Satirical Analysis Of The Frog Princess By The Brothers Grimm

The Frog Princess by the Brothers Grimm is a classic story of a young prince who was turned into a frog by an enchantress. The only solution to his problem was to have a girl allow him to sleep in her bed, and eat her meals for three days. At the end of the three days the two lived happily ever after. This story is often a misconception of Princess and the Frog which the prince had to kiss the girl in order to transform back into a human. In this satirical comedic poem, the woman (Hazel) whom he must get to kiss him is none other than a janitor working at the “howard johnson's ladies room.” However, in this tale there were no happy endings. For, Hazel “hitsm with my mop” and had to flush him down the toilet “three times” and still, ended up

No sane woman or human in their right mind would give the frog a second glance and ignore it. As she headed over to flush it, the frog starts “talkin bout a golden ball.” In the original story, the woman dropped her golden ball into a spring and peered into it trying to find it, when the frog appears. The frog in this poem however, completely lacks the knowledge of the woman who dropped it; for, this one had no knowledge of what he was talking about. The frog then mentioned words such as “kiss me just kiss me once on the nose.” Hazel was utterly surprised by what the frog said. She even “scream(ed).” Hazel believed the frog was a “little green pervert” and proceeded with flushing him down the toilet three times. This poem however, contains more meaning than that of a fairytale, but represent the inferiority of woman. This woman speaks broken southern english, portraying a degraded lifestyle along with the responsibility of cleaning the bathroom. At the end of the poem, Hazel repeats the words the frog mentioned “princess” and emphasized “how i can be a princess” and “me a princess.” Hazel has been degraded so much in her life, that she feels there was no chance she would be able to become a