The Story of the Princess Hase is one that I plan to use in my Portfolio project. Due to this story being a fairy tale and including a princess, I feel like it will fit into my theme of beauty perfectly. The background story that is given here is really good and in only a few paragraphs sets up the scene for the entirety of it. When Princess Hase mother dies there is great sadness that enters the story. Not only does the Princess's mother die, but her new step mother is cruel and treats the Princess badly. This use of an antagonist helps to bring the reader to a place of empathy for the Princess. In terms of beauty, the Princess learned to play the harp and became so well versed in this practice.
There is a great twist in the story that gives the reader shock. For the evil stepmother tries to poison Princess Hase but mistakenly poisons her own son. The stepmother was then even more enraged with Hase and blamed her for her sons death. She went so far as to enlist a servant to kill the Princess when her father went away. However, this servant knew this was wrong and refused to do it. The servant is an unlikely hero for this story. I think that it may even be interesting to not kill off the young boy and instead debilitate him. It may also be an interesting twist to have the boy love his step sister Hase despite his mother's hatred for her and in the end team up with Hase against the step mom.
In the end, the wicked stepmother fled from the home knowing that she had been found out. The faithful servant who protected the Princess was promoted to the highest ranking for his efforts to out the evil woman.
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