Fairytales

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the younger generations, but its actual audience is rather anyone who reads. In this particular rendition of Rumpelstiltzkin, the miller’s daughter is never given a name besides that of the miller’s daughter. This reflects the time and culture that the Grimms wrote this piece, as they did not feel it important to give the main female character a name. This implies that feminism was not a prominent part of society when it was being written. This idea is supported by a few other occurrences in this specific version. For instance, the way in which the miller’s daughter comes about Rumpelstiltzkin’s name. While in some versions she goes out independently, to solve her own problem, in this interpretation she sends her messengers to go out and solve her problem for her.
The morals made evident in this version of Rumpelstiltzkin are as follows:
Be careful of what you say - The miller’s boasting about his daughter is what got her into trouble in the first place.
There is a price for everything - In order to get Rumpelstiltzkin to spin the straw into g...