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A Freudian Psychoanalysis of Grimm 's The Frog Prince

In the fairy tale story the `Frog Prince , psychoanalytic emphasis is usually upon children 's fantasies about the prime family situation . But to Sigmund Freud , his approaches to fairy stories such as this mostly concerned with its possible sexual symbol . For a Freudian , the symbolic meaning of the Frog Prince could lie in a young girl 's mixture of fascination and horror over the sexual act (Weber 1982 : 112

In Freud 's theory , the attitude of the princess has something to do with

the `psyche ' and its relation to sexuality . In the story , a frog does a favor for a princess . In return , the frog insists that they live afterwards as man and wife . The princess casually agrees to this , and the frog later takes his promise . He insists on sharing her table and bedroom , but when he tries to hop into the bed , enough is enough and she dashes him against a wall . Gratifyingly , the frog then changes into a handsome prince , who has been under the spell of witch , and under these more auspicious circumstances , the princess has no further objection to matrimony

According to Freud , the semantic and emotional effect of an impulse that has become conscious can never be so powerful as that of the unconscious one ' Perhaps this is the reason why the princess agrees promptly with the frog when he speaks of his request . Unconscious of the consequences , she only focuses on her ball . At...