Mermaids Are Merely Myths?

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.

The Little Mermaid is a fairy tale that was written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1836 and then remade by Disney in 1989, which turned out to be a popular animated film targeted for young, juvenile children, specifically girls. The Little Mermaid is about a fifteen-year-old mermaid, named Aerial, who was willing to give up her family, voice and tail to win over a man, Prince Eric. Watching The Little Mermaid as a kid, I loved the movie. I never seen any negatives until watching it again as an adult. It characterizes how women are viewed in today’s society. In The Little Mermaid, Aerial is characterized for her appearance and beautiful singing voice. Throughout the film, we learn that Aerial changes her appearance against her father’s wishes all for the marriage of a man. Aerial gave up her voice and her mermaid tail to the sea witch, Ursula, for a man that she fell in love with. The Little Mermaid is about doing whatever it takes to make dreams come true for girls but shows it negatively because Aerial alters her body to please a man. “The princess stories in the folk fairy tales are full of symbolism and portray a gritty, harsh world to reinforce the cautionary aspects of the tales being told. The Disney version of the Princess story shies away from cautionary story elements and centers on the dreams and ideals.” (Bethmann 7) With the audience and popularity targeted by children, The Little Mermaid teaches

He says that the history of mermaid start seven million years ago in Africa. Human ancestors left their shelter to find food, and there were curious about what’s in the ocean. Because of the instinct of human, the ancestors went to the ocean and adapt. Some of them drawn to the sea, but the rest adapted very well even their body change and adapt as

The story of the Little Mermaid is one of the most popular fairy tales, it's Disney adaptation is also very popular. To children, it is just a story about a mermaid who turns into a human to be with her true love but when analyzed from different perspectives, it can reveal a lot about the story itself and what children are learning from it.

The documentary "Mermaids the body found" released in May 2012, produced by Josh Wilkins and Theresa Ryan discusses the possibilities of real-life mermaids and how they came to form. In 2004 the NOAA team also known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration claimed that there was a group of boys who saw a weird animal that appeared human-like and lived underwater. This theory was reported to the navy for investigation when a bunch of whales appeared dead on the beach, the whales and sharks had serve force to their ear, that caused internal bleeding. The question was what caused it?

“I’m sixteen years old, I’m not a child anymore,” Ariel says in one of the scenes of the 1989 Disney hit film “The Little Mermaid.” Attempt saying that to you parents! With this quote Ariel basically says to parents that being sixteen makes young girls an adult, able to disobey them and find love in a man. However, for all young girls the little mermaid is best known as Ariel, a beautiful, red-haired mermaid who is in love and willing to do anything to be accepted and loved by others. The Little Mermaid has portrayed significant feminine roles that young girls view and believe to be truthful. As soon as the Disney film starts this message is shown through breathtaking colorful

The Deeper Tale of the Mighty Mermaid When people think of Disney fairytales, most immediately associate with fun, happy endings, imagination, and dreams come true. While this is not inherently wrong, it seems they can take it too far. Historically speaking, fairy tales were intended to impart life lessons, values, and morals. However, when Disney sets out to create fairy tale films, ultimately, they tend to alter the original story line so much that the original context tends to disappear. The Little Mermaid is an example of this, and after further examination the contrast of the original intent of Andersen will be established.

Mermaids originated from aquatic ape’s years ago when dinosaurs still roamed our earth. As Tim Chaffey stated, “Our supposed ape-like ancestors started living near the oceans, and the narrator informs viewers that “this is where our advanced intelligence began to develop” thanks to the “brain-building nutrients” like iodine and fatty acids so abundant in the shellfish gathered there,” their brain capacity and

First of all, from lines 14 to 22, this paragraph with the anthropomorphic approach, it describes the city filled with night fog at dusk, giving a sense of decadence. Secondly, the author used anaesthetized patients to describe the sky, and the yellow mist like a lazy cat, showing his mood of hesitation and the distance between him and others; moreover, the weather caused by industrial pollution surrounded him to make him feel oppressed.

“The Little Mermaid” Is inappropriate for children because it would teach them it is okay to give up everything just for a boy you just meet. ¨It's no coincidence that the adultification of the fairy tale happened over the same time period in which the children who'd originally enjoyed the Disney versions grew up, and surprisingly little needs to be changed to turn a children's story into an adult-oriented (and adult-rated) film.¨Fairy tales don't have much to have to be turned into an adult film. This story is inappropriate for children to read because of the adult content. The Little Mermaid is not appropriate for children to read because of the

In Andersen’s short story, the mermaid has fallen in love with a statue of a prince, completely fonding over it. The little mermaid

Long before there were mermaids ,some 4,000 years ago, there was Ea, the Babylonian God of the sea. He had the lower body of a fish and the upper body of a man, much like we see depicted today in mermaids.

In conclusion, it is most likely that mermaids are non existent but there is a possibility that they are out there somewhere.  The three reasons why mermaids are just ancient folklore are that people mistook a flipper for an arm, people were deceived by the media, and they thought the AAT or aquatic ape theory was true when there are many explanations of why it is not true such as there is no proof. So maybe after all mermaids don't exis

Mermaids, half human half fish, have been the subject of sailors fishtails for hundreds of years. Obviously the idea of mermaids is nothing but mythology, nevertheless, you still find people trying to prove the existence of these mythical beings. Popular culture has depicted mermaids in two drastically different ways. One, as beautiful creatures able to draw in anyone without saying a word, who will do no harm to humans; some go as far as saying they will help humans.The other, as evil conniving creatures, eager to lead men to their deaths. If we use the tools Carl Sagan has given us in his Baloney Detection Toolkit, we can easily debunk the idea of mermaids.

Although some people don’t believe in mermaid’s there has been sightings. “Christopher columbus was sailing near the dominican republic, and claims to have seen female forms that rose high out of the sea but were not as beautiful as they are represented.” He wrote all of this in his log which is a primary source. Also “in 1614, English explorer John Smith went to the Caribbean and claimed to have seen a mermaid. he explained her as "Her long green hair imparted to her an original character by no means unattractive," he wrote in his journal, adding that he'd "begun to experience the first effects of love," she revealed her fish parts when she turned over which is proof she was a mermaid”(Experts: Sea cow 'sirens' fuel mermaid mythology; sailors'