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The Figurehead

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4 feature instances
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The Figurehead	comment	Published by Crosbie Garstin in Vagabond Verses in 1917, "The Figurehead" is a Narrative Poem. Using Black Comedy to work to the punchline and Nautical Folklore as setting, the poem details the short but eventful career of the titular figurehead.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })One day, a versed carver wanted to create a saint in wood, but the parson wasn't interested. With the carving already complete, the carver opted to paint it up as a soldier and sell it as a figurehead instead. Its ship sets out and reaches the equator, where the handsome figurehead catches the attention of a mermaid, who is none other than the daughter of Davy Jones. She tries courting the figurehead with songs and regularly climbs up the bobstay to be with him, but no response comes. Distraught, the mermaid calls on her father for help. Davy Jones sinks the ship, allowing the mermaid to gather the figurehead and take it to her grotto. She continues to court him day and night, but still is ignored. And she'll forever be. Because while the figurehead may have been reworked to represent a soldier, he continues to regard himself a saint.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The poem has been adapted twice under the same name. The first time was in 1953, when the poem was turned into a 7-minute Stop Motion short by Joy Batchelor, John Halas, and Allan Crick. It debuted at the Cannes Film Festival. The other is a 2016 children's book as a student project, which art can be found here.
The Figurehead	fetched	2019-10-26T17:15:23Z
The Figurehead	parsed	2020-06-24T08:06:20Z
The Figurehead	isPartOf	DBTropes
The Figurehead / int_3d27bdc0	type	Color Contrast
The Figurehead / int_3d27bdc0	comment	Color Contrast: The whole sea & ship imagery generates a palette of blue and other cold colors. The figurehead springs out the moment his coat is said to be scarlet. This becomes more pronounced when contrasted with the captain, who wears a blue coat, and both adaptations make the most of this blue against red situation. On the other hand, the mermaid's lips are said to be red as coral, the one other moment a warm color is invoked, and neither adaptation incorporates it.
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The Figurehead / int_7a82c3d2	type	All Love Is Unrequited
The Figurehead / int_7a82c3d2	comment	All Love Is Unrequited: The captain, the (first) mate, the bosun, and by implication every man onboard tries to look their best for the mermaid, but she gives them nothing but the cold shoulder. Meanwhile, the figurehead ignores her despite all her efforts to please him.
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The Figurehead / int_e70c45f0	type	All Animals Are Dogs
The Figurehead / int_e70c45f0	comment	All Animals Are Dogs: The porpoises and flying-fish follow the mermaid "like dogs".
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The following is a list of statements referring to the current page from other pages.

The Figurehead	hasFeature	Davy Jones / int_6060f128
The Figurehead	hasFeature	English Literature / int_6060f128
The Figurehead	hasFeature	Mermaid Media / int_6060f128
The Figurehead	hasFeature	Mermaid Works Launching This Weekend / int_6060f128
The Figurehead	hasFeature	Narrative Poem / int_6060f128

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