In the chapter “The little Mermaid” where the tale is about a mermaid with no name with a story and that being a mermaid is difficult because people know that you are different and people don’t really approve of you as being somebody. Also for wanting to escape her home life and having the desires of having good relationships with her sisters as well. In this version of the Little Mermaid has shown themes of the true nature of these Mermaids.

In Both versions the story contains same desire to escape from the ocean and the consistency are described as being alien to everyone else who is considered to be normal and nothing is wrong with them. Each of the mermaids have a different way of seeing things of why they are for example, The eldest princess has gotten to the age of fifteen to see the surface and what it led to is that wanting them to see what is on top of the ocean surface and it everything the eldest princess dreamed of. While the others princess have similar reactions to this except for one which was the fourth princesses wanted to remain into the deep ocean. In modern versions the portrayal of this particular scene was the that it only one of those princess that was depicted to the Little mermaid Disney movie. While the modern Mermaid movies was only light hearted story about a Mermaid to wanting to live outside of the ocean and in Hans Christien Anderson’s version of the story is much more in touch with the depictions of what people thought of Mermaids and more of inside view what it is really like for living a life of a Mermaid.