The Little Mermaid
How much is too much sacrifices for the sake of true love?
That is the question that occured to me after I watched Ballet Under the Stars: The Little Mermaid (Hans Christian Anderson's Version). To sum it up for all who only know the Disney version: It is basically about a little mermaid (the prettiest among her 6 sisters) fell in love with a handsome human prince. Unlike the cartoon she was allowed to swim up to the surface of the water and it was then she saw and saved the human prince from drowning. The prince was however unaware of what she had done. On returning to the ocean bed she visited the sea witch whom she pleaded to help her turn human and immortal. The price: Her tongue (Like the cartoon, she had a beautiful voice) The consequence: She had to get the prince to fall in love with her or else on the day he got married she would turn to foam. In short, the prince fell in love with the princess he was bethrothed to and the little mermaid turned to foam.
The little mermaid did have a chance to save herself and that was to kill the prince with the knife her sisters traded from the sea witch with her hair. Her choice is obvious.
Personally I feel that this story is somewhat like a metaphor of what happens in reality. How often we (girls) give up almost everything we have to win the love of the one we love so deeply. Most of the time, the guy has no idea as to the depth of our love for him or the amount of sacrifices we have made. For some of us, like myself, the sacrifice does not come till we become an official couple.
These sacrifices which we are all guilty of include spending less time with family and friends, neglecting our homeowork and sometimes even giving up our dreams and amibitions.
How often the one we love is oblivious to the many sacrfices made by us and in return spear a sword into our hearts by telling us it is over?
How often is love between two people very much tilting to one side? Unless of course the couple is mature and both parties are in for the same reasons and outcome.
Thus, the story of the little mermaid reminds me alot about young love.
Although it is sad that the little mermaid turned to foam, it had room for a little optimism. The little mermaid was now a carrier of flower fragrances and sounds of nature. Like most of us who had encountered the bitter-sweet taste of puppy love, we come out stronger and like the little mermaid who turned into foam, we now carry more wisdom and maturity and with that we emit a certain sense of beauty which radiates from the core of our heart.
That is my take on the story written by Hans Christian Anderson and word has it that 'The Little Mermaid' was one of the stories he wrote after someone broke his heart.
That is the question that occured to me after I watched Ballet Under the Stars: The Little Mermaid (Hans Christian Anderson's Version). To sum it up for all who only know the Disney version: It is basically about a little mermaid (the prettiest among her 6 sisters) fell in love with a handsome human prince. Unlike the cartoon she was allowed to swim up to the surface of the water and it was then she saw and saved the human prince from drowning. The prince was however unaware of what she had done. On returning to the ocean bed she visited the sea witch whom she pleaded to help her turn human and immortal. The price: Her tongue (Like the cartoon, she had a beautiful voice) The consequence: She had to get the prince to fall in love with her or else on the day he got married she would turn to foam. In short, the prince fell in love with the princess he was bethrothed to and the little mermaid turned to foam.
The little mermaid did have a chance to save herself and that was to kill the prince with the knife her sisters traded from the sea witch with her hair. Her choice is obvious.
Personally I feel that this story is somewhat like a metaphor of what happens in reality. How often we (girls) give up almost everything we have to win the love of the one we love so deeply. Most of the time, the guy has no idea as to the depth of our love for him or the amount of sacrifices we have made. For some of us, like myself, the sacrifice does not come till we become an official couple.
These sacrifices which we are all guilty of include spending less time with family and friends, neglecting our homeowork and sometimes even giving up our dreams and amibitions.
How often the one we love is oblivious to the many sacrfices made by us and in return spear a sword into our hearts by telling us it is over?
How often is love between two people very much tilting to one side? Unless of course the couple is mature and both parties are in for the same reasons and outcome.
Thus, the story of the little mermaid reminds me alot about young love.
Although it is sad that the little mermaid turned to foam, it had room for a little optimism. The little mermaid was now a carrier of flower fragrances and sounds of nature. Like most of us who had encountered the bitter-sweet taste of puppy love, we come out stronger and like the little mermaid who turned into foam, we now carry more wisdom and maturity and with that we emit a certain sense of beauty which radiates from the core of our heart.
That is my take on the story written by Hans Christian Anderson and word has it that 'The Little Mermaid' was one of the stories he wrote after someone broke his heart.
3 Comments:
scare me.. thot something happen..
until i read the last part of ur blog..
*pHew*
haha! :P
yeah i think the story is very true and close to the hearts of many people... that's why it's so popular!
and very true that everyone grows older and mature and become stronger with every failure they encounter...
liek what the chinese idion say: (directly translated failure is the mother of success...
so lets embrace all our mistakes and look to the brighter side! and of course LEARN from it... (else it would be of no use even if the reason to the downfall is just simply noted!)
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