Ariel's Hero Cycle In The Monomyth

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has a very demanding desire which is accepted because of his sex similar to how the Kings commands are final because of his sex. Ursula turns into a Princess with Ariel’s voice the prince claims to his male assistant, “We wish to be married as soon as possible.” Although, it is evident Ursula does not lure the Prince because her objective is to capture Ariel and be the ruler of the ocean not marry Eric. This is evident when Ursula uses personification and claims; “Now I am the ruler of the entire ocean! The waves obey my every whim!” Ursula tricks the Prince into believing she is his saviour, the stereotypical Princess tall, skinny, white, half dressed and with a delicate voice like Ariel’s. Consequently, Prince Eric is speaking on behalf of …show more content…

The central hero in the film is Prince Eric because he saves everyone in the sea world. Prince Eric finds out that Ariel is the one who saved his life as a result, Eric goes through several phases which are also known as the hero cycle to save his beloved. Eric is called away from the human world to save Ariel from leaving him; he accepts the adventure to aid the female depicted as helpless because she cannot speak and will have her life taken away from her if he does not take action. Ariel makes sacrifices that result in her becoming weaker as an individual and longing for someone to depend on for instance, Ariel uses Sebastian to convince the Prince to kiss her when she loses her voice Sebastian sings, She don’t got a lot to say but there’s something about her. To convince the Prince to take action …show more content…

With Frye’s first level of language it is evident that Ariel’s conversations with the opposite sex characters about her desires shows that Ariel is treated like a child and not taken seriously. “The language of consciousness or awareness” is our means of “self-expression,” Ariel is at the basic level of the mother tongue because she is ignored and accepts everything without going against it. Ariel accepts the world as it is and its features for instance, the male bird says that Ariel is holding a dingle hopper which in actuality is a fork yet Ariel simply accepts the fact and does not question it. Nevertheless, Ariel uses it just like the bird shows and sings songs about all the products the male bird lied about. When Ariel observes collections of artefacts from abandoned ships she sings I've Got gadgets and gizmos of all kind this proves women are gullible and accept whatever men are telling them without a doubt like Ariel is curious about the uses of gadget and gizmos which proves Ariel is thinking abstract and scientifically. Arial does not bother to get out of her way and find out the purpose other artefacts although, she takes the males word for everything and observes it. The second level of language “The language of practical sense,” is present when Ariel finds the need to prove herself with her “social participation at the dinner table signifying her