The creative background of the little girl selling matches

It was a very dark society at that time. The rich can bully the poor unscrupulously, and the poor often starve to death in the streets. The author satirized the unfairness of the social system at that time through fairy tales.

1845 10, Andersen went to Italy again. Christmas is coming, and friends in Gloucester Stirton have repeatedly invited Andersen to spend Christmas there. Andersen got into the carriage to Glouceston excitedly. In Glouceston, he saw the banner of "Welcome Mr. Andersen" hanging on the roadside, and the bookstore was full of fairy tales created by him.

Andersen's carriage moved slowly in the streets of Glouceston. He wants to experience the Christmas atmosphere in this city. However, at the end of the busy street, he saw a middle-aged woman begging weakly with a basket on her arm and a thin baby on her back. Not far away, a little girl who is only about five years old is selling matches, and her hands are frozen.

However, not many people passed by, and the little girl with blonde hair and blue eyes didn't sell a match.

Extended data:

The Little Match Girl is a fairy tale written by Danish fairy tale writer Andersen and published in 1846. This paper mainly tells the story of a little match girl who froze to death in the street on New Year's Eve when the rich family were having fun and drinking together.

The little girl died with a smile on her lips, which was in sharp contrast with her real life of hunger and cold through the beautiful fantasy of lighting matches. Through this fairy tale, Andersen expressed his deep sympathy for the poor and his dissatisfaction with the society at that time, and mercilessly exposed the darkness and evil of capitalist society.

The power of tragedy lies in tearing up beauty for people to see. The little girl selling matches is the destruction of a girl's pure soul. The poor girl still yearns for a better situation without even the most basic food and clothing.

Perhaps this is the true face of human nature, and the writer Andersen described the bitterness and tragic fate of this weak life with her longing and disillusionment for a better situation, which enhanced the artistic appeal of the characters.

The article describes "blushing with laughter", seeing "warm stove, delicious roast goose, beautiful Christmas tree and loving grandmother" in fantasy, and flying to heaven with grandma to find a life without cold, hunger and pain.

The author described the beautiful fantasy of the little girl and the cold reality she faced, and mercilessly whipped the evil capitalist society.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Little Match Girl