Contents:
- THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
- WAS HANS CHRISTIAN ANRSEN’S ‘THE LTLE MERMAID’ A METAPHOR FOR UNREQUED GAY LOVE?
THE LTLE MERMAID'S ORIGAL STORY IS REALLY ABOUT GAY LOVE AND REJECTN
Rictor Norton, an thor who foc on LGBTQ lerary history, noted his 1998 book "My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters Through the Centuri, " that the story of Anrsen's life was reflected "The Ltle Mermaid. "My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuri. The Ltle Mermaid's Origal Story Is Really About Gay Love and Rejectn.
However, Disney's animated movie is self an adaptatn and actually has several differenc when pared to the origal story, which scholarly terpretatns have analyzed may actually be a metaphor for unrequed gay love. Let's take a look at Anrsen's fairy tale and the symbolism embedd the story, and see how uld very well reflect a gay thor feelg out of place a heterosexual world.
WAS HANS CHRISTIAN ANRSEN’S ‘THE LTLE MERMAID’ A METAPHOR FOR UNREQUED GAY LOVE?
It's tertg when you take to acunt Anrsen's supposed unrequed gay love story behd the beloved tale and also remember that the song 'Part of Your World' was wrten by a gay man, seems The Ltle Mermaid, has always been a lot gayer than we thought. Image a gay mermaid of lour?
Anrsen was never exclively homosexual, he fell love wh both women and men throughout his life, but he seemed to prefer those who he uld never tly obta. While this uld be speculated as a method voked to ver his homosexual leangs, also gave him distance.