Unlike most versions, this story realistically portrays the dismal effects of isolation on the girl's mind and spirit. When the inevitable happens and Zel meets the young man, Mother locks her away in a tower.
That this will mean Zel's damnation also does not deter Mother in the least. Now, she seeks to keep the child away from the world so that the innocent girl will choose her mother above all others. Readers learn that the barren mother's obsession for a child drove her to give herself up to eternal damnation in order to have a daughter. Zel and Count Konrad's narratives are presented in the third person, while Mother tells her own story. Napoli sets the novel in 16th-century Switzerland and alternates the various characters' points of view. Instead, it is a searing commentary on the evil that can result from human longings gone awry. Grade 9 Up?This retelling of the story of Rapunzel is no simple fairy tale retold for the entertainment of children.
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