Are Mermaids True?

There are a number of fairytales, either from Grimm’s Brothers or Hans Christian Anderson, that portray numerous social issues that we still face in modern days. Social issues could include racism, equality between men and women, and ethnocentrism. These are social problems we face daily, and we have yet found solutions to eliminate\ the plentiful social issues. As said, fairy tales and children’s book always show hidden messages on problems that humans face every day. A very famous short story, which is known also by its movie, has an abundance in social issues that people face to this day. This short story is called “The Little Mermaid”, by Hans Christian

Long ago under the sea, there lived a royal mermaid family in a beautiful kingdom. Queen Ryell bore six flawless daughters to King Adron, however, one was not ordinary. She was the youngest mermaid and never fit in with the rest of the girls. She possessed long blonde curly hair with bright blue eyes. She was unique in her own way and talked to everyone she caught sight of. Although she was curious of what was outside of the Kingdom gates, she obeyed her parents and never departed. Her name was Luna.

Three years later she decided to return to her hometown and visit her family in Bakersfield, Oregon. The employees of Seaworld finally caught up to Oceania at Bakersfield only to discover that she had no fins. Along with the fact that there was no water source anywhere nearby. Confused they decided to ask the girl that the signal was coming from and were surprised to find out that it was the mermaid that they had captured.

When examining The Little Mermaid from a feminist perspective, it becomes clear that the little mermaid is a misogynistic tale that glorifies a woman’s dependence on men and the objectification of women.

Magical realism is when events, have a magical aspect to them, are entered or set into the mundane world and is naturally accepted into reality. It can include cultural and historical realities placed into ordinary worlds, supernatural people or creatures are otherwise viewed as normal, and even metamorphosis is considered a normal day to day event rather than a miracle. Magical realism may seem like other genres of fiction, however it has its own unique characteristics to characterize it as its own.

As McGovern explains in her synopsis of The Little Mermaid, a mermaid falls in love with a prince and makes a deal with a witch: She will trade her speech for legs, and if the prince marries her, she will get a soul. If he marries someone else, “she will turn to foam on the sea.” The prince does marry someone else, but the mermaid’s sisters save her by giving their hair to the witch.

She would only be granted a human soul if a human loved her with all his heart and married her. “The Prince married someone else, the Little Mermaid would not get a human soul, and she would turn to foam of the sea”(Anderesens 185). Everything the Little Mermaid had could be lost in a blink of an eye, but she did not think about the consequences. She thought only of what could possibly come out of this journey she has embarked on. The Prince married who he thought saved him, which was not the Little Mermaid. The only option she had left was to kill the Prince. Being too in love with the Prince, she could not do such a thing. “They told her that she loved the Prince so deeply that she gave her life to save his, and her soul would live forever” (Anderesend 185). Instead of turning into sea foam, the Little Mermaid rose up in the air and her soul lived forever. The Little Mermaid’s desire for knowledge and exploration made her a perfect heroine for this story. It takes courage to do what the Little Mermaid has done. Even though she was timid, she achieved more than expected.

According to Animal Planet TV Channel that aired an incredibly controversial program about mermaids and the evidence in 2012 and 2013, the whole world should know the truth about mermaid. They invited a marine scientist Dr. Paul Robertson claims that mermaids are real, they do exist, living in the deep ocean and there’s a lot of evidence has been found all around the world.

Delvaux’s painting consist of a eight nearly identical woman sitting in chairs outside the doorways of grey rowhomes which head down a thin, long road. Towards the background of the painting, the houses are replaced by a lengthy, white wall and the road starts to bend dramatically. At the bend there is a black-hatted man walking away from the viewer and on the other side of the wall there are mermaids. Both the man and the mermaids are miniscule due to the extended perspective of the painting. The Village of The mermaids’ is confusing for many reasons. It has no central subject and uses size and perspective to minimize key figures and symbols that help the viewer form a holistic conclusion about it’s meaning. The Village of the Mermaids’ is not unlike a hydra, for every question answered two arise in its place. The painting has mysterious, eerie sentiment that plays on the viewer’s discomfort with the unknown. The Village of the Mermaids’ uses subtly unconventional geometry and positioning to achieve contradictory symbolism and ultimately a sense of discombobulation, but Mueller’s poetic analysis of the the painting fails to capture the full depth of this state of quiet disarray because people often feel the need to ground surrealist work in reality.

In the original version The Little Mermaid, longing for the prince and an eternal soul, eventually visits the Sea Witch, who sells her a potion that gives her legs, in exchange for her tongue. The Sea Witch cuts her tongue and warns her that once she becomes a human, she will never be able to return to the sea. Drinking the potion made out of snakes and

The mystical maidens of the sea, better known as mermaids, have been featured in everything from the folklore of the past to the fiction of the present, but what do we really know about them? Legends of these half-human, half-fish creatures exist all over the globe, and even if they are merely legend, they’re a pretty fascinating manifestation of what the human imagination can produce. Here are six things you might not know about these mythical creatures.

Mermaids are legends that have been among us for years; moreover, to understand the legends, one must look at their history, their mystical powers and their distinct descriptions. Mermaids, Mermen, and Merbabys are making more of an appearance in our waters than they ever have. These mystical creatures are swimming back into our world.

In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, both Macbeth and Lady Macbeth contributed to the murder of King Duncan and the murders that follow. Macbeth is known for his bravery and courage as a soldier on the battlefield, and as a solider he is very familiar with killing people, which we later see throughout the play. This shows that Macbeth is solely responsible for the murders he commits throughout the play. Although, Macbeth may seem totally responsible for these murders, other characters actions in the play including Lady Macbeth, the witches, and himself led Macbeth to his downfall.

Out of all of the mythological femme fatal of legend, the mermaid is the most commonly used in the pop culture of modern times.

To start, immense strides have been taken towards racial equality, but remnants of the past still prevail. Considering the immense darkness of America’s history and the old-fashioned views of those in high power positions, the remains are frankly understandable. In the 60’s, the Civil Rights Movement started an equality revolution resulting in desegregation, voting rights, and discrimination laws. In a famous speech made by Martin Luther King Jr., he states hopes his children will be granted with a future where they don’t face discrimination because of their skin color. With this being said, the strides MLK took made his dream partially true, but effects of racism are still seen in today’s society. A psychologist at the University of Pittsburgh, Janet Schofield once said, “After the big civil-rights push in the 1960’s. People thought the problem was solved. Now it’s becoming increasingly apparent that it is not fixed,” (Stover 14). The problems involving race in society will continually grow until properly recognized and resolved.