The Little Mermaid Research Paper
The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The Disney movie was released in year 1989. It tells the story about a rebellious 16-year-old mermaid Ariel who is fascinated with life on land. On one of her visits to the surface, she falls for a human prince. Determined to be with that human prince, Ariel makes a dangerous deal with the sea witch Ursula, to become human for three days. As the price, she must give up her ability to speak and receive the pain of every step she walks forward. It is indeed a love story, but ends more tragically than happily.
In Andersen's tale, the little mermaid is the youngest of six sisters. Since she knows one of her older sisters had once visit the big, bad upper world, she can't bear still stuck in the sea anymore. Just like the quotes in the movies says: “The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.”(The Little Mermaid, 1989) Regardless of her father's advice, she …show more content…
Ariel cannot control her heart any more. She goes to Ursula, the sea witch seeking for help. Solution is available, whereas the witch says: “you will have legs. But it will hurt; it will feel as if a sharp sword slashed through you. You can dance. But every step you take will feel as if you were treading upon knife blades so sharp that blood must flow."(Andersen, "The Little Mermaid Quotes.") In the movie, the price Ariel needs to pay is not stop at these, she will also lose her most important thing, her voice. No more talking, singing. It prevents her to tell the truth to the prince under any circumstance. And if the prince doesn’t recognize she is the girl who actually rescued him within three days, Ariel would die when the first sunlight shining on her. Despite all those painful prices, "Yes," the little mermaid said in a trembling voice, as she thought of the Prince and of gaining a human soul. (Andersen, "The Little Mermaid
In Andersen's tale, the little mermaid is the youngest of six sisters. Since she knows one of her older sisters had once visit the big, bad upper world, she can't bear still stuck in the sea anymore. Just like the quotes in the movies says: “The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake.”(The Little Mermaid, 1989) Regardless of her father's advice, she …show more content…
Ariel cannot control her heart any more. She goes to Ursula, the sea witch seeking for help. Solution is available, whereas the witch says: “you will have legs. But it will hurt; it will feel as if a sharp sword slashed through you. You can dance. But every step you take will feel as if you were treading upon knife blades so sharp that blood must flow."(Andersen, "The Little Mermaid Quotes.") In the movie, the price Ariel needs to pay is not stop at these, she will also lose her most important thing, her voice. No more talking, singing. It prevents her to tell the truth to the prince under any circumstance. And if the prince doesn’t recognize she is the girl who actually rescued him within three days, Ariel would die when the first sunlight shining on her. Despite all those painful prices, "Yes," the little mermaid said in a trembling voice, as she thought of the Prince and of gaining a human soul. (Andersen, "The Little Mermaid