I know the show has many metaphors in it. The only one I know really well is the wolf being a metaphor for men and Red Riding Hood straying from the path to the wolf is sort of discovering the opposite sex...am I right?
Could someone help me out a bit? What are other metaphors in the show?
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
~ Muhammad Ali
Of course he did. What do you think that "dark slimey path" was that she was referring to? And the red cape symbolized a cherry. And the howling at the end represented an-orgasm. And the "fresh boquet" she picked was him "deflowering" her. And "do not put your faith in a cape and a hood", the hood is referencing the wolfs uncut wolf-dong.
"And ah, the woods. The all-purpose symbol of the unconscious, the womb, the past, the dark place where we face our trials and emerge wiser or destroyed, and a major theme in Bruno Bettelheim's The Uses of Enchantment, which is a book that everyone assumes we used as a source, simply because it's the only book on the subject known to the wide public."
"The predominant assumption is that the Giant represents AIDS--after all, the show was written and produced in the 1980s, when AIDS was at its most prominent. Given a moment's thought, it becomes apparent that if the Giant represented anything, it wouldn't be AIDS. The Giant is not a natural phenomenon but a force roused to vengeance by greed, prevarication and irresponsibility. It could just as easily be the atomic bomb, global warming or the economic meltdown that is occurring as I write this. To James and me, it is a giant. Enough said."
I always thought the Witch was so angry because the Baker's dad literally Raped her. I mean, he stole the fruits from her "garden." That's why she's trying to protect Rapunzel.
Yes, she's trying to protect Rapunzel because if he was capable of going into her "garden" and raping her, then he was quite capable of incest by taking advantage of his own daughter.
She then constructs this phallic-like tower where Rapunzel will be protected. Where no one can touch her. Where she will remain virginal and pure as long as she's in there.
Feel free to metaphorize away, but know that anything you come up with is going to be vastly less interesting than the material itself and probably not worth the effort.
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