In order to save her eleven brothers who were turned into swans, the young princess Elisa embarked on her own journey of suffering. She was framed by her stepmother and abandoned by her biological father. Finally, she simply left the palace and accompanied her brothers all the way. They left their homeland, flew across the ocean, and came to a foreign country.
In the dream revealed by the fairy, Elisa knew the way to save her brothers. She began to weave armor with nettles day and night, but remained silent about the pain she suffered, because the fairy told her that as long as she spoke a word, a sharp sword would pierce her brother's chest.
The king of a foreign country found Elisa in a cave who had suffered for her brothers. He took her back to the palace, but the archbishop of this country could not tolerate the unknown new queen. He incited the weak king, slandered her as a witch, and sentenced her to be burned at the stake. Eliza lost her crown and was imprisoned in a dungeon. On the eve of her execution, she was still knitting.
The execution bell rang, and on the stake, she weaved a crown of glory out of nettles.
(Adapted from Andersen's fairy tale "The Wild Swan")
Intent: Suffering and redemption, romantic poetic drama
