Argh, I fail at Statsborgerskabstesten! I didn't know that's what that statue was! I pass that statue so frequently and I'm always annoyed that it's spraying water on me, and amused that it's not-so-vaguely pornographic. Fail!
H.C. Andersen (okay, shuttup, I was BOUND to go there) did his own version of it in 1934, which emphasised Agnes as a creature caught between 'home' and 'away', defined by her desire to always be not-here and so unable to find peace and/or home. In his view, she was not of the earth nor of the water -- an amphibious in-betweener, destined for heartbreak. Oh, H.C. Andersen, ever the woobie Mary Sue-writer to end all. /geek
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H.C. Andersen (okay, shuttup, I was BOUND to go there) did his own version of it in 1934, which emphasised Agnes as a creature caught between 'home' and 'away', defined by her desire to always be not-here and so unable to find peace and/or home. In his view, she was not of the earth nor of the water -- an amphibious in-betweener, destined for heartbreak. Oh, H.C. Andersen, ever the woobie Mary Sue-writer to end all. /geek