In Charlotte-Rose de Caumont de la Force's 1698 original story, Persinette, a girl was kidnapped by a fairy at birth and imprisoned in a tall tower with no stairs. One day, a prince sees Persinette, climbs up her hair to the tower, seduces her and she falls pregnant. When the fairy discovers she is pregnant, she cuts off her locks and banishes her.
“Enraged at the sight of Persinette’s maladie, she seized her hair and cut the precious cords.”
The next time the prince visits, he finds the fairy in the tower who taunts him and tells him her shall never see Persinette again; he jumps from the tower and lands in thorn bushes which peirce his eyes. The lovers eventually find each other and the prince’s sight is restored by Persinette’s tears. The prince wonders around as a blind homeless person, until by miraculous chance he meets Rapunzel, who's tears have the same healing power as they do in the movie, and the prince's sight is restored. The two return to his kingdom to marry.
If we chose to use Rapunzel as our theme, our actress would have to wear really long extensions which could prove to be quite annoying. We would also need access to a tower without any stairs, and someone who is really good at climbing or abseiling, to represent the prince in our video. Falling from a tower into a prickly thorn bush might also be dangerous for the prince. Another pregnancy takes place in this fairytale, which as previously mentioned, may be hard to show realistically; although the fairytale is popular, it may be hard to incorporate in terms of practicality.
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