Fairy Tale
Lit Trans
The Angel
Contrasted to garden of eden
Eden=man’s demise
Angel= rise up to the divine
Centered around nostalgia
Romanticized to relish all good memories
Bridge between dream and reality
Biedermier
The comet
Biedermier
Comet and man are symbols of cycle of life
Everything is harmonious and creates gentle tone (biedermier)
Soul is going with the comet so it is moving upward
Andersen not fond of school teachers but believed that education was important and a person engaging with children are the good kind
The Hills of the Elves
Biedermier
King trades boots with fairytale telling sister
Bouregious institution of marriage
Andersen bows to his own talent by saying that whoever marries a person who can tell a fairytales, you will never get bored with them
Snow queen
First story:
Represents humanity (see negative sides of life)
Alter ego when you looked in the mirror
2nd story:
Pure, innocence liked to poor/poverty
3rd story:
Andersen critizing people who mock (because Kai is mocking people when he becomes evil)
Gerda throwing red shoes into river can be seen as giving up budding sexuality to find playmate
River says that she is not ready to be an adult so she proceeds to be a child throughout life
Going down river= journey through life
Everyone is interested in only their own universe (flowers story)
Gerda stays a child—goes from one gma to another gma
4th story:
Princess and prince are nice to gerda because they are children too
Gerda raised way above her status qup
Led to disaster
5th story:
Story is all about good beating evil
Reindeer symbolizes freedom that has been contained
6th story:
Strength lies within innocence and heart
Needs to suffer here to prevail
7th story:
Spells eternity: represents Christian religion that goes on forever (pagan religion ends)
Gerda uses religion to free him
Water of life
Sings the hymn
Adults but children at heart= key to paradise
Inchelina
Going down river=going on
The Angel
Contrasted to garden of eden
Eden=man’s demise
Angel= rise up to the divine
Centered around nostalgia
Romanticized to relish all good memories
Bridge between dream and reality
Biedermier
The comet
Biedermier
Comet and man are symbols of cycle of life
Everything is harmonious and creates gentle tone (biedermier)
Soul is going with the comet so it is moving upward
Andersen not fond of school teachers but believed that education was important and a person engaging with children are the good kind
The Hills of the Elves
Biedermier
King trades boots with fairytale telling sister
Bouregious institution of marriage
Andersen bows to his own talent by saying that whoever marries a person who can tell a fairytales, you will never get bored with them
Snow queen
First story:
Represents humanity (see negative sides of life)
Alter ego when you looked in the mirror
2nd story:
Pure, innocence liked to poor/poverty
3rd story:
Andersen critizing people who mock (because Kai is mocking people when he becomes evil)
Gerda throwing red shoes into river can be seen as giving up budding sexuality to find playmate
River says that she is not ready to be an adult so she proceeds to be a child throughout life
Going down river= journey through life
Everyone is interested in only their own universe (flowers story)
Gerda stays a child—goes from one gma to another gma
4th story:
Princess and prince are nice to gerda because they are children too
Gerda raised way above her status qup
Led to disaster
5th story:
Story is all about good beating evil
Reindeer symbolizes freedom that has been contained
6th story:
Strength lies within innocence and heart
Needs to suffer here to prevail
7th story:
Spells eternity: represents Christian religion that goes on forever (pagan religion ends)
Gerda uses religion to free him
Water of life
Sings the hymn
Adults but children at heart= key to paradise
Inchelina
Going down river=going on