The princess and the pea
In this newer adaption to the original fairytale we still find the characters in a generally similar concept of a damsel who takes refuge at a strangers household who then secretly test her;however unlike the original by Hans christian Anderson the damsel meets her untimely doom and doesnt get to live out the rest of her life with her true love (the prince).
Although this classic is altered its still has the iconic themes. We tried to keep it in the same era as the original was set however we gave it a twist; instead of having a narrator overlooking on events we made it into first person accounts from the princess and the prince. Since in our version the princess dies we decided to also use the prince's account so we can conclude the story instead of leaving it on a cliff hanger. the princess's views are formatted in a flashback that she writes in a diary that she keeps and the prince's through a letter meant for the princess's family.We thought this would be good since no fairytales have been written using personal experiences and it also allows you to feel like you know the princess's character since you get her own personal thoughts and opinions whereas usually these stories arent personal.We also used descriptive tachniques throughout to capture the audiences interest and there is a case of the use of metaphors to include a variety of narration.
I like the way you make this narration more personal with the use of flashbacks. You have a good awareness of how you were altering the traditional narrative structure. Can you elaborate more on your descriptive techniques? How do the metaphors add to the way the story is told?
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