Little Mermaid Disney Movie Analysis

The original tale is written by Hans Christian Anderson. Disney’s version could be called a complete 180 from the original. There are some small parts that align, like her saving the prince and falling for him and visiting the sea witch who takes her tongue (voice) for her legs. The deal remains the same: the mermaid can only stay human if the prince falls in love with her and marries her. However, the penalty is far more severe, she will die if she fails. There is also an unfortunate penalty to have legs: every single step she takes on land will feel like she is walking on sharp glass. On the other hand in the Disney movie the prince ends up with another girl (in the story, they do get married and it’s not the sea witch). She is given one option left to return to the sea. If she kills the prince, she can keep her life and gets to be a mermaid again. I’d say that’s a win-win. Of course, it isn’t for her, she loves the prince so much that she can’t go through with it. The mermaid throws herself in the sea and turns into sea foam. At least she was faithful till the

Both versions explains her curiosity for the human world. From reading the story and watching the Disney movie you can comprehend that she wants to live among the humans. But a big difference in the two stores is that you have to have the human truly love you in order to get a soul. She must have the prince fall in love with her that he would give her his soul. So they both would have a soul.

Ponyo and The Little Mermaid have reflected important societal views on the individuality and standards for women during their time period. Both Ponyo and Ariel display promising female characters within a society where they did not value the individuality of women. The Little Mermaid (by Disney), and Ponyo (by Hayao Miyazaki), share similar storylines. They are both about women trying to become a part of the human world in order to be with the men they love. In order to do so, they make some mischievous and dangerous decisions.

She would only be granted a human soul if a human loved her with all his heart and married her. “The Prince married someone else, the Little Mermaid would not get a human soul, and she would turn to foam of the sea”(Anderesens 185). Everything the Little Mermaid had could be lost in a blink of an eye, but she did not think about the consequences. She thought only of what could possibly come out of this journey she has embarked on. The Prince married who he thought saved him, which was not the Little Mermaid. The only option she had left was to kill the Prince. Being too in love with the Prince, she could not do such a thing. “They told her that she loved the Prince so deeply that she gave her life to save his, and her soul would live forever” (Anderesend 185). Instead of turning into sea foam, the Little Mermaid rose up in the air and her soul lived forever. The Little Mermaid’s desire for knowledge and exploration made her a perfect heroine for this story. It takes courage to do what the Little Mermaid has done. Even though she was timid, she achieved more than expected.

On the surface the films Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid have little in common.

The Disney Version of Cinderella and the Egyptian version are different and similar in several ways and they have different cultures, characters, looks, and the characters and the actions taken by them are different. There were also some similarities found amongst these different things. These two stories are both very different and similar in the ways that were described. Many places have different cultures, the Disney version of Cinderella is based off of the American-European culture, whereas, the Egyptian version, Rhodopis, is based off of the Egyptian culture.

Growing up watching Disney movies you never notice how sexist they really are. I always watched The Little Mermaid, but watching it now is very different. When you are younger you just watch things because you like them, you do not necessarily understand them. As you get older you realize what you were really being taught. Walt Disney’s movie The Little Mermaid displays a lot of sexism and displays how society should see women and how women should act.

Although the stories both focus around Beauty and the Beast in Langs Versions Beauty was once a rich girl with multiple siblings whose father lost his wealth and became

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

Based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen, The Little Mermaid tells the story of a beautiful mermaid princess who dreams of becoming a human and discover the land above the sea. This film is what I used to compare to the Allegory of the Cave. The theme in the story is similar to Plato’s theme, because Ariel is blocked off from the outside world and only when she finds a way to escape and see land, does she realize the endless possibilities that await her.

Throughout everyone’s childhood, Disney has been a huge impact on the imagination and wonders on a child’s life. Everyone’s childhood favorite of Disney’s movies and books include Cinderella, Snow White and the seven Dwarfs, and even The Little Mermaid. However, the original versions of these stories, some may not know of were written by the Grimm Brothers. These include a darker version of the stories, where pain and death can be read about. Comparisons and differences can be drawn while reading the different versions of each story, here are some examples of what was concluded.

original version by Hans Christian Andersen to the 1989 Disney film. The original has a totally different moral implication than the film: originally, the mermaid seeks to become human in

In the original, Cinderella goes to the ball three different nights instead of just one night and is with the same prince each night. Also, instead of her losing her slipper while being in a hurry, the prince puts pitch on one of the staircases so that her slipper sticks to it and he’ll be able to find her. In the original, the prince goes out to find the girl that can fit in the shoe and Cinderella’s stepsisters cut off their heel and toes to try and make it fit. Cinderella's fairy godmother, the bird, tells the prince that it’s not them and he goes back for Cinderella to try it on. In the Disney movie, Cinderella is locked away so that she can’t try it on, but in the original she isn’t locked away and she has a chance to try it on. In the original, Cinderella invites them to the wedding and when the stepsisters get there two birds take out their eyes, and this is there punishment for being so rude to Cinderella. This does not happen at all in the Disney version, when Cinderella and the prince get married the stepsisters are already made enough and don’t need to be punished. In similarity, Cinderella stills goes to the ball, gets beautiful clothes, meets her prince, and ends up marrying him, Disney just does this in a less evil way which is why it’s geared more torwards

Both works of The Little Mermaid share the commonality of incorporating a central moral. In these two far fetched tales the audience can see a strong moral about taking a chance on something; specifically, the Little Mermaid or Ariel is risking it all for love. A quote from The Guardian online stated, “You shouldn’t have to change yourself to get your happy ending”; this lesson correlates with Hans Christian Andersen's version which forebodes the drastic consequences of the Little Mermaid’s tongue getting cut off in exchange for legs to meet her prince charming. This proves that taking

In the original version The Little Mermaid, longing for the prince and an eternal soul, eventually visits the Sea Witch, who sells her a potion that gives her legs, in exchange for her tongue. The Sea Witch cuts her tongue and warns her that once she becomes a human, she will never be able to return to the sea. Drinking the potion made out of snakes and