At the end of The Little Mermaid, we see Ariel fall into the hands of Ursula the Sea Witch, becoming another goblin plant for her Garden of Unfortunate Souls. When her father, the Sea King, tries to destroy the contract in which she had signed herself away, he discovers that he cannot because she had freely given her consent. There is one way in which she can be freed: Ursula will accept the Sea King in Ariel's place. When we give into temptation, it is always of our free will. In order to free us from these chains with which we have bound ourselves to the devil, God sent His only Son as a substitute for us. He accepted our chains in order that we may be freed from them. The devil did not suspect the power of His humanity just as Ursula did not suspect the power of Erik's-- and it is this humanity which strikes the fatal blow with which ALL of humanity is set free.
Ariel discovers at the end that her father, out of love for her, fulfills her heart's desire as even she could not have imagined... Ariel, like all of us, gave into the temptation to believe that her father was not goodness and love. She discovered through his gift of self to her that in fact he was loving and wise. All she had to do was love him and demonstrate a holy desire in her heart.
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