Claim: Ariel from the Disney movie The Little Mermaid, belongs in the second layer of Dante’s The Inferno because although she commits many sins such as falsifying herself, hoarding objects, and betraying her father, she commits these sins out of her unreasonable desire for love.
Data: Ariel’s obsession with humans intensified when she found Eric on the shore and tried to save him. After seeing him for the first time Eric consumed her thoughts and influenced her decisions. She states when she first sees him, “No, look! He's breathing. He's so, beautiful” ( The Little Mermaid).
Warrant: This is the first time Ariel sees Eric, but she acts completely unreasonably by thinking she is in love with him. She is attracted to his looks, and in fact
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never even hears him talk. Data: This desire leads Ariel to go see the Sea Witch, Ursula, who says to her, “You're here because you have a thing for this human. This, er, prince fellow. The only way to get what you want - is to become a human yourself” (The Little Mermaid). Warrant: This is the first time in which Ariel really lets this desire sway her reason.
Dante describes this carnal sin as “those who sinned in the flesh who betrayed reason to appetite” ( Ciardi V. 38-39). It is dangerous for her to go see this witch, and in doing so she is betraying her father, however she cannot understand this because she loses all reason to this carnal desire.
Data: Part of the agreement that Ariel makes with Ursula includes that she will, “never be with my father or sisters again” (The Little Mermaid) and that she gives up her voice to Ursula.
Warrant: Ariel lets herself be easily manipulated by Ursula, and gives up her freedom, family, and voice, for a man she hardly knows. In each of his sins Dante also empathizes the impact that sins have on others, and how if one understood how their sins would impact others they wouldn’t commit them. As Ariel abandons her reason for love, she also forgets how her family and the people she surrounds herself with will be negatively affected. The family that loves her and supports her will never see her again, and her friends Flounder and Sebastian are terrified they will get in trouble for her unreasonable
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actions. Counterclaim: Although Ariel is called a Disney Princess which therefore makes her inherently good, she actually commits many sins that could put her in various circles other than circle two. The first place she could go is circle 8.10, the circle for the falsifiers. She changes herself and pretends to be someone else so that Eric can fall in love with her. In the Inferno, Myrrah is placed in this level because she dresses up and pretends to be someone else, to manipulate her father Ariel does the same thing. She tricks Eric into thinking she’s a human, and changes herself so she can appear that way, while never telling him who she truly is. There is also a strong argument to be made that Ariel should go to circle four, the circle for the hoarders and wasters. In the beginning of the film, Ariel takes her friend Flounder to an abandoned ship where she keeps everything she’s collected. She so elegantly sings, “Look at this stuff Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?” (The Little Mermaid). Dante describes this sin as “hoarding and squandering wasted all their light” (Alighieri VII. 58). Hoarding and wasting is a sin because this who hoard and waste have so much, but never use it to help other. They are obsessed with their things, and in the end the hoarding and wasting takes over their lights. While Ariel is showing Flounder her goods, she forgets that there is a celebration for her father going on and completely misses it. This carelessness proves that Ariel's hoarding has caused her to abandon her family and forgets about what is important to her, ultimately hurting the others around her. The final circle in which Ariel could be placed is circle nine, the circle for the treacherous to kin. Ariel’s father explicitly tells her that he was, “never, NEVER to hear of you going to the surface again” (The Little Mermaid). Even after her father tells her this, Ariel goes to Ursula so that she can go above the water. In the end this action almost gets her father killed, the ultimate betrayal to her family. Rebuttal: While there is a case to be made for Ariel to go to circles eight, four, and nine, ultimately Ariel belongs in circle two because she commits these sins because of her obsession and “love” for the humans.
Dante included several characters in the Inferno that could be put in several circles, but he puts the sinner in the circle that corresponds with the sin they committed the most. Take Cleopatra as an example, Dante places her in circle two, even though she could be placed in the woods of the suicides seeing that she killed herself, however Cleopatra killed herself for love which is why she is in circle two. Ariel is essentially in circle two for the same reasoning. Ariel betrays her family and she falsifies herself for love. Ariel becomes so obsessed with Eric that she is willing to do anything to be with him, even if it is the sins that are mentioned above. However the motive behind all of them is lustful and therefore Ariel ultimately belongs in circle
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Love can make people go crazy and they will do anything to receive that same love and passion back from them (Cravens). In this story the little mermaid is madly in love with the prince and she does everything and anything to gain love back from him.