The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

Throughout history, there have been a manifold of variations on the mythical Siren. Traditionally told through Greek Mythology, they are mermaid-like creatures who sing beautiful songs that lure nearby sailors to their death by shipwreck. Two variations on this classic character are found in Homer’s Odyssey and Margaret Atwood’s “Siren Song”. In both of these pieces of literature, we find very different tone usage, contrasting points of view, and various techniques of conveying the Siren's to…

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…

Spirited Away is an animated Japanese film (anime), by Hayao Miyazaki, he “has made many famous films including; Laputa: The Castle in The Sky (1986) and Princess Mononoke (1997) and his excellent work has earned him the title of ‘Walt Disney of Japan’” (Dugdale). Even though the film maker decided to retire in 1997, he decided to create Spirited Away after noticing that young girls don’t have much to look out to in the media other that romance, he wanted to create a film “in which they could be…

cry, often in all in the same movie. Disney Pictures’ definition also comes from its impressive morals that take away from the determination, humor, and love in each movie. Beauty and Beast teaches children to love the beauty within someone; The Little Mermaid teaches viewers to be open to adventure and exploration. Disney movies of all kinds are worthwhile to watch because they teach important life lessons. Like popular Disney movies, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn teaches valuable life…

People say that love can make you do crazy things. A short story written by Hans Andersen called “The Little Mermaid” sounds like a story based on this quote. This story is about a young mermaid who wants to be loved. In the story the young mermaid has a growing obsession with the world of the humans. She dreams of the day that she is allowed to go to the surface, sit on the rocks, and watch the ships go by. The girls are only allowed to go to the surfaces at the age of fifteen and at night.…

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 mermaids will enter…

The Little Mermaid,Pocahontas,Aladdin and Beauty and the Beast are Disney legends. Legends that are best recalled by musical pieces, including passionate and in depth lyrics. Alan Menken's played a crucial role in the Disney Renaissance in the 1990’s.He not only produced over multimillion dollar musical hits, but also contributed to the idea of letting the music guide viewers with emotions and understanding a character's action.Therefore, the most influential musician is Alan Menken. Alan…

that she is half mermaid. It all starts of when Emily mother lets Emily take swimming lessons. Which Emily had been begging her mother to let her do so for years. However, once in the pool she notices that her legs get numb and she gets out of the pool as fast as she could. Emily decided to go swimming again by her house to find out what was going on with her legs once in the water. It turn out that every time she went into the water her legs would become a tail. She was a mermaid. After…

being his best friend and buddy being his “wanna be sidekick” (476). Even though its true Mr. Incredible has an intimate relationship with “Elastigirl”, “his masculine identity is shown mainly through his relationship with buddy” (476). During the beginning of the movie buddy looks up to Mr. Incredible as the top super hero and the strongest man in the world, thus showing his masculinity. Only later in the film Buddy aka “Syndrome” takes Mr. Incredibles family and him hostage and shows Mr.…

L is for Laughter L is for Laughter. I have many types of laughs that are embarrassing to possess. My first type of laugh is similar to a horrifying witch. When I was 10 I would laugh like that and I'd be called their little witch instead of their little mermaid. I can still laugh like a witch, I just choose not to because I don't want to be called a witch. The worst part was when I would think about painting my face green so I could be The Wicked Witch of the West. My second type of laugh is…