The True Stories Behind Classic Children’s Fairy Tales

The Little Mermaid Dies of a Broken Heart

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In the original, the Little Mermaid must make the Prince marry her, and if he marries someone else, she dies of a broken heart and turns into sea foam. The prince does marry someone else, and the only way she can save herself is to kill the prince, which she doesn’t, opting instead to die of hearbreak.

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