KIDS TRIVIA

Detailed explanation-1: -After she tells him in a rage that he will never see Rapunzel again, he leaps or falls from the tower and lands in a thorn bush. Although it breaks his fall and saves his life, it scratches his eyes and blinds him.

Detailed explanation-2: -After Rapunzel has been cast down from the tower, the prince returns only to be met by the witch, rather than his love. The witch curses the prince and the brambles “scratched his eyes out and he was blind” (Hallett 70).

Detailed explanation-3: -The prince returns to the tower, expecting to visit Rapunzel, but finds Gothel instead. Gothel leads him to believe that his love is dead ("You have lost Rapunzel. You will never see her again.") so, in his despair, he throws himself from the tall tower onto a bed of thorns.

Detailed explanation-4: -He lands in bushes that blind him. Wandering for years, the prince comes across the desert where Rapunzel is exiled. Upon realizing they have found each other again, they embrace, and Rapunzel’s tears, dripping onto his face, cure him of his blindness.

Detailed explanation-5: -She weeps to see her lover without eyes, but when her tears fall on his face, his sight is magically restored. He takes Rapunzel and their children to his kingdom, where they proceeded to live happily ever after, as is often the way with these things.