The Frog King Analysis

Throughout all of history there has always been drama within stories. These stories hold virtue and truth, which make them classics and legends. Each story that has been told holds an aspect that can relate to any individual that reads its. Its main theme has always been to overcome the obstacles that come in our way, each time we see this we get a sense that we’ve been there, that we can learn from this book on how to succeed in such trials. The problem that comes into play is not an obstacle from an exterior block, but one from within. Through many stories there are heroes and protagonists that must fight the villain or antagonists, through all this we learn the battles one must endure. Yet through this, to reach such end the protagonist
In fairy tales we see this in every story that happens. There are clear cut morals that resound from the pages of these tales, one of which being ‘The Frog King, Or Iron Heinrich’ we see how a girl tries to sway a from out of a deal, “The princess thought, ‘What is this stupid frog saying? Whatever he thinks, he’ll have to stay in the water where he belongs. Perhaps he can get my ball.’ But of course she didn’t say that. Instead she said, ‘Yes, yes, I’ll promise you all of that if you just bring me my ball.’” (4) We see in fairytales that the outcome is easier to see than the previous two stories, we see it when the elder, ‘the king’ tells the girl what must be done, “The King said, ‘FI you make a promise, you have to keep it. GO and let him in.’” (5) This is where the action starts but it is from the wise king to where children get a sense of what their parents would tell them in person. We get a sense of the opposite in the ‘The Cat and the Mouse Set UP House’ where the nature rings true, and to always doubt a circumstance that may arise. To where Inanna was about distrust, and Gilgamesh was about not trusting the word of others, the king with the openness of honest promises to others, we see in this story how a Cat and Mouse should never get along. We see in one aspect when they agree to get something together the Cat had and underlying reason, “Of course, the cat’s story was a pack of lies. He had no cousin at all, and no one who knew him would dream of asking him to be a godfather. What he did was to go straight to the church, creep under the altar, open the pot of fat and lick the skin off the top.” (10) We the reader senses that something is wrong when the cat originally wants to