Andersen 's “The Little Mermaid " is a story involving one of the princess of the sea royal family that tries to change her nature through magic to gain the heart of the prince but also to achieve immortal soul , with the help of the sea witch . Unfortunately she realizes that the prince does not have similar feeling toward her and soon finds herself with a dilemma where she has to kill him otherwise she dies. She refuses to kill him and die, but luckily she joins the Daughters of the Air who offer her another chance to achieve her goal in exchange for good deeds during 300 years. Andersen 's tale reveals that the story is a far more complex fairy tale compare to the classic one: through the several separations, the complexity of the protagonist
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It consists of different types of life forms which we have rarely seen in the other tales. The first level of hierarchy that is present at the beginning of the story is the life of the sea. The life of the sea is the lowest point as the creatures and individuals living in the sea do not have any chance to become immortal after their death. They are turned into sea foam when they die. Whereas the human life is the second level, they have a chance to become immortal after their lifespan and therefore show the superiority to the sea life. Despite the fact that the mermaids can 't achieve an immortal soul on their own, they have a chance to achieve it through the sacrifice of their tales and the love of a human which will transfer part of his soul to the mermaid. The third level of spiritual hierarchy is the daughters of the air; they have the possibility of achieving an immortal life if they attain the quest imposes by the gods which are to do good deeds for 300 years. It is similar to the second level of spirituality as they both have a chance to get immortality. The last spiritual level is the heaven where all immortal souls resides, the heaven is said to be the place closer to the god and only the good people are chosen to be part of it .
Hence, the originality and complexity of the works of Andersen in “The Little Mermaid “proves to be a story which requires more thinking and analysis with the 2 separations points that are tricky and unusual, the 2 mains quests of the protagonist Involving the prince 's love and the eternal soul and finally the spiritual hierarchy which implies the different life forms in the story, unknown to the classic fairy
It consists of different types of life forms which we have rarely seen in the other tales. The first level of hierarchy that is present at the beginning of the story is the life of the sea. The life of the sea is the lowest point as the creatures and individuals living in the sea do not have any chance to become immortal after their death. They are turned into sea foam when they die. Whereas the human life is the second level, they have a chance to become immortal after their lifespan and therefore show the superiority to the sea life. Despite the fact that the mermaids can 't achieve an immortal soul on their own, they have a chance to achieve it through the sacrifice of their tales and the love of a human which will transfer part of his soul to the mermaid. The third level of spiritual hierarchy is the daughters of the air; they have the possibility of achieving an immortal life if they attain the quest imposes by the gods which are to do good deeds for 300 years. It is similar to the second level of spirituality as they both have a chance to get immortality. The last spiritual level is the heaven where all immortal souls resides, the heaven is said to be the place closer to the god and only the good people are chosen to be part of it .
Hence, the originality and complexity of the works of Andersen in “The Little Mermaid “proves to be a story which requires more thinking and analysis with the 2 separations points that are tricky and unusual, the 2 mains quests of the protagonist Involving the prince 's love and the eternal soul and finally the spiritual hierarchy which implies the different life forms in the story, unknown to the classic fairy