The Little Mermaid

is full of tough choices innit." This statement made by Ursula, the sea witch in Disney's Little Mermaid, sums up the plot in both the original book by Hans Christian Andersen and Disney's animated version. Both revolve around the choices of a young girl seeking love. The stories are similar, but have striking differences. Desire, cost and sacrifice are at the heart of both accounts of a young mermaid becoming a woman, but while one story shows growth and responsibility, the other presents a…

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 not like all…

Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”, the mermaid is made to be more dependent on males, more materialistic, and more ungrateful than she had been in the original tale. Many authors such as Roberta Trites, Gwendolyn L. Hofmann, and L. Dundes and A. Dundes agree with the fact that Disney completely changed the moral of the story and made it much more sexist than it had previously been. These authors have written articles examining the sexism in Disney’s “The Little Mermaid”. The mermaid in Disney’s…

even just the simple fear of the child getting hurt or lost. In many Disney films, there is this frequent theme of a spouse losing their loved one and then being overall protective over the child. This can be seen in Finding Nemo (2003) and The Little Mermaid (1989). These two fathers are raising a child without…

forgive unforgivable actions done towards you. Circumstances such as a feud or hate could cause many options for the person to decide his or her destiny but the one that can be humble and wise is the one that gets the better end of the stick. The Little Mermaid was revised to capture the minds of young children and show them that different circumstances are terrible in a different level of perception. In the story of Sakuntala and the Ring of Recollection there are different types of writing.…

Who is the Little Mermaid? For me, when I was growing up, all I knew was Disney’s version. The Little Mermaid was a teenager named Ariel who fell in love with a prince named Eric. He was on land; she was in the sea. Going against her father’s advice, Ariel goes to the sea witch Ursula so that she can walk on land as well. Through ups and downs, the story concludes happily and everything is a fairytale ending. That’s what fairytales are--happy endings, right? In today’s society, when we hear…

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” was originally a fairy tale written in 1837 by Hans Christian Andersen that portrayed a young mermaid that faces the tribulations that comes with growing up and showcased her struggle to obtain what she wants most in life. Since then, Andersen’s story has inspired several movie adaptations, once of which being “The Little Mermaid” produced by Disney in 1989. In both the movie and book, similar archetypes between characters can be examined, however the mermaid’s ultimate fate…

Ariel A.K.A The Little Mermaid Ariel, the Little Mermaid, sadly passed away on the beach due to water poisoning on July 8th , 2023. She was only 49 years old at the time. She was swimming on the beach with her old friend Flounder. Flounder is Ariel’s friend from her youth when she lived underwater. Ariel was born to King Triton, the king of Atlantica. Ariel loved to explore and she loved to collect anything unusual in the sea, like gadgets and gizmos. As she is out exploring, she meets a…

Andersen wrote the orignal version of “The Little Mermaid”. It is a very dark and gruesome tale. However, the Grimm’s version of “The Little Mermaid” which was written only a few short years after Andersen’s version was published, is very similar. Both of the stories follow the same plot line, and many of the same things happen each story. The two stories have very few differences. There are very few differences between the two versions of “The Little Mermaid”. One thing that differentiate the…