Why does the witch have to climb Rapunzel's hair? — Page 2

I've seen this explained by a poster on IMDB as, the witch cast a spell by which the ONLY way to get into the tower was to say the 'magic words' 'Rapunzel, Rapunzel, let down your hair to me.' It's how the witch makes sure that nobody else gets into the tower but her, or so she thinks. It makes sense to me, so that's the explanation I'd go with.

What I'd like to know is, why hasn't Rapunzel figured out after living in the tower for a lifetime that all she has to do is wind her hair around the hook a few times, and it would take ALL the weight off her scalp when someone climbs her braid? Hmm...

My impression was that the witch can apparate from place to place in a lateral direction but not very high up - that is, she can make herself appear in that tree but she can't go much higher than that and not high enough to make it to the top of the tower.

Not really. If they had bothered to right a few dialogue lines bringing up the question, it would have been redundant.

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Trent, in the show, it is the a Mysterious Man's moment of genius. In the film, well cutting that character...

If we're getting into technicalities, a more apt question would be how did she get in when Rapunzel was an infant?? Or was it proved that she didn't live there until she was older?

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Updated On: 1/30/15 at 10:49 PM

Well if you're going to get picky, a better question would be why didn't Rapunzel tie the far end of her hair to something and use it to climb down herself and then cut herself free?

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