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The Princess and the Pea enforces vague tests about how a princess should behave, failing to realize that someone could just as easily fake their reaction. Not to mention there is conduct for how a princess should behave.
I suppose the message to be learned from The Emperor's New Suit is that the clothes make the man...
I suppose the message to be learned from The Emperor's New Suit is that the clothes make the man...
The Brave Tin Soldier yearns for something he cannot have due to his existence, and thus must brave incredible odds to achieve his dreams after falling out of a windowsill, separated from the paper ballerina doll he loves. This theme intrigues me.
Another theme: as long as you have a wish in your heart, and seek and pursue it with unyielding conviction, you will most certainly find peace. Even if that peace is bittersweet, as in the case of the Tin Soldier and Paper Ballerina...
Another theme: as long as you have a wish in your heart, and seek and pursue it with unyielding conviction, you will most certainly find peace. Even if that peace is bittersweet, as in the case of the Tin Soldier and Paper Ballerina...
The Wicked Prince is a vivid and fantastical tale about an abusive, deluded ruler who tries to play God. Two ideas sparked in my mind from this: What would you do if you were granted the power of a god? And what is left for a king after his subjects have abandoned his kingdom?
The floating ship is a magnificent sight for how short-lived and gaudy it is. It also brings to mind the Greek mythology figure Icarus, who flew too high pursuing the sun, causing his wings to burn up.
The Little Match-Seller, in which when a star falls, it is a apparently a sign that someone is dying. For some reason I've had the stars on my mind while reading this.
Stars and earth actually go well with this sense of division in The Wicked Prince and The Brave Tin Soldier. The earth cannot reach the star because of how cold it is to be unable to sustain life, as well as the natural bounds of gravity. The stars cannot reach the earth because of their heat, and objects capable of doing so burn up in the atmosphere...
A tragic sight: the little girl dying in the freezing cold on the last night of the year, while she accepts her fate peacefully upon seeing her grandmother, knowing her suffering would end.
The floating ship is a magnificent sight for how short-lived and gaudy it is. It also brings to mind the Greek mythology figure Icarus, who flew too high pursuing the sun, causing his wings to burn up.
The Little Match-Seller, in which when a star falls, it is a apparently a sign that someone is dying. For some reason I've had the stars on my mind while reading this.
Stars and earth actually go well with this sense of division in The Wicked Prince and The Brave Tin Soldier. The earth cannot reach the star because of how cold it is to be unable to sustain life, as well as the natural bounds of gravity. The stars cannot reach the earth because of their heat, and objects capable of doing so burn up in the atmosphere...
A tragic sight: the little girl dying in the freezing cold on the last night of the year, while she accepts her fate peacefully upon seeing her grandmother, knowing her suffering would end.
Bibliography
Mythology & Folklore: Andersen Fairy Tales Unit, stories written by Hans Christian Andersen
Mythology & Folklore: Andersen Fairy Tales Unit, stories written by Hans Christian Andersen
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