The Fairytale Pattern

Rumpelstiltskin

story could be found from: http://www.eastoftheweb.com/short-stories/UBooks/Rum.shtml

The Fairytale Pattern in the Story:

The Protagonist is an Unhappy Situation:

• The miller's father is poor and boasted about her in front of the king.
• The king locked her up threatening her to spin straw into gold if not killing her.if she does not do it in one night.
• The protagonist does not know how to do that.

The Situation Worsens:

• The king becomes greedier and asked for more and more.
• The little man who helped her asked for more too.

Protagonist receives unexpected help, usually of a magical nature:

• Her messenger came across the little where he lived by chance and heard him

chanting: 'To-day I bake, to-morrow brew,

the next I'll have the young queen's child.
Ha, glad am I that no one knew
that Rumpelstiltskin I am styled.'"

Protagonist is rescued from initial unhappy situation:

• She now knew the little man's name and was save from her child from being taken away and became the queen.