Setting, which is the time, place, and social setting of a story, is crucial to the story. So many paragraphs (probably the majority of the story) are spent describing where the Mermaids are, who they are around, and the time of day it is. Though we rarely are told what time period this story takes place we are given thorough account of what the mermaids see and live in. If we took out all the accounts of setting in our story, to me at least, we would lose the point.
The imagery projected by the paragraphs of setting description often reference to the mood of the story, whenever their is a dramatic mood switch, as seen when the mermaid goes to the witch to ask for help, the mood is described through the setting. Since the setting is murky, dark, and morbid it reflects how the mermaid feels and how the witch may act towards the mermaid.
Point of View, the way the story is told, is third-person limited omniscient. While the narrator is not directly involved with any character he often restricts himself to knowing how the youngest mermaid is feeling or doing. When she becomes human he focuses, not on the other mermaids or life under the sea, instead worries about the little mermaid. She is overall the main character, which according to the book, if the narrator focuses on mainly one character in a short story it is most commonly referenced as limited.
Overall this story was rather interesting, I loved how in the end she had the chance to get her immortal soul even though the Prince did not love her in the way she wished he did. By being nice she got the chance to gain her soul through good deeds.
It may not have been the fairytale Disney spun off for us, but it definitely had a unique quality.
BAM!
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