Who Really Knows?
Ernest Hemmingway, an amazing American author and journalist, once said, “So far, about morals, I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.” When one is born, only they and their parents can know what is moral and what is immoral. As seen in the fairy tale “Rumpelstiltskin,” many morals are interpreted by the reader, but who knows if they are right or wrong?
Once there was a miller who was very poor and very boastful. He had a beautiful daughter and the miller lied to the King that his daughter could turn straw into gold. The King was so delightful and took her to a small room which was full of straw and a spinning wheel. The King demanded her to turn the straw into gold in three days or else she would be sentenced to death. The miller’s daughter was very sad as she would not able to grant the King’s wishes. Then, a stranger appeared suddenly and offered her some help. The stranger was known as Rumpelstiltskin and he spun the straw into gold for her necklace and ring. The King became so greedy and wanted more gold that the he asked his servant to search for every last wisp of straw in the countryside so that the miller’s daughter could turn it into gold. He then promised her that she would become his queen if she granted his wish or else he would cut off her head. As she was sitting sadly on the floor, Rumpelstiltskin appeared for the third time and offered his last help, but this time she had nothing to reward him. Since she had nothing to give him, she promised him her first born child when she becomes queen. After a year, the King and the miller’s daughter had a baby son. Rumpelstiltskin returned to claim his reward, but the queen was frightened and offered him all the wealth she had if she could keep the child. Rumpelstiltskin refused and finally agreed to give up his claim to the child if the queen could guess his name in three days. At first she failed, but before the final...