The Theme Of Promises In The Frog Prince

Promises are a trusting thing to make with someone, nonetheless, about 65 percent of people say they are excellent at keeping promises. Keeping promises is a central theme of The Frog Prince and this is heavily supported by the two main archetypes, The spoiled princess and the handsome prince. In many ways, we can show resistance to making promises to people because we think we are too good for that person or what they were promising us. This is shown excellently by the spoiled princess in the story. “This silly frog is talking! He can never even get out of the spring to visit me, though he may be able to get my ball for me.”(The Frog Prince, paragraph 2) The princess is blowing the frog off because she thinks the frog isn't capable of leaving but says yes due to the fact he can do something for her in return. She then runs away soon after because she doesn't want to reciprocate the promise. “There is a nasty frog”. Said she at the door, "That lifted my ball out of the spring

“But the princess awoke on the following morning she was astonished to see, instead of the frog, a handsome prince, gazing on her-”(paragraph 8) The fact that the prince is seen as a positive thing while the frog is a negative thing. This is seen a lot in fairytales. “Go to me to my father's kingdom where I will marry you and love you as long as you live. The young princess, you may be sure was not long in saying yes-” (paragraphs 9 and 10) The prince here is also shown as a trophy by him just agreeing to be with her for the rest of his life because of this one good deed. Also shown is the fact that the princess wasn’t long in agreeing because she is greedy and would have followed through with her promise in the first place if she know it was a prince. This is the part where he is shown as her