HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
CHARACTERS
DIFFERENCES
PLOT
DISNEY
100

How long can melfolk live

300 years?

100

Who is the little mermaid in the Disney version?

Ariel


100

What is the difference between the Han Charles Anderson version and the Disney version?


One is a story and one is an animated movie.

100

What happens after the Sea Witch warns the little Mermaid that she cannot return to the sea in the Hans Christian Andersen story?


She drinks the potion.

100

What does Ariel collect?


human artifacts

200

What happens to mermaids after they die?


They cease to exist.

200

Who is Eric in the Disney version?


The prince

200

What does the little Mermaid want in the Hans Christian Ansersen that the Disney does not want?


A Soul

200

Why does the little mermaid's sister bring her a knife?


To slay the prince and to become a mermaid again.

200

What is Ariel dissatisfied with?


Life under the sea

300

What will the little mermaid have to do get a soul?


If she find true love's kiss and if the prince loves her and marries her.

300

Who is the sea witch in the Disney version?


Ursula

300

What type of friends does the Disney Little Mermaid have that the Hans Christian Andersen mermaid does not?


Fish Friends

300

Why does Eric decide to marry Vanessa?


He thought that Vanessa was the one who saved him

300

When does Ariel turn back into a mermaid?


Sunset

400

What is the little mermaid allowed to do when she turns 15?


She is allowed to swim to the surface and watch the world above.

400

What does the grandmother do in the Hans Charles Anderson story?


She explains that humans don't live forever to the little mermaid .

400
To become a mermaid again
Why does the little Mermaid have to slay the prince in the Hans Christian Andersen story?
400

Why does Trition confront Ariel?


Trition finds out that Ariel has been in contact with humans

400

Who dies at the end of the Disney version of the little mermaid?


Ursula

500

What happens after the little mermaid throws herself into the sea?


She turns into a spirit instead of ceasing to exist.

500

Who is Trition?


He is Ariel's dad and the king of the sea in the Disney version.

500

How many days does Ariel in the Disney Little Mermaid have to get her voice back?


3 days

500

What did Ariel exchange for becoming a human?


Her voice

500

Who does Ariel kiss after she gets her voice back?


Eric