Exploring Themes

I mentioned a few weeks ago that I would talk more about silence, so here I am! Silence is a major theme with both pieces of source material. So, let’s get into it!

The Sacrifice

Let’s start with the fairy tales first. In The Little Mermaid, she has her voice taken and has to try and win the prince’s love without being able to speak. In “Six Swans”, if she speaks once, she will ruin everything and her brothers will be stuck as swans. They are very different stories with very different mora...