1. personality
   1. sinister
   2. cunning
   3. flamboyant
   4. childish
   5. narcissistic
   6. creepy
   7. menacing
   8. snakelike
      1. animal interpretation of story
         1. forest
         2. under-sea
            1. mermaid
            2. aquatic animals
         3. desert
         4. outerspace
   9. types of people
      1. sterotypes
         1. race
         2. ethnicity
            1. french
            2. asian
            3. american
            4. hispanic
         3. hipsters
         4. greek life
         5. homosexual
         6. southern
         7. northern
            1. Jersey Shore
         8. obese
   10. phantom of the opera
2. appearance
   1. "poltergeist"
   2. small
   3. crooked
   4. stilts
   5. dark
3. environment
   1. castle
      1. because the woman needed him
      2. because he works there
      3. died there?
         1. revenge
   2. home
      1. small village
      2. lives alone
         1. first child
   3. germanic
      1. rethink environment to drive story
         1. modern city
         2. asian
         3. tribal
         4. island
         5. Subtopic 5
4. name origins
   1. Rumpelstilzchen
      1. "little rattle stilt"
         1. character on stilts
   2. rumpelstilt
      1. pophart
         1. "makes noise by rattling posts and rapping on planks"
         2. poltergeist
5. ending
   1. ripped in half
   2. "ran away angrily and never came back"
6. lesson
   1. humanity
   2. bragging
      1. hubris
   3. domestic woman
      1. "spinning gold"
      2. modern housewife
   4. parent:child relationship
      1. Father:Daughter:King
      2. Daughter:Child:Rumpelstiltskin
   5. greed