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The Miller's Daughter

16/4/2013

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The Miller’s Daughter
by Teresa Martin--@Teresa__Martin

    “The Miller’s Daughter” episode intrigued me immediately when the news of its airing reached the internet, not because of the plot, not because of “what really happened with Cora and Rumplestiltskin,” but rather in the title itself.  The Once Upon A Time audience was going to be treated, for the first time in Season Two, to a classic fairy tale with the Once twist.  All had seen Rumpelstiltskin and the miller’s daughter, Cora, but never seen them featured together using the source material.  We had not seen the fairy tale that epitomizes one of the most popular characters on the show, Rumplestiltskin.  He and the lowly daughter were finally going to be together, acting out the conflict, battle of wills, and their final estrangement.   No wonder fans were salivating.

     The original tale, as recorded by the Grimm Brothers, presents the narrative of an unfortunate daughter whose father brags that she can spin straw into gold.  When word reaches the king, she is locked in a tower to spin the gold or die in the morning.  Rumplestiltskin then appears, offering to complete the task in exchange for certain items.  Three successive times he does this, and the king marries her.  Yet to her horror, she finds that Rumplestiltskin intends to take her first-born as payment.  Seeing her distress, Rumplestiltskin takes pity on her and says that she can keep the child if she guesses his name.  Sending a servant to assist her, she finds out the name, and when she says “Rumplestiltskin,” he tears himself in two falling into hell.

     Maria Tatar notes that while Rumplestiltskin is an imp, and portrayed as a treacherous creature, he nevertheless shows a remarkable pity for the daughter, especially in the face of her despair at losing her child.  Like the Rumplestiltskin of Once Upon a Time, there is more behind the evil persona.


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