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    Disney’s The Little Mermaid‚ and Finn Mortensen‚ author of The Little Mermaid: Icon and Disneyfication‚ both agree that Disney’s simplification of morals is giving viewers the wrong depiction of life. Disney’s portrayal of women and simplification of morals are giving viewers the wrong impression of life and women. Many critics call the process of simplification in Disney movies‚ “Disneyfication.” Disneyfication is especially shown in The Little Mermaid. In Disney’s version of The Little Mermaid‚ Disney

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    The main theme during the first era‚ was basically that a man will change your life for the good. In the Little Mermaid‚ Ariel had to sacrifice her voice and depend on Prince Eric to get her it back while living on land. It shows that the only way women can be happy is by having a man in their life. Ariel had an amazing voice‚ which‚ she used to sing all the time‚ until she fell in love with a man and wanted to live on land because of him. According to the Artifice‚ “by sacrificing her voice‚ Ariel

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    children liked The Little Mermaid‚ 43 children liked 101 Dalmatians‚ 56 children liked Mickey Mouse‚ 7 children liked The Little Mermaid and 101 Dalmatians‚ 10 children liked The Little Mermaid and Mickey Mouse‚ 16 children liked 101 Dalmatians and Mickey Mouse‚ 4 children liked The Little Mermaid‚ 101 Dalmatians‚ and Mickey Mouse‚ 6 children did not like any of the shows. Answer the following questions: How many students were surveyed? How many liked The Little Mermaid only? How many liked

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    “Mulan”‚ the movie was made in June‚ 19‚ 1998. “The Little Mermaid”‚ the movie was made in November‚ 17‚ 1989. This movie is older than the movie‚ “Mulan”. The movie‚ “Mulan”‚ is a real story of an ancient Chinese poem.“Mulan” the character‚ sacrifices herself to the army for her father. Mulan disguises herself as a man to join the army to go to war for her father. “Ariel” from The Little Mermaid‚ also sacrifices her identity as a mermaid to be a human. Ariel wanted to marry a human‚ but her

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    used; they actualize or concretize ideas; they make simplifying selections‚ but also amplify and extrapolate‚ they make analogies; they critique or show their respect‚ and so on” (Hutcheon 3). Hutcheon then goes on to use The Little Mermaid as an example. The Little Mermaid was adapted into a musical‚ however the musical not only told the story but also changed certain

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    Literature 3370 Growing Up In the original story of The Little Mermaid‚ by Hans Christian Andersen‚ the little mermaid wants to become something she is not. She wants to give up a lot to get something little. Through this process the little mermaid is trying to learn how to grow up. The little mermaid chooses to make a lot of decisions that a grown adult should be making from when she is young. In the Disney’s The Little Mermaid‚ the little mermaid comes across a lot of the same situations and finds

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    story that teaches us to do good deeds rather than bad. I read The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen several years ago and was amazed at how different it is from the Disney version we all know. In the Disney version‚ as with all Disney movies‚ there is a happy ending where the girl gets the prince. This is not so in the original version by Hans Christian Andersen. His happily ever is when the little mermaid gets a soul and gets to go to heaven because of her good deeds not marrying

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    fairytale Beauty and the Beast written by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont‚ and The Little Mermaid written by Hans Christian Andersen have female protagonist who are pure at heart. In both stories‚ Beauty (the protagonist in Beauty and the Beast) and the little mermaid (the protagonist in The Little Mermaid) are unpretentious women that show love to others. Both the dilemma in Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid revolve around love‚ yet both of their dilemmas are quite different. This paper will

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    MERMAID STORY: THE FISHERMAN AND HIS SOUL by OSCAR WILDE This classic mermaid story was written as a reaction to Hans Christian Andersen’s "The Little Mermaid". In Andersen’s mermaid story the mermaid longs for a soul‚ here a fisherman longs to rid himself of his soul for the love of a mermaid. Andersen’s mermaid story is strongly Christian in it’s outlook and philosophy‚ Wilde’s is delightfully pagan. Here is a brief synopsis: A young fisherman fell in love with a mermaid and wanted to join her

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    around again and again. In this particular case we are examining specifically the conspiracy of an image of a palace spire in the shape of a penis on the cover of‚ “The Little Mermaid” video cassette box art. Look closely‚ you can spot the golden palace and it’s “prize” almost immediately toward the center of the box‚ and a little bit up. There are at least two ways to examine this situation. The first outlook is deny the penis on the golden palace. It could be our brains interpreting shapes‚ and

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