Rapunzel was pregnant?! With twins?
The witch banished her *from* the tower?
I don't remember much of that fairy tale, but the tidbits I do remember is that for some reason I can't recall, Rapunzel had been forced to live inside a tall tower, and she let down her hair so a prince could climb it and rescue her.
Belle did know the Beast, but (as I recall the tale) only because he kept her captive by threatening to kill her family if she left. Not what I would exactly call ideal husband material there, no matter how nicely he treated her otherwise nor how handsome he looked once the spell wore off.
Were there ever actually any positive, healthy examples of courting and/or marriage in the old tales?
