Melisande

“The princess was almost buried in a sea of gold hair.”

Melisande loses her hair. Then it grows so fast it fills the whole palace. It shows how even a blessing can become a cage.

The King tries to fix things with a pair of shears. Every time he cuts, it grows back twice as long. Sometimes our solutions just feed the problem.

“I wish I had gold hair that would grow an inch every day.”

Magic has a literal mind. The fairy godmother gave exactly what was asked for. We rarely think through what we actually want.

Melisande ends up stuck in a tower because her hair is too heavy to move. It is a strange image of being trapped by your own beauty.