Study Guide

Andersen's Fairy Tales Characters

Hope you weren't expecting Disney's spunky, self-possessed heroine, because that's sure not what...

Gerda is one sweet kid. She likes to sing psalms, and when Kai is pricked by the mirror shards,...

This little soldier isn't dealt a good hand in life. He's different from the other tin soldiers...

The ugly duckling gets a raw deal: he's actually a baby swan, but nobody knows that, so everyone...

We have a feeling that Andersen woke up every morning, looked at his reflection in the mirror,...

Andersen loves little girl characters who are innocent, faithful, and good. Like, almost as much...

Andersen's stories are chock-full of boys who are honest and kind. The kinds of dudes you'd want...

Apparently common sense is not a requirement to be a ruler in Andersen's tales. (Or in real life,...

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