Post by Jingna Song on Feb 2, 2016 2:26:00 GMT
The Robber Bridegroom is telling about story that a miller wants to marry his daughter to a rich suitor. One day, the suitor complained that the daughter never visited him, so she decided to visit the her bridegroom. However, until she saw a bird keeps repeating" Turn back, turn back, thou pretty bride, Within this house thou must not bide, For here do evil things betide.", she realized something was wrong with the suitor. In the beginning, the girl was very confused and little afraid about what happened in this house. After she met the old woman, she knew that she was in danger because the suitor is a robber. In the story, old woman is clever and kind person who tried to protect the girl from being killed by the robber. They set up a good plan to escape from the house. The old woman is a very important character because she is not only nice to the girl, but also helped the girl to escape. Also, when the girl arrived home, she became calm and talked to her father. The change of the bride is knowing how to deal with the robber. She became smarter and brighter after encountered this experience. The bride invited her bridegroom and showed everyone that the suitor was a robber and had already killed someone. It makes the whole story has a happy ending.