- The Princess and the Pea is a story that I'm familiar with, and I was surprised how close the play I saw was to the original story. Usually people try to remove some of the dark elements from these stories, but I suppose there was not much to remove this time.
- I think the story of the emperor is sad. I feel as though he did not mean ill, he took good care of his city, but vanity and insecurity were his only issues.
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| The Emperor's New Suit, from The Phrase Finder |
- Most of the stories really are tragic. I don't really see a message in the story of the Tin Soldier, other than life sucks sometimes and you can't do anything about it expect keep moving forward until you die. I think HCA could have used some Prozac while he was writing.
- The Wicked Prince seems like a darker version of Icarus to me. If you become to ambitious and arrogant, it will eventually become your downfall.
- The Match Seller also seemed kind of pointless to me. I half expected her to accidentally burn down of the houses while she was playing with matches, but simply freezing to death while hallucinating was not what I expected.
Thanks for reading with me.
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