Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Reading Notes: Andersen's Fairy Tales, Part B

All about the Little Mermaid
  • Split up into 6 stories
  • I can't believe the Little Mermaid did all of that for the prince
  • I wish she could have told him everything
  • Maybe I could rewrite this by having male mermaids (mermen?) and a princess, instead of mermaids and a prince
  • One of the mermen could seek the princess at land and everything could be reversed, OR I could have the princess realize the true story behind the merman and come to the seas to be with him
  • There are many alternative endings I could implement since there are so many things that happened 
    • Ex. the prince marrying the princess could be switched around and instead, he could marry the mermaid or he could already be married
    • Ex. the five other sisters cutting their hair for their sisters, what if they all cut off their tongues and the singing ceased, and the era of the mermaids ended, and that's why there are no mermaids today?
Source: When the mermaid decided to give up her tail for two legs, to be with the prince.