Mermaids Paper

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.

Mariana, the beautiful mermaid, wanted a tuna salad, but she had a small problem since she was allergic to celery. At Sammy’s Sub Shop, Marina hoped to find tuna salad free of this dangerous vegetable. Flopping across the tiled floor to the counter, Marina placed her order and then checked her sandwich for celery, not noticing, however, the spoiled mayonnaise. At five o'clock that evening, Marina became violently ill with food poisoning. When a lifeguard at the beach discovered the problem, he called 911. Even though the mermaid had fishy breath. A handsome paramedic gave her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Wailing like a sick dog, the ambulance sped off to the hospital where the doctor on call refused to treat a sea creature with a scaly tail.

The Cove (Louie Psihoyos, 2009) is a documentary, which follows activist Ric O’Barry and The Ocean Preservation Society to expose the brutal dolphin slaughter in Taiji, Japan. The film constructs a sense of realism through naturalistic aesthetic codes and conventions. These conventions relate to the texts content, style, form and audience response and reception. The Cove employs these four levels of realism to construct a sense of authenticity and to position the audience into understanding a negative point of view portrayed about the dolphin slaughter in Taiji. The convention of content in the documentary concerns the implementation of true events, as well as the casting of real people. The style of The Cove focuses on the manipulation of

Many are in controversy to this because they simply refuse to accept the things declared about SeaWorld. These people are highly inaccurate though because they are too poorly educated to know the truth behind the squalid environment, how animals are treated, and the affects that come to haunt them. These are the people who don’t bother to have empathy for those who suffer for the sake of their entertainment. These are the people who are far too ignorant to understand the tremendous amounts of tormentor these innocent creatures undergo, and these are the people who mindlessly continue to support the cruel acts and abuse of animal freedom and their rights. Although, if a larger amount people grasped the knowledge about animal captivity’s effects on animals and the way SeaWorld had been treating them, perhaps they would unite with those of us who have a deep desire for SeaWorld to be

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.

Journalist Stephanie Collins addresses the worldwide phenomenon of the 2013 documentary Blackfish and discusses the constructed truth we are persuaded to believe. The bias presented in this documentary works very effectively and the audience is left to feel the pity for the killer whales of SeaWorld. However, can we believe everything director Gabriela Cowperthwaite presents to us? Have we just fallen victim to the constructed truth of extreme animal activists? Documentaries are known for constructing their own version of the truth they wish to portray.

Many folklores were created from each region; it went as far to movies with mermaids as the main character. Many believe mermaids are real, as far to report sightings. In 1493, off the coast of Hispaniola, Christopher Columbus reported seeing three “female forms” of half fish and half human creatures. In May 2012, a television docufiction aired on Animal Planet, Mermaids: The Body Found, which centered on experiences of national oceanic and atmospheric administration scientist, showcasing a CGI recreation of a mermaid.

Oceania explained to them that after spending three years in the ocean with the dolphins she lost her tail and almost drowned. Yet thanks to the dolphins she made it back to shore alive. She then explained that upon the loss of her fins she discovered that she was unable to swim at all and when wet didn't transform into a mermaid. They then removed the tracking device from her foot and after some debate left her

The documentary begins with a horrifying 911 call, stating “A whale has eaten one of the trainers,” giving the opening scene of Blackfish huge success with drawing in its viewers. The documentary began with the audio from

Overall this mystery remains unsolved. But most things point to mermaids being real. Lots of transcripts, painting and recordings of people seeing these beautiful creatures. We may never know the truth but, one thing we can do is to believe. Who knows maybe one day you just might see one. So to all the believers out there keep on believing and the ones who don't, start

The Loch Ness Monster terror of the scottish lakes. The monster considered fake by some, but there

At the end of September, I watched a play, “The Little Mermaid”, by Linda Daugherty, and it was directed by Tim Matheny. This play was used as a proscenium arch stage, and it was an educational theatre from Mississippi State University. Overall, the play was well written and entertaining. It was also short and simple for the audience to understand and enjoy. It was mainly based on a different version of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid” due violences and the tragic ending of Andresen’s original version because the kids were the target audience. For example, they didn’t want to show the Sea Witch cut the little mermaid’s tongue, but they showed how Disney did it. Another example was they did a happy ending with the little mermaid getting the prince instead of the prince marries a princess whom he believed that she saved him from the storm, and the little mermaid dies. The play had some strengths, but there were also a few flaws.

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.

Many kids grow up watching Disney movies, and young girls who idolize Ariel from The Little Mermaid hope that mermaids might be real. In the mockumentary Mermaids: The Body Found, directed by Sid Bennett, the idea of mermaids is explored when the actors proclaim that mermaids were found among beached whales due to Navy Sonar tests (IMDB par 2). Bennett mixes fact with fiction in an attempt to get people to relate to the beached whales. He makes a mockumentary that is believable to many due to how closely it resembles a real documentary, complete with actors posing as credible scientists. Despite having no evidence, people want to believe that myths such as mermaids do exist. Bennett’s purpose of the film is to convince people to care about how the Sonar tests affect whales by trying to make it seem as if mermaids are going through the same thing. However, he is unsuccessful because he fails to make a connection with the audience, does not have enough credible information on mermaids, and does not focus enough on the whales themselves.

Relating mermaids to (ocean service) it states “ The belief in mermaids may have arisen at the very dawn of our species. Magical female figures first appear in cave paintings in the late Paleolithic (Stone Age) period some 30,000 years ago, when modern humans gained dominion over the land and, presumably, began to sail the seas. Half-human creatures, called chimeras, also abound in mythology — in addition to mermaids, there were wise centaurs, wild satyrs, and frightful minotaurs, to name but a few”. People do believe mermaids were the first females on the earth and that might be true also might not.Also their was a bunch of other species