For my Final Project (Essay) I need learn more about The Little Mermaid in reference to crossing of borders and the sociopolitical implications. There are a few academic papers I have been reviewing to better understand the more political elements of the story I am not familiar with. I plan to compare the Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid to the story of Melusine and possibly to the film The Lure, which has comparable elements of The Little Mermaid’s lore of the lives of mermaids. I also need to learn more about how the story of Melusine is depicted in sociopolitical academic analysis.

Before I begin my Final Project (Essay) I need to reread The Little Mermaid and the Melusine readings. After making my own notes I will research academic papers that address my approach and compose my thesis. I hope peer review will help me better establish my claims. Once that is set, I will select the references that best support my thesis and then compose an outline.

At this point I am not planning to do a visual or alternative media accompaniment to the essay.