The Little Mermaid: Deconstructing Transformation

As the title of the video says, today, I’m going to take a close look at the Little Mermaid, both Andersen’s fairytale and its Disney adaptation. I’ll examine how Ariel’s transformation works in both versions while discussing the thematic relevance of transformation and the symbolism behind it.

---Contents/Parts

00:00 Introduction
00:35 I. Definition
03:15 II. Deconstruction (Andersen’s The Little Mermaid)
06:13 III. Commodification (Disney’s The Little Mermaid)
14:00 Conclusion

---References

Primary Sources
Aladdin. (1992). Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. Walt Disney Pictures.
The Little Mermaid. (1989). Directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. Walt Disney Pictures.
Andersen, H. C. (2002). “The Little Mermaid”. In The Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, edited and translated by Maria Tatar. W. W. Norton.
Beauty and the Beast. (1991). Directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise. Walt Disney Pictures.
Cinderella. (1950). Directed by Wilfred Jackson, Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske. Walt Disney Pictures.

Secondary Sources
Warner, M. (1995). From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and Their Tellers. Vintage.
Warner, M. (2002). Fantastic Metamorphoses, Other Worlds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Zipes, J. (2002). Breaking the Magic Spell: Radical Theories of Folk and Fairy Tales. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky.

---Avatars
Nikodimos Triaridis designed the three avatars of myself in this video, check out his amazing work:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ6AHvzhjMKiw9LWmORP9aw/videos

--- Background Music
I do not own the following piece of sound/music, which was published on freesound.org under Creative Commons licence:
Symphony Sounds by Lemoncreme/ Benjamin Mastripolito (https://freesound.org/people/Lemoncreme/sounds/185347/)

---Fair Use
This is a video essay including copyrighted material that does not belong to me and is used for criticism and commentary. The pieces of film and media featured in this video are quoted for critical and educational purposes.

---About this channel
Hi, I’m Nina and welcome to my channel! As a university student of English Literature and Language, I decided to put my knowledge into good use and create video essays on films. Hope you enjoy the content!
P.S. I am a non-native speaker of English, so there are some mistakes here and there ;)

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Видео The Little Mermaid: Deconstructing Transformation канала Nina Triaridou