Research Paper On Mermaid Tales

First and foremost, the character development in “Mermaids,” is the polar opposite of what any tragic story would be. The main character Torchy has no evident or visible hamartia, he is indeed a weak character when he is first presented, however he does not have that key tragic flaw that every protagonist in a tragic story has. He also lacks the element of peripeteia, it is true that he does many foolish things, such as gambling, drugs, and self inflicting harm. However, none of these acts initially lead to his demise, in fact, his poor experiences help him grow as a character. “I feel my blood drain… I lean hard against a parking meter” (Van Camp 1). When first presented to us, Torchy is shown as a person that is strong on the outside, he always has his guard up and is constantly aware of his surroundings. However, on the inside he is a vulnerable man, conscious of his mortality where he harms himself to relieve the pain that he is feeling. “I can feel it build. I don’t want to scare her… I hug her

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

Once upon a time, there were these three mermaids. In the deep blue sea there names were Sirene,Nixie,and Lyla they were with their pod. The mermaids went for a swim away from their pod in they went to this island to look around in they found these starfish that they put on their ear. When the three mermaids left when they got where they pod was at they was not there the pod had disappeared ,so they want back to the island in was talking like where did our pod go.The mermaids heard people talking it was this boy name Zac and his family they were out there camping. Zac told his family that he was going for a walk in he saw this cave so he was thinking like should I go in then, so Zac end up going into the cave.When Zac went

The next discussion about “The Little Mermaid” is the other archetypal characteristics present in the story. One of the main archetypal characteristics in the story would be “the lover”. The whole theme of the story is about love and how a person can go on a outrageous adventure to reach the one she adores. “Inside, she

Many people believe that the animals and merfolk under the sea just go with the flow. Not everything under the sea is as perfect and relaxed as it seems to be. There are a lot of flaws with everything under the sea. “The Little Mermaid,” by Hans Christian Andersen, contains many forms of the feminist lens throughout the short story.

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.

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?

Hans Christian Andersen’s story follows a similar protagonist, but a varied story line. She, too, yearns to visit the surface like her five older sisters (Anderson). However, she must wait for her fifteenth birthday (Anderson). On her visit to the surface, she saves “a young prince, the most beautiful of all, with large black eyes,” from a shipwreck and falls in love with him (Anderson). Repeated visits to the surface cause her to “grow more and more fond of human beings, and wish more and more to be able to wander about with those whose world seemed to be so much larger than her own” (Anderson). The little mermaid discovers that if her young prince were to love her, she could gain an immortal soul (Anderson). Despite her fear, she decides to visit the sea witch who then cures her of her fins…for a price

Close your eyes and imagine you’re in the ocean with beautiful fish swimming all around you. Now look down. You have scales all over you and they’re holographic. You are a mermaid. Once you open your eyes it is all gone voices in your head tell that it is all just a legend but, is it really? These majestic creatures that we call mermaids have been seen before.

(Alice Bradley Sheldon) uses the mythical object of a mermaid made of garbage to bring the reader into her world of fantasy in the story as well as to serve as a warning about the future. Tiptree describes the mermaid as one that is made of “all sorts of pieces of plastic, rope, styrofoam, netting, crates, and bolts— much of it clothed with that torn translucent white polyethylene for skin…” (Tiptree p. 384). Although the mermaid lacks mobility, it is able to reach out towards the man who found her. The town that the narrator of the story presides in is described by the following quote: “The effluvia of half a dozen hotels and the town behind ran out of pipes that were barely covered at low tide; only a few parrot-fish, who can stand anything, remained by the hotel-side restaurants to feed on the crusts the tourists threw them from their tables” (Tiptree p. 374)

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.

existence”. This is just a theory trying to make sense of what could of happened back in time that could make sense as into how mermaids are real. Does the theory really make sense though? In a post by the website The Guardian, it says, “It is one of the most unusual evolutionary ideas ever proposed: humans are amphibious apes who lost their fur, started to walk upright and developed big brains because they took to living the good life by the water’s edge”. This theory was brought up in the 1960s by a biologist that goes by the name Sir Alister Hardy, that the ape developed an upward stance and a subcutaneous fat to keep warm in the water temperatures and this allowed all of their hair to fall off. It is also proves that there is a lot of omega

The Little Mermaid is a story about a young girl who is not afraid of trying new things because she is willing to get out of her comfort zone to try new things. There is this specific quote that say the following; “Children have got to be free to lead their own lives.” (Korman, Cuddy 1994) The life lesson here is that we must not be afraid to try new things so that good things can happen in our life’s. One must not be afraid of new changes and must be willing to adapt to new and unknown situations. The Little Mermaid was not afraid however there was the situation that her father would now allow her to leave the sea which was there home and were he would be able to keep her safe. That would not stop her from going out of her comfort zone and wanting to try new things. Many of us especially adults will give in to being comfortable with what we have and will not want to go out and try new things. Life is full of adventures and I believe that we have to be more like the younger children and be willing to try new things because if we don’t then we will never leave that comfort zone to be able to move on with our lives. I will finish with this quote which

When I was young, I wished I was a mermaid. I could swim around with the animals all day and heal them because I understood. “Do you want to ride my mermaid to prom,” I asked my mother at age 5. Even though it doesn’t make any sense. First of all mermaids are in the water and secondly why to prom?

Finally it came the time for the little mermaid to surface with her other sisters to see the sights of the lands above the sea, and she saw the most glamourous ship that had ever sailed. And if she rode the waves just right, so that they carried her up, up an up; she could see the inside of the ship. Inside was a boy, a real human boy! Oh and was he lovely, she thought that he was the most beautiful creature she had ever laid eyes on. As she watched him dance with the other humans on the ship she grew more, and more in love with him, and when he walked out on the deck of the ship great balls of colour and fire rose from the ship and exploded in the sky making it bright as day! It very much fightened her so that she dove back under the waves,