To popularize science, Andersen remained unmarried throughout his life. It is said that he remained an old virgin until his death. He fell in love many times without falling in love (whether with women or men). Most of his works are original and combined with his own tragic experiences or those of people around him, so most of his works have tragic endings. The Brothers Grimm's fairy tales were adapted from medieval folk tales collected by the Brothers Grimm, so most of the endings are "the prince and the princess lived happily ever after." Foreign experts believe that "The Daughter of the Sea" was the result of Andersen's reaction to his sponsor and adoptive father Jonathan Colin's "He is also Andersen's Bole, but I don't know how to say "Bole" in foreign languages, so it has never been used in the article." In the end, he only regarded Andersen as a friend and brother. Andersen wrote "Hay's Daughter" not long after Edward got married (although I dare not say directly that "Hay's Daughter" was about himself and Edward, but in the letter, Andersen used the relationship between men and women to compare himself and Edward. When Edward got married, he envied his bride to be closer to Edward than him, and soon wrote "Hay's Daughter". These are true, as evidenced by his letters to Edward, the time of Edward's marriage, and the time when Andersen wrote "Hay's Daughter"). Andersen probably wrote "The Daughter of the Sea" based on his unrequited love for Edward, combined with the setting of the legendary soul of the Mediterranean elf Udina (also translated as Undine). The ballet "The Little Mermaid" created by John Neumeier uses the idea that the prince is based on Edward.
Concept: Prototype of the story "The Daughter of the Sea"