"The Little Mermaid " (Danish:
The story was first published in 1837 and has been adapted to various media, including musical theater, anime, and animated films.
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Ringkasan plot
The Little Mermaid lives in an underwater kingdom with his widowed father (king of the sea or Mer-King), the widow's grandmother, and his five older sisters, each born one year apart. When the mermaid was fifteen, she was allowed to swim to the surface for the first time to see the world above, and when the sisters became mature enough, each of them visited the world top one at a time each year. As each returns, Little Mermaid listens eagerly to their descriptions of a world inhabited by humans.
When the Little Mermaid's turn came, he rose to the surface, witnessed a birthday celebration held on board to honor a handsome prince, and fell in love with him from a safe distance. The violent storm hit, drowned the boat, and the Little Mermaid saved the prince from drowning. He freed him unconsciously to the beach near the temple. Here, he waited until a young woman from the temple and her sisters waiting to find her. To anxious, the prince never saw the Little Mermaid or even realized he was the one who saved his life.
Little Mermaid became melancholy and asked his grandmother if man could live forever. The grandmother explained that humans have a much shorter age than 300 mermaids, but when mermaids die, they turn into sea foam and nothing else, while humans have an immortal soul that lives in heaven. The Little Mermaid, longing for the prince and eternal soul, visits the Sea Witch in the dangerous part of the ocean. The magician is happy to help her by selling potions that give her tongue exchanges and beautiful voice, because Little Mermaid has the most enchanting voice in the world. The wizard warns the Little Mermaid that once he becomes a human, he will never be able to return to the sea. Consuming the potion will make him feel as if the sword is passing through his body, but when he recovers, he will have two human legs and will be able to dance like no man has ever danced before. However, he will continue to feel as though he is walking with a sharp knife, and his legs will bleed profoundly. Moreover, he will gain soul only if he wins the prince's love and marries him, because part of his soul will flow into him. Otherwise, at dawn on the first day after he marries another, Little Mermaid will die with a broken heart and dissolve into the sea scum on the waves.
After he agreed with the arrangement, Little Mermaid swam to the surface near the prince's palace and drank his potion. He is found by the prince, who is fascinated by his beauty and grace, even though he is mute. Most of all, he likes to see his dance, and he dances for her despite suffering tremendous pain with every step. Soon, Little Mermaid became the Prince's favorite friend and accompanied him on many of his walks. When the prince's parents encourage their son to marry the neighbor's daughter in an arranged marriage, the prince tells Little Mermaid he will not because he does not love the princess. He goes on to say he can only love the young woman from the temple, which he believes saved him. Apparently the princess of the neighboring kingdom is a temple girl, when she was sent to the temple for her education. Prince declares his love for her, and royal wedding is announced at once.
Prince and princess celebrate their new wedding at the wedding, and Little Mermaid's heart is broken. He was thinking about everything he had sacrificed and from all the pain he had committed to the prince. She was desperate, thinking of the death she was waiting for, but before dawn, her sister got up from the water and brought her a knife that the Sea Witch gave them in exchange for their beautiful long hair. If the Little Mermaid kills the prince and lets his blood drip on his feet, he will be mermaid again, all his sufferings will end, and he will live his life in the ocean with his family.
However, Little Mermaid could not force himself to kill the sleeping prince lying with his new bride, and he threw a knife and himself from the ship into the water just at dawn. His body dissolves in the foam, but instead of stopping there, he feels the warm sunlight and finds that he has turned into a sparkling and smooth earth spirit, a princess of air. When Little Mermaid rises into the atmosphere, he is greeted by other daughters who say that he has become like them because he strives with all his heart to earn an immortal soul. Because of his selfishness, he is given the opportunity to gain his own soul by doing good deeds to mankind for 300 years and one day will rise up into the Kingdom of God.
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Publications
"The Little Mermaid" was written in 1836 and first published by C.A. Reitzel in Copenhagen on April 7, 1837 in Tales told for Children. First Collection. Third Book. 1837 ( Eventyr, fortalte for BÃÆ'¸rn FÃÆ'¸rste Samling Tredie Hefte 1837 ). The story was reissued on December 18, 1849 as part of the Tale. 1850 ( Eventyr. 1850 ) and again on December 15, 1862 as part of Fairy Tales and Stories. First Volume. 1862 ( Eventyr og Historier. FÃÆ'¸rste Bind. 1862 ).
Debate ending
Some experts consider the last sequence with a happy ending to be an unnatural addition. Jacob BÃÆ'¸ggild and Pernille Heegaard point out that:
One important aspect to be confronted by interpretation is the final sequence of the story, in which the little mermaid, against all odds, is redeemed from the curse immediately and accepted into the spiritual sphere, where the "air daughters" live. In this case, he seems to promise an "immortal soul", which has been his main motivation for getting - along with the prince, of course. This end has baffled the critics because the preceding narrative is more of a tragic conclusion than a happy one.
The title of the work of this story is "Daughters of the Air", spirits like Andersen think they can earn soul by doing good deeds of three hundred years. One of the "air daughters" Andersen explained to the mermaid
"A mermaid does not have an immortal soul, nor can she obtain it unless she wins a man's love.On another power hangs her eternal destiny, but princesses in the air, even though they have no immortal soul, can, by their good deeds , get one for themselves.We fly to warm countries, and cool the stuffy air that destroys mankind with disease outbreak.We carry flower perfume to spread health and recovery.After we fought for three hundred years for all the good in our strength, we receive an immortal soul and take part in the happiness of mankind.You, the poor little mermaid, have tried with all your heart to do as we do: You have suffered and experienced and raised yourself to the spirit world by your good deeds, and now, by fighting for three hundred years by way of y the same, you may get an immortal soul. "
The Little Mermaid statue sits on a rock at the harbor of Copenhagen in Langelinie. This small and unattractive statue is a Copenhagen icon and a major tourist attraction.
The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of Carlsberg's founder, after he was fascinated by a ballet based on fairy tales. Sculptor Edward Eriksen created the statue, which was inaugurated on August 23, 1913. His wife, Eline Eriksen, was the model. It has been tampered with several times.
In May 2010, he was transferred from Copenhagen port settlement for the first time, to transportation to Expo 2010 in Shanghai, where he remained until November 20, 2010.
References
External links
- Little Mermaid Gallery
- See photos of The Little Mermaid
- "The Little Mermaid", Jean Hersholt's English translation
- Den lille Havfrue , Danish original text from the Danish Royal Library
- Den lille havfrue , original script (Odense City Museum)
- Surlalune: Annotated "The Little Mermaid", Paull's translation, with annotations, scans of six pictorial editions, and bibliography
- The Little Mermaid public domain audiobook on LibriVox
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