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Single Sea Foam to Married Mermaid The original The Little Mermaid, written by Hans Christian Andersen, and the Disney version are closer than I had first thought. It turns out that Disney had only changed the ending to fit the Disney-fication process, besides adding music. The original piece isn’t as sad as thought. I’m glad I got to actually sit down and read Andersen’s version of The Little Mermaid. Both versions of The Little Mermaid follow the six-step formula for a Shakespearean comedy.…

The first theme is Little Women is the necessity of work for balance and functioning. According to the text, “As the height of luxury, Meg put out some of her sewing, and then found time hung so heavily that she fell to snipping and spoiling her clothes in her attempts to furbish them up a la Moffat. Jo read till her eyes gave out and she was sick of books, got so fidgety that even good natured Laurie had a quarrel with her, and so reduced in spirits that she desperately wished she had gone with…

Analyzing one of the opening scenes of the film “Little Otik”, directed by Jan Svankmajer. This scene begins with a black and white version of two mannequins in many different sex positions. Preceding that scene is a colored close up of a tree being sawed and chopped down. We see the wife of the man cutting the tree down looking out the window with a saddened face. As she glares at her husband cutting down the tree she comes inside to open a trunk that seems to have a lot of sentimental meaning…

Emily Gregson, SOCI 1101/13, Feature Film Analysis The movie I choose is The Little Mermaid, it was released on November 15th, 1989. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions in the United States and was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. OVERVIEW/RELEVANCE OF THE FEATURE FILM The movie was based off of a Danish story written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837. The writers, like in many other animated Disney movies, wanted to take a fun twist on what was originally a very dark fairy…

a powerful concept highlighted in all fairytales. The story of “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault,“ Little Red Cap” by Grimms brother and the story of “The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Anderson have a hidden meaning about sexual curiosity, which is observed by the adult readers. Little Red Riding Hood is a story about women loosing her virginity, which is marked as loosing her innocence. On the other hand, The Little Mermaid is about women sacrificing her sexuality and repressing…

When I first watched Disney 's version of "The Little Mermaid" when I was younger, I knew there was something wrong with Ariel giving up her voice. I was so annoyed at her for making that decision -- Why would she give up her talent and her ability to talk for Prince Eric? What was even the point of doing that if she couldn 't talk to him? After now having read the original Hans Christian Anderson version, this time with a feminist theoretical lens applied to the story, I better understand why…

onto others, as they grow and become the leaders of tomorrow. This article specifically discusses these troublesome dynamics within a different Disney film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” but these themes are also relevant and expressive in The Little Mermaid, and only encourage the theory that these ideas are instilled within Disney’s values. In both films, the female character often dreams about an alternative life elsewhere, which highlights the problems within her current environment and…

In the novel, Little Brother, Marcus proves to be clever and quick-thinking. Firstly, Marcus is very clever. In the fifth chapter of the book, Marcus realized someone had been in his room when he found a bug planted in his laptop. He was smart enough to understand the possibility that there is also a camera watching him. Marcus says, “Knowing how to turn a toilet paper roll and three bucks’ worth of parts into a camera detector is just good sense” (Doctorow 85). Overall, this quotation proves…

First, starting out with what each mermaid desires most. Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” has come to terms with wanting a soul, “more and more she grew to love human beings and wished that she could leave the sea and live among them,” (Andersen 65) but pays the ultimate price overall when this ordeal takes place. In Disney’s The Little Mermaid, she has come to the conclusion that she also wants to be part of the human world, after being curious but her ultimate goal is be with the prince. Both…

girlfriend. Strong female protagonists, despite their scarcity, do exist. But even the strongest women often turn into love struck, bashful little girls when they meet and fall in love with a man, and the rebellious red headed little mermaid is no exception. The little mermaid’s change of character is far more obvious in Disney’s version of the tale. While the original little mermaid is quiet and thoughtful, Ariel is daring, courageous, and full of curiosity. It’s a refreshing change – she is…