Lisa to turn the straw into gold in three days or else she would be sentenced to death. Lisa was very sad as she would not able to grant the Kings whishes. Then, a stranger appeared suddenly and offered Lisa a help. The stranger was known as Rumpelstiltskin who spun straw into gold and in return Lisa gave him her necklace and ring. The King became so greedy and wanted more gold. Then, the King asked his servant to search for every last wisp of straw in the countryside so that Lisa could turn the straw into gold and promised her that she would become his queen if she granted his wishes or else he cut off her head. As Lisa was sitting sadly on the floor, Rumpelstiltskin appeared for the third time and offered his last help to Lisa. In return, Lisa had nothing to reward him. Rumpelstiltskin spun the straw into gold and for a promise Lisa would give her first-born child to him after she became a queen. After a year, the King and Lisa had a baby son. Rumpelstiltskin returned to claim his reward. The queen was frightened and offered him all the wealth she had if she could keep the child. Rumpelstiltskin refused and finally agreed to give up his claim to the child if the queen could guess his name in three days. At first she failed, but before the final night, her parents followed Rumpelstiltskin to the woods and they overheard him singing. While he was singing and hopping around the fire, they discovered his name as Rumpelstiltskin. When the dwarf came to the queen on the third day and she revealed his name, Rumpelstiltskin lost his bargain. He was so angry and stamped the floor so hard and vanished in a puff of smoke. Lisas father learnt his lesson and he promised her that he would never boast again.

SETTING
Rumpelstiltskin

PLACE:
Cottage where Lisa lives with her parents. Castle where the King lives Nursery where Queen Lisa looked after the baby and where the strange little man appeared. Woods where the strange little man lives.

TIME:
Medieval Times The story is set at a time when people talked about magical creatures.

CHARACTERS
Rumpelstiltskin

LISA
She is a young, sweet girl. She lives with her parents in a cottage. She loves to do household chores such as baking. She is very obedient as she listens to her parents.

RUMPELSTILTSKIN
A strange little man. He has magical powers. He is able to help Lisa by spinning the straw into gold. He likes riddles. Rumpelstiltskin is a fairy tale character, not a real person.

THE KING
He is an opportunist. He uses Lisa to get him gold. He is rather cruel as he keep Lisa alone in a tower and he threatens to kill her if she cannot spin the straw into gold. However he is very gullible as he believes that straw can be turned into gold.

LISAS FATHER
He is rather foolish as he goes to far to boast about his daughter. He is also greedy as he is willing to sacrifice Lisas life in order to get wealth. He was remorseful when he promised Lisa that he will not make the same mistake. Nevertheless, he is a loving father as he tries to solve the riddle for Lisa.

LISAS MOTHER
She is very proud of her daughter. She is kind hearted as she invites the King into her house and offers food. She is rather silly as she agrees with her husband that Lisa can spin straw into gold. She is also remorseful and promised never to boast again. It cannot be denied that she is a loving mother as

she helps Lisa to solve the riddle.

THEMES
Rumpelstiltskin

TELLING LIES
When people lie they are often trapped by their own deceit. In this story, claiming to be able to weave gold from straw got Lisa the attention of the king but also got her locked in a dungeon with a haystack and a spinning wheel.

U S I N G O N E S S U R V I VA L SKILLS

Persistence pays off in the long run and to never give up. Lisa tried her best to find the answer to the strange mans riddle. She did not give up.

SELFISH AND GREEDY

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. The King is greedy as he would ask Lisa to turn every last wisp of straw into gold for the third time.

B O AS T I N G F O R O W N BENEFITS
Lisas father boasts about his daughters cleverness that she could bake the best pies in the world and turn straw into gold.

In order to get noticed by the King, the miller lies to the King about his daughter who could turn straw into gold.

MORAL VALUES
Rumpelstiltskin

MORAL VALUES
1. Do not be greedy
We should appreciate and be thankful to what we have.

2.

Honesty
We should not lie to others just to get their attention because honesty is the best policy.

MORAL VALUES
3. Be humble and Do not boast
We should not talk about our abilities with excessive pride

4. Selfish
We should not concern excessively with oneself without regard for others.

MORAL VALUES
5. Regretful
We should think about our own mistakes and ask for

forgiveness.