"Rapunzel": Maiden/Mother/Crone

Femininity is once again examined, this time with a focus on the roles women play in stories. Dr. Harvey shares a combined (and more family friendly) version of “Rapunzel,” pulling from Grimm’s German version and Basile’s Italian version. Looking at the triad of Maiden/Mother/Crone and Warrior/Father/Sage, Dr. Harvey shows how stories reduce and distill all our life experiences into simple symbols; in such stories, each component is represented by a separate character even though we rarely experience such defined periods of existence.

English
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network The Great Courses
  • Created June 8, 2022 by
    isolation422h3
  • Modified September 7, 2024 by
    JLS