This week on Once Upon a Time, we learn a few things both to advance the story and to take with us in our everyday life. This episode was circled around fear, and the choice face it or to let it control your life, what story will be used for this vessel? Tonight we meet one of the newer princesses to the disney family but, a story whose roots find themselves deep in our fairytale existence, Rapunzel.
In the enchanted forest Charming is having nightmares about the prospect of being a father all over again since losing Emma twice. I’d have to say I’d be a bit gun shy too. After a drink and a tale by Robin, Charming decides to go into Sherwood Forest to find the elusive night root. The fabled night root is said to remove all your fears once consumed, but Rapunzel’s cry for help distracts our hero from eating the purple crystal encrusted root. For a man consumed by fear, he sure is able to put it past him to help someone in need.
After climbing up the tower, and a brief introduction, he finds out that Rapunzel has been trapped in the tower by a hooded witch. More importantly however, is the revelation that she has tried the root and the fear did not leave her, in fact it is stronger than ever and now she has a which keeping her from her land and family. However crushing the disappointment, Charming promises to help Rapunzel escape the hood scourge.
Here is where the lesson comes into play, for the hooded figure has Rapunzel’s face. She is the embodiment of Rapunzel’s fears and insecurities that are keeping her from being the leader her people need her to be. In a bit of a predictable twist her hair has come to represent a binding fear and to vanquish the witch she must cut her hair as Charming and the witch dangle helplessly from it. This is obviously a fight that only she can win and thankfully she takes the chance causing her curse to be lifted and allowing her and Charming to return to their families free from their fears.
So how does this story apply to the real world? Well once again Charming will have to defeat the night root, but this time the fears that he has to face is his own. The big question, how do you get night root in Storybrooke Maine? From Mr Gold’s safe of course. Posing as her assumed identity, the wicked witch is able to dupe Belle into leaving her alone in Gold’s shop so she can brake into his secret safe. Is it just me or was that way to easy? I mean I know they have a lot to pack into an hour but, it seems like the villain can move through the town with out notice or consequence.
As Mary Margret and David Nolen’s mid wife, the witch has all but solidified a strong hold in the town and a direct line to the child of Snow and Charming, which is what I believe is her ultimate goal. This is how David/Charming comes in contact with night root as it is fed to him by the benevolent appearing hands of the midwife in a cup of tea.
Now why would the witch want David’s fears to confront him? It all comes down to courage. She uses his facing his fears through courage to steal a totem, his sword. So, as the episode comes to an end, the witch has courage and a “mad” rumple who I think is the symbol of wisdom… is the next episode the heart?
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