She safely pulls him ashore. While hovering over the unconscious prince, she professes her love for him and her desire to be human.
Poor Ariel, everyone's a control freak. Even Ursula, the overweight, bitter, (sea lesbian) sea witch wishes to possess her. Ariel further rejects the fun-filled life of luxury, and King Triton destroys her stash of "gadgets and gizmos," which pushes her to unconventional means to an end. Ursula proposes the possibility of Ariel becoming human. Her very movements scream of pent up sexual frustrations and vengeance, seducing the naive heroine. Ursula bellows out that men are not interested in what women have to say, but instead are coerced by body language. Ariel follows suit by exchanging her claim to fame, her beautiful voice for a three-day pass as a human. She is then left to be carried ashore by her male counterparts, unknowingly naked from the waist down, with no voice to ask for help. Had it not been for a washed up sail, the approaching Prince Eric might have got a lusty eye full. Her first attempt at body language lands her in his arms.
In Eric's kingdom, the human women are portrayed as unattractive servants, gossiping like cackling hens. When Ariel's male guidance steers her wrong, she turns heads (and almost stomachs) at the dinner table. At the close of the first day, Ariel falls asleep as Sebastian attempts to teach her the proper body language to use to get the all-important kiss of man. The next day, her friends are insistent that the man is supposed to make the first move, and attempt to set the mood with a little song and dance. Meanwhile, the body language preaching sea witch calls the defenseless Ariel a tramp. The second day ends and our heroine remains only temporarily human. As he plays his soft music on the beach, the sea witch ensnares Eric using Ariel's voice and a conjured body. On the third day, she awakens to the news of a wedding, but soon finds it is not her own.
