Siren+Song

====Siren Song : Mythological Allusion, The enticing appeal of something alluring but potentially dangerous , usually a body of a bird and the head of a women. ====

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Background : Sirens, were special sea Nymphs who lived on the island of Faiakes. They had bodies of a bird but their head was human-like. One of them played the lyre and the another played the flute, by clever words they persuaded passing mariners linger causing their destruction. That’s why the island was covered in bones of those who perished.It was predicted, that the sirens would die when a ship passed them unharmed. Since Odysseus succeeded in escaping them no one else has meet them, which means they are forever died and gone.No one returns from the underworld(except for a few), the died are being kept there by the strongest of bonds, Hades himself. =====

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The little mermaid is an example of the allusion, Siren Song, because =====

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Prince Eric fell in love with Airel's voice. Ursula, the sea witch , makes a deal with Ariel to transform her into a human for three days. Within these three days, Ariel must receive the 'kiss of true love' from Eric; otherwise, she will transform back into a mermaid on the third day and belong to Ursula. As payment for legs, Ariel has to give up her voice, which Ursula takes by magically removing the energy from Ariel's vocal chords and storing it in a magic shell. When Airel dosen't get the kiss from Eric, Ursela truns herself into a human and tricks Eric , with Ariel's voice , into almost marring her. ===== Work Cites :
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 * __ Classical & Biblical Allusions pg 339-340 __