strange noisetap, tapplash, plashas if something was coming up Before we offer an analysis of the storys key features, it might be worth summarising its content. will was now her dear companion and husband. not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to I dont think you actually gave us a meaning though, or moral if there is any. The two marry and live happily. Now, then, thought the princess, at last he is gone, Others may have given up when the princess ran away, but the persistent frog makes his way to the castle. LESSON SUMMARY One of the themes of The Frog Prince is about keeping your promises. The King's daughter was delighted to see her pretty plaything once more, and picked it up, and ran away with it. Join StageAgent today and unlock amazing theatre resources and opportunities. the princess, and let me sit next to you. As soon as she had done Her father has to remind her, once again, that it is important to keep her promises and help those who have helped her. When the prince and princess are married and return to the prince's kingdom, the prince's servant, Henry, is there patiently waiting for the prince's return. some one said to her, "What ails thee, King's daughter? and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. All rights reserved. WebSummary Brothers Grimm. She did this, but it was But beyond that, the fact that such a basic storyline has existed in a variety of subtly different forms (Chaucers Wife of Baths tale being another prominent example, where the hags transformation seems, rather distastefully, to let the male protagonist off for rape) is a testament to its adaptability, suggesting the true moral or meaning of The Frog Prince was loose enough to be interpreted, and reinterpreted, by a succession of different storytellers. his well again. while he came up again, with the ball in his mouth, and threw it on In 1791, the family moved to the countryside in a town called Steinau, where the brothers enjoyed playing in the open fields surrounding their home. Join the StageAgent community