back in the day, i made a gmail account. it was only to send myself school-related documents.
i recently stumbled upon it and started reading some of my old essays...
"The painful
process of acquiring legs is Andersen’s indirect way of explaining how
one becomes a man: one must physically endure the pain that comes with
walking about aroused yet not actually satisfying one’s desires. Although
it is known through his detailed diaries that Andersen frequently masturbated,
it can be assumed that he never quite reached the level that he wanted
to fulfill in his life. With the little mermaid going through this experience,
she can understand the frustration Andersen felt in having the same
features as all the men in society, but not being able to experience
at first hand what it actually felt to be a human man."
writing this essay ruined the little mermaid for me.
i can never read or look at it in the same way :(
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