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"The Little Mermaid" story was published quite some years before Disney made the popular animated film that has led to so many Ariel Halloween costumes, Little Mermaid DVD's, party favors, and toys. Since the original differs somewhat from the Disney movie, we need to hit some highlights to reveal the lessons buried within the entertainment of a mythological story.
In the original story, the Little Mermaid had no name, such as Ariel. She had just turned sixteen, similar to Juliet's "coming of age" in the Shakespeare classic. This story's theme of star-crossed love involving the offspring of warring families -- here, mermen and humans -- has inescapable nuances of Romeo and Juliet.
It all begins with Mermaid's sixteenth birthday present from her father -- the ability to go to the top of the sea! There she saw was a handsome Prince on a ship. When he fell off the ship that night, she rescued him by carrying him to shore. Delirious from swallowing so much water, the Prince never really saw her.
Mermaid fell in love immediately. She did not say anything to her father. Instead, she asked her eldest sister, who had been to the top many times, if she knew where the Prince lived. The sister, not thinking to ask why Mermaid wanted to know this, simply took her to the palace.
Mermaid watched the Prince day and night. Then she went to the Sea Witch for help to go to "her Prince." The evil witch demanded her tongue in exchange for the magic to make her human. Mermaid then beached herself in front of the palace before drinking the potion.
The Prince found her and they spent a lot of time together. But unlike Romeo, he didn't return her love. He loved her as a father would a beautiful child. He didn't know it was she who had saved his life, believing it had been a princess from another country who he saw on the beach as he regained consciousness.
Soon thereafter, the Prince learned that he was soon to meet his bride. He was overjoyed to find that his bride was the girl he had seen on the beach that morning as he came to!
Ah, the Sea Witch had warned Mermaid: "The moment the Prince marries another, your heart will break and you will die."
Little Mermaid's heart was broken. She stood by the sea letting her tears drop into it, when two of her sisters surfaced. Their hair was gone. One of them threw a strange knife up to her, explaining that the Sea Witch had given to them a way for the Little Mermaid to return to the sea and get her tongue back in exchange for their hair. But she must kill the Prince with that knife and let his blood drop on her legs -- and do it before sunrise.
Instead, Mermaid walked into his room, kissed him softly, dropped the knife, then jumped into the sea and drowned.
So what lessons do we see in that story?
First, the Little Mermaid fell in love with the Prince, but he did not return that love. It is very critical that we be sure that love is returned before we let ourselves become too wrapped up in emotions.
Second, when your father is wise, as hers was, it's a better decision to go to him for advice than to your older sister - who has simply been to the top of the sea a few dozen times more than you.
Third, perhaps the mermaid should have paid a little more attention to the fact that her father banished the Sea Witch because she was evil. Sometimes when everyone says "Beware," that's a good idea! After all, the witch showed right away that her real intent was not to help the Little Mermaid, but to harm her. It was very obvious to see that the Sea Witch already knew Mermaid would die by doing this. In effect, she killed the Little Mermaid herself, and was even paid by her to do it!
Although tender Mermaid made many mistakes, she did something truly admirable. Her sisters gave up only their hair. That grows back. But the Little Mermaid, even to save her own life, would not kill the Prince. So in her own way, she laid down her life for the Prince, and held him blameless.
The Little Mermaid may have been foolish, but she had an unselfish heart. In the end, she gave an example of true love. She showed her family that if she could love a human that much, then perhaps there could be peace between men and mermen, just as there was finally between the Capulets and Montagues.
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