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Hans Christian Andersen

  • Sunshine & Seafoam: A Poem

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   For today’s blog post, I will be sharing a poem inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid, as it is one of my all-time favorite fairytales! Sunshine & Seafoam by Maranda Wabik Swimming through the Ocean Deep Flipping my fins to explore Staring up…

  • ‘The Little Mermaid’ & the Horror of Ambition

    Welcome to day two of The Horror of Fairytales Week here at White Rose of Avalon, my Darlings.   Today’s post is also a Siren Saturday post, so what better way to celebrate that than to examine more body horror, this time from Andersen’s original The Little Mermaid?   This body horror is very different…

  • Andersen’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ Analysis

    Welcome back to White Rose of Avalon my Darlings.   Today’s post is a Mermaid Monday my look at and analysis of The Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen.   So, I want to be clear that this story is a very different, much darker, and more depressing tale than its Disney film counterpart.   …