Wishes for more wishes

I think that many characters experience the wishing for more wishes so to speak. At the beginning of Act II, one of the characters sings “Wishes may bring problems such that you regret them. Better that, though, than to never get them.” I agree with this. I think many characters had to have this journey to make a point and to learn a lesson. They needed to go through this to become who they are/were. The baker became a whole new person after his journey. He lost his wife, and gained a child. In many ways I think that helped him. It was definitely a struggle but he gained so much more out of it in the end. 
I can relate to this. We all wish for cool stuff and fun things to have. I always wanted a cool car. Now this may seem selfish and/or self centered but, at that time it was what I wanted. After two years of having my beloved car, I crashed it and totaled it. It was emotional and hard to see my "baby" being towed away for the last time. This has helped me through my life though. That car accident helped me grow up! It also showed me that life is precious and I need to stop being so materialistic. Im grateful, in a way, that this happened. This has humbled be and helped me become a better person! 
I always will agree with this statement. Whether you like the outcome or not, the journey is what counts and the journey is where you will learn a better lesson. Wishes will be granted, but also will come with a price. The price will come with a lesson to learn and change you for the better! 

Woods=World

In the play "Into the woods" many fairytale characters wish for something. There is a pattern that occurs throughout the play. First the characters wish for something, then they go into the woods, and achieve what they wish. I think the "woods" represent the world and opportunity. They go to the world and achieve what they wished for. This, relating to our lives, is the same. The world is our opportunity. We grow up and have choices to make. Whether we choose to go to college or start a family, we are choosing to go into the world and discover ourselves. We are choosing to gain a life and start again. I think the woods and world are inspiring. They help us have ambition towards aspects of our lives. Also, in the play you see people who get what they want or wait for it to happen. This can also be applied to our lives. We can step up and get things done or we can be passive and not have the opportunity others have! I also think actually going into the woods to get the wishes done is also a symbol because it is saying to us that we need to go out into the world and get things done. We need to be proactive if we want things to be accomplished.