Ariel : A Short Story : The Story Of A Mempest

Earlier today I watched the Disney movie from my new book, and I am already in love. The energetic music makes me want to get up and dance around and around. The tunes are incredibly fun to sing along to, even evil Ursula’s song. Sometimes she scares me with her long black tentacles and dark potion filled caves. Her eels are just as frightening. Ariel, on the other hand, was so pretty in her light sky-blue dress when she toured the village. The pale

The prince treats the mermaid as a slave and a child (“Harlot”). She dances for him anytime he asks even though it feels like she is stepping on knives. It is just like her grandmother would say “Pride must suffer pain” (Andersen). She has to sit and listen to him talk about the girl he thinks saved him on the beach. He talks about how beautiful the mystery woman is and how he wants to marry her. She has to sit there and just listen because the mermaid cannot speak. The prince gives her a cushion outside of his room and she goes along with anything he says and thinks it a privilege to be there. She accepts any attention that she can get from the

Ursula bribes Ariel that she will grant her wishes if she let her have her voice. She will let her be human for three days and able to see the Prince. But she must give him the kiss of true love or she belongs to Ursula. She won’t be able to see her father and sisters. Ariel agrees to these terms and signs the contract

As a payment for Ursula’s magic potion, Ariel must sacrifice her beautiful voice (Disney). Ariel’s desire for life “where they walk, where they run, where they stay all day in the sun,” is more priceless than her family’s honor, her mermaid fins, and her voice (Disney). In order to keep her land legs, Ariel must win the prince’s love before sunset on the third day (Disney). After many events concerning Ursula’s evil intercessions, Ariel’s dreams become a reality when Eric defeats the sea witch, wins back Ariel’s voice, and marries her (Disney).

“The Little Mermaid” by Hans Christian Andersen is one of the worlds most cherished fairy tales. Through the years, this story has inspired its fair share of different adaptations and spinoffs, as well as intertwined itself in popular culture. Although it is widely considered a children’s story today, upon close examination, we can find various elements of literary devices and themes, all of which provide the seasoned reader with a deep connection to the story. To honor the tradition of story-telling, it is essential that a short summary of the story be given.

One evening a knock was heard at our front door, it was a message from the Prince! A royal ball was to be taken place in his castle to find his bride. I just know he'll choose me, I was meant for royalty! I showed mother and Anastasia the invitation, they were just as trilled as i was, and the funny this was, Cinderella was excited too. I don't know why she thought she deserved to go after not even finishing her chores for the week. Mother told her she couldn't go unless everything was finished but to make sure she could not go, mother made the list unbelievably long. Cinderella did not take it well. She was going crazy talking to the mice in the wall, telling them all about how unfair it was.

“In return for the sea witch’s magic, the sea witch took the little mermaids voice. ”The mermaid had to agree to the terms of her fate in order to become what she wanted and to possibly have an immortal soul. The story is based on changing yourself to be with someone and magical darkness. “She felt a sharp pain and fainted. When she woke up she saw that she had a pair of pretty legs and just before her was the prince.

When the little mermaid turned fifteen, she went to the surface and saw a ship. Speeding along majestically, a storm rolled in and the ship was broken to bits. She went to save the man from the storm and brought him to land. She saw how hot he was and wanted to marry him. The little mermaid asked her grandmother about humans and learned about human souls. After hearing this, she wanted to marry the man and get a human soul, but first she needed legs.

The coming of age story for a teenage mermaid fascinated with life on land won the hearts of millions when Disney released their animated motion picture in 1989; however, the story had originally been written long before then. “The Little Mermaid” by Dutch author, Hans Christian Andersen, was published 152 years before hand as part of a children’s fairy tale book and vastly differs in regard to the 1989 Disney animated adaptation. Walt Disney’s adaptation carries a naiveté that can be sold to millions of viewers world-wide and mainly appeals to young girls by telling them that even if they are worlds apart, they can find true love. Hans Christian Andersen’s story however does not convey the same message. The original story is filled with treachery,

While writing his story, Andersen created a character its audience would sympathise with and love. However, in the end, he leaves his character’s fate up to the readers. Suddenly another omnipotent force is constantly judging their actions. Andersen relies on the children’s belief in Ariel and their concern about her well being, leading them to be good while believing that they are playing a role in reducing Ariel’s wait to enter heaven. During the ending scenes of Disney’s the Little Mermaid, King Triton discovers that Ariel’s deal cannot be undone and he sacrifices himself for his daughter’s well being. Here, the story also practices playing with its audience’s emotions. Making Ariel’s father a victim leads her to feel immense guilt for her misbehavior. The audience’s empathy for their heroine then reinforces their

Like every other kid in America, we've all grown up with the beautiful images of Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, and many other magnificent brands. For myself, I always gravitated more towards Disney films and though very much a female cliché, my love started with Princess Ariel from The Little Mermaid. It wasn't just her voice or the story that caught my attention, it was her curiosity about how human items worked and her awareness of another world that reminded me of myself. Even now at seventeen, I still find myself lost in these inspiring films and curious for more.

time in history, women were expected to live a certain way. “The ideal woman was submissive; her job was to be a meek, obedient, loving wife who was totally subservient to the men around her” (Citation 1). This is clearly the case in this story in many instances from beginning to end. The little mermaid is expected to abide the rules of the sea. She is expected to follow the path of her sisters who are content with living under the sea and is to live in her own little plot in the garden just like everyone else, but she wasn’t like the rest of her fellow mermaids. She had always had an infatuation with the surface, always longing for her 15th birthday when she would be able to rise to the surface and see the world of humans. Once she laid eyes on the human world and the handsome young prince, her desire to break free from the social norm consumed her every thought.

The story started in King Triton’s palace were there was a huge party and Ariel was the main singer! Unfortunately Ariel don’t show up. King Triton soon found out that she went to the surface and he banned her from going up there, afraid that the humans would kill Ariel like her mother. Angry, she went to her grotto with Flounder (and Sebastian, who was sneaking behind them) to show the items she collected. King Triton finds out about the Grotto and destroys it. Heartbroken, Ariel swims away and saves Prince Eric’s life. On her way back home she meets Ursula and trades her voice so that she could

The little mermaid is about 10 years old when our story begins, she has 6 older sisters all which are a year older than the last. Each sister has a square patch of sea soil in which the grow the most beautiful flowers, right behind the sea kings palace. Every day they go out and tend to there flowers Each year when a sister comes of the age 15, she is allowed to go above the surface and see the sights above. The little mermaid has to wait six long years for this event to occur, meanwhile all of her sisters are bragging and flaunting it in herface that they got to go see the sights of town and she didn’t.

In my dreams a mermaid comes to me. She is not like the little mermaid or aquamarine, she is much more than just a human with a fin instead of legs. She has long hair tangled with sea weed, her face is beautiful yet is not the face of a human. She has gills on her neck, and from her chest down she is covered in beautiful shiny scales which flow gracefully over her long green tail. She's more fish that human, and unlike these other famous mermaids she never dreams of leaving the ocean. To her, land is an unnatural combination of man made works; she has no desire to leave the wide, beautiful ocean. She comes to me in my dreams and calls me to the sea. When I’m far from the ocean her song gets quieter, but it is always there. I believe that she is a part of my soul, and without her I am not myself. She is the side of me that