I chose the Little
Mermaid for my reading because I was interested in how different it
was from the Disney version. A lot of it is the same to the Disney
version such as the little mermaid being a princess as well as having
sisters. She is also into a prince and would do anything to be with
him. She ends up going to the sea witch to transform herself into a
human. This is where the difference between the Andersen tale and the
Disney tale occurs. In this story when she changes her tail into
human legs every step she takes is like a knife cutting into her.
That is not at all like the Disney story. However, like the Disney
story she does trade her voice for the transformation. Spoiler but
the prince marries another girl and the mermaid has until sunrise
before she dies. Her sisters offer her a knife that if she cuts out
the prince’s heart her tail will grow back. They leave and allow
her to make her decision.
Bibliography: This story comes from the Hans Christian Andersen Unit. Story source: Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen, translated by H. P. Paull (1872).
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