The Little Mermaid was written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1836. The story has parallels to the life of Hans Christian Andersen and is a Timeless fairy tale that will never cease to impress. When one reads The Little Mermaid, there are intrigued by the thrilling tragic story that leaves readers on the edge of their seats. The Little Mermaid exemplifies the idea that discontentment ultimately leads to destruction.
The story of The Little Mermaid starts out portraying the setting of an underwater Kingdom full of mermaids. In charge of the mermaids is the” Sea king” who lives in a castle with his mother and five daughters. This portrays when Hans Christian Andersen was a child. Hans was raised by his mother and grandmother when his father sadly
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For many days after, she went to the same place looking for the prince. But he never came. Unknowingly, The Little Mermaid told her sisters about the prince and one of the sisters friends knew the prince. They told her where he lived so The Little Mermaid watched him day after day. The Little Mermaid grew more and more fond of the humans. One day Little Mermaid asked if she could ever become human and the answer was this,” Unless a man were to love you so much that you were more to him than his father or mother; and if his thoughts and all his love were fixed upon you, and the priests placed his right hand in yours, and he promised to be true to you here and hereafter, then his soal would glide into your body and you would have obtain a share in the future happiness of mankind.” The Little Mermaid thought this could never happen so she went to a witch's house to get here human legs. There, she had to give her tongue to the witch to make the” potion”. The catch was that every step she took would feel as if she was stepping on knives. Blinded by love, The Little Mermaid gave her tongue and was all right with every step thing as if she was stepping on sharp