When looking for Jack, the Baker's Wife ends up talking to Cinderella's Prince, where he falls in love with her and tries to seduce her. She feels wrong, knowing that she is cheating on the Baker, and he on Cinderella, and he leaves her starstruck with the idea of being loved by a member of the Royal Family.
What happens after the Bakers wife kisses the prince?
The Baker's Wife realizes that she has to let the moment go, but says that she will never forget her time with the Prince ("Moments in the Woods"). She knows it is time for her to leave the woods, but she becomes lost. The giant appears, and she is crushed. Jack is discovered by the others.
What happened to the baker's wife in Into the Woods?
The baker's wife reflects on her adventure and tryst with the prince ("Moments in the Woods"), but stumbles into the giantess's path and is killed. The baker, Little Red, and Cinderella await the return of the baker's wife when the witch arrives holding Jack hostage, who is found weeping over the baker's wife's body.
However, the giant climbs down the beanstalk and causes an earthquake/ Everything starts to go wrong for them. She and the baker decided to split up but then she meets Cinderella's prince and he kisses her, despite her hesitations.
What is the relationship between the baker and his wife?
Although they care for each other deeply, theirs isn't exactly a happily-ever-after romance – especially because he has a bad habit of underestimating her. Challenge... breaking a curse and having a baby. As the Baker's Wife learns, a neighboring Witch cursed her husband's family with infertility.
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Who does the Bakers wife leave her baby with so she can look for Jack?
The Baker and his Wife leave their child with Little Red Ridinghood and go off to save Jack from the Witch, who is on her way to turn him over to the Giant. The Baker's Wife encounters Cinderella's Prince in the woods and they have a romantic encounter in a glade.
The story follows The Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to go the King's Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give some milk.
Why is the Bakers family cursed in Into the Woods?
She explains that, in the past, for his pregnant mother, the Baker's father stole magical beans from the Witch's garden. To punish them, the Witch placed a curse on the family, guaranteeing none would ever bear children again, including the Baker and his Wife.
Why did she curse the Baker's house Into the Woods?
Soon after Little Red Ridinghood's departure, a Witch appears from next door. She tells the Baker and his Wife that she has cursed the Baker's family with infertility. The Witch reveals that the Baker's Father was caught stealing from the Witch's garden when his wife was pregnant.
Why does the witch come to the Baker and his wife Into the Woods?
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He lives in a cottage outside of the woods with his wife (The Baker's Wife). Both him and his wife desperately want a child. He (and his house) has been cursed by The Witch due to his father stealing from her garden. This spell was for "[his] family tree to be a barren one".
Midpoint: The spell is broken, and all the characters get what they want: the Baker and his wife have a baby, the Witch returns to her beautiful youth, Cinderella marries Prince Charming.
Why did the witch lose her powers in Into the Woods?
Ultimately, she sacrifices her power for beauty. The Witch should be mysterious and mischievous, and yet we learn that she is really only doing what she thought was best for her child.
After a series of failed attempts and misadventures, the Baker and his wife are finally able to gather the necessary items. After the Witch regains her youth and beauty after drinking the potion, each of the characters receives a "happy ending".
Does the baker's wife cheat on the baker in Into the Woods?
She feels wrong, knowing that she is cheating on the Baker, and he on Cinderella, and he leaves her starstruck with the idea of being loved by a member of the Royal Family. Continuing her search for Jack, she jumps off of a cliff in her escape from the giant and falls to her death.
The Wolf, The Witch and The Giant represent the dark shadows (unconscious underpinnings of the mind) that threaten us; Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood are "damsels in distress" personifying the victim role we all play from time to time.
What happens to the witch at the end of Into the Woods?
After the Baker and his Wife finally find the right ingredients, the Witch drinks the potion, finally regaining her youth and beauty, and gifts the couple with a child.
Witch: Originally portrayed as “the villain,” the witche's story is much more complicated. She has an ulterior motive when she reveals she was the one who placed the curse of infertility on the Baker's family.
Rapunzel is one of the six tritagonists from the film, Into the Woods and is portrayed by Mackenzie Mauzy. She is the sister of the Baker, who is cursed by the Witch.
The Witch isn't altogether evil, but she's not exactly a saint either. Having been rejected by the world for most of her life, the immensely powerful sorceress is only interested in looking out for herself and her daughter. She doesn't care about doing the “right” thing unless it helps her in some way.
“Be careful what you wish for” seems to be the ongoing theme in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's Brothers Grimm inspired musical, Into the Woods. The story follows The Baker and his wife who wish to have a child, Cinderella who wishes to go the King's Festival, and Jack who wishes his cow would give some milk.
In Act Two, The Baker's Wife encounters a prince in the woods and it is suggested they have a sexual encounter. They share a kiss onstage and then leave the stage together.
What did the witch curse the family with into the woods?
The Baker and his Wife wish for a child, but they soon find out that because of a family curse they can't have any children until they find multiple things for the witch that cursed them in the first place. A red cape, a strand of golden hair, a golden shoe, and a white cow.
