The Tale Of Tulisa

The love story of that in The Tale of Tulisa has been repeated throughout history by different cultures to portray a similar yet unique message to women of different time and cultures, starting with India. The plotline of this folktale provides the basis for those as the Iron Heinrich in Germany, accompanied with The Princess and the Frog of Disney’s “American” culture. These three works all depict a similar story, moreover different cultures have taken an original myth and have adapted it to better suit the specific region. The Tale of Tulisa and The Princess and the Frog depict a love between a cursed prince and a woman of low societal standing; exhibiting one’s ability to change their societal standing. The myths both begin with young women …show more content…
India’s version, the original, The Tale of Tulisa, focuses on the impact of money that can have on family relations and finding love in an arranged marriage. “Their complaints and reproaches increased her unhappiness,” this displays that her family after returning to their humble lives complain of losing their riches. The Indian folktale places emphasis on pleasing one’s family, assisting in raising the family in a hierarchy, as well as finding love even if it is arranged. This emphasis shows the important focus on the cultural ideals of Indian society and will contrast the other cultural representations of The Tale of Tulisa. The first adaptation of this came from German, called Iron Heinrich in which a princess loses her ball and it is retrieved by a frog who is a prince under a curse. The folklore of Germany is a tale of coming to age, as well as keeping promises made to people, they do this with the princess promising the frog to come to a feast. This does not follow the typical myth since she does not fall in love with him but is left to him in her fathers will, “according to her father’s will, her dear companion and husband.” In this sense it is found that the German folklore was created to inform young girls on the power of being kind and keeping ones promises in order to achieve love. This differs from the Disney version The Princess and the Frog, the main message in this movie is to not judge a person by their appearance rather their personality. In the end of the film, Tiana marries the prince despite him remaining in the frog form after falling in love with his personality. This can be seen at the end of the movie: “So, by the power invested in me… I now pronounce you frog and wife.” With no guarantee that she would have a prince in the