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    for Disney’s The Little Mermaid, her penalty for failure is returning to a mermaid. However, in Andersen’s story if the Prince doesn’t love her, she will die by turning into sea foam. Instead, Disney decided the penalty would be changing her back into a mermaid contain enough impact. Death may seem as if it is an extreme option, but the possibility of dying represents real-life. Every day people die, it’s a reality that everyone needs to accept it. For both stories, the mermaid loses her ability…

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    while he was drunk, though." Then she slipped off the rock and down through another hole. James followed and rose to the surface before he realized that he was on a shore covered in shells. "What is this place?" "The mermaid 's rock. My favorite place in the whole world." "We have a mermaid rock too!" "Yes, we do." As the sun slipped behind the ocean they swam back through the first hole into the cave but Ella quickly stopped short. "Wait, James, watch the walls when the light hits us under…

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    “fairy tales being unattainable”. Fairy tales, as intended, were supposed to echo real life, and be grounded enough that people could relate to them or take something away from them. Take, for example, the Hans Christian Anderson tale The Little Mermaid. In the original story, the protagonist makes the choice to exchange her voice for legs. She then proceeds to have her tongue removed out of her mouth…

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    People remember from their childhood when parents read them a fairy tale such as “The Little Mermaid” and “Beauty and the Beast” before they went to sleep. Fairy tales have a huge importance to society and children because several of them were made into movies and fairy tales can be derived from folklore, ancient poetry, or medieval European literature. Also, many fairy tales have several morals in them while others relate back to valuable life lessons for people. With morals and many children…

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    The photo “Mermaids Hate Plastic” by Benjamin Von Wong features a vibrant color scheme. The extremely bright blue and green colors help to lead the viewer's eyes to the mermaid laying on the floor. On a first glance the clash of the blue and green against the neutral tan color create an elegant background for the mermaid laying on the floor. The mermaid is colored with a very bright orange and violet to draw the eye of the viewer to the mermaid. Bottles create a illusion of an ocean, but upon…

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    Princess Aquaria seashell red-handed Princess Aquaria seashell red handed is nothing you have thought of before!!! She is a half mermaid and half fairy. Princess Aquaria Seashell is a princess pirate and her job is to kidnap animals to eat . Pirates are mostly are intimidating and annoying but this one is absolutely compassionate . She is mighty, fearless and good at fooling minds . Seashell is Princess Aquaria Seashell red handed surname . Princess Aquaria red-handed is a very snappy…

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    The Terrible Ocean and Monstrous Female Representation In The Odyssey, Homer utilizes the female Scylla and Charybdis to represent the dangers of the sea and the dangers of female agency through drawing parallels between the ocean and femininity. In the text, the ocean is portrayed as something monstrous and uncontrollable. This is shown through the various creatures they encounter on their journey, specifically Scylla and Charybdis. Scylla and Charybdis are depicted as female monsters that are…

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    Similarly, The Little Mermaid and Cinderella are both classic Disney favorite movies about two teenagers that fall in love despite family interactions, parental restrictions, and magical influences. In The Little Mermaid, Ariel wants to discover life outside of the sea and finds herself in trouble with her overprotective father after she ventures to the surface. Her father has forbidden her to go to shore and tasks her with things to occupy her time. For instance, singing with her sisters in an…

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    twelve and your coach is about to be nothing more than a pumpkin and you don’t want your prince seeing you dressed like that do you. Now hurry along child, go ! The films Cinderella release in 1950, Beauty and the Beast release in 1991, and The Little Mermaid released in 1989 I have been able to conclude that these films created by Disney reinforce typical Female stereotypes. This has had a negative impact on the viewers as these stereotypes are seen as the Social Norm. These reports will look…

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    Stereotypes In Cartoons

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    Thinking of You Small waist, round hips, an hourglass shape. This is the ideal shape that women in cartoons are supposed to have. If they're considered evil or bad, they're more curvy like me. So am I evil? Cartoons seem to have a way to share a secret message that we don't see unless we're looking closely. The message that you're not beautiful unless your skin is light, you have a small waist, and have long skinny legs. This is one of the many ones you can get from watching closely. As kids we…

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