History Literature / TheFigurehead

* DavyJones: It's the LordOfTheOcean version. He commands hurricanes.

* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: Ignoring, for a moment, that the mermaid is a bit of a StalkerWithACrush and responsible for the entire crew's death, she does draw pity for just how desperate she is for the figurehead to acknowledge her and for the audience's certainty that that desperation is all her love will get her.

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. [[spoiler: Because while the figurehead may have been reworked to represent a soldier, he continues to regard himself a saint.]]

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.

* DiamondsInTheBuff: The mermaid's outfit is pointedly limited to a string of pearls and conches.

[[caption-width-right:350:Don't the make a lovely not-couple?]]

One day, a versed carver wanted to create a saint in wood, but the parson forbade it. With the carving already complete, the carver opted to paint it up as a soldier and sell it as a figurehead. 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.

* LivingFigurehead: Played with in a BaitAndSwitch manner. Up until the final lines, there's never a reason to assume the figurehead is anything but a wooden statue. The absence of any reaction to the mermaid is understood as him being not alive. This, in turn, makes the mermaid delusional and the crew's deaths tragically absurd and pointless. But then the final lines confirm, in so many words, that the figurehead is alive and that his disregard for the mermaid and the crew comes from him believing himself above them.
* TheProudElite: The irony is that the not-secretly-nice version of this goes for both the mermaid and the figurehead. She is as good as a sea goddess and doesn't feel the need to care about anything but her own desires. He is convinced that he is nothing less than a saint and therefore should not act outside of that.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: The poem contains the LordOfTheOcean version of Davy Jones, but otherwise doesn't give his appearance any description. The short, though, depicts him as gigantic. The mermaid's even smaller than his ''ear''!

* RoyalBrat: Davy Jones's depiction is of the LordOfTheOcean variety. And the mermaid is his bratty daughter who thinks she should get whatever she desires.
* SerenadeYourLover: The mermaid tries this at the surface and resumes her serenades to the figurehead post-hurricane down on the ocean floor. He is not moved.
* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: Ignoring, for a moment, that the mermaid is a bit of a StalkerWithACrush and responsible for the entire crew's death, she does draw pity for just how desperate she is for the figurehead to acknowledge her and the audience's certainty that that desperation is all her love will get her.

One day, a versed carver wanted to create a saint in wood, but the parson forbade it. With the carving already complete, the carver opted to paint it up as a soldier and sell it as a figurehead. 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 might have been reworked to represent a soldier, he continues to regard himself a saint.

* ElephantGraveyard: Overlaps with DerelictGraveyard. The mermaid's home is a grotto built from the bones of drowned sailors, which, like the wrecks of what once were their ships, are strewn about her territory.

One day, an ancient carver wanted to create a saint in wood, but the parson forbade it. With the carving already complete, the carver opted to paint it up as a soldier and sell it as a figurehead. 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 might have been reworked to represent a soldier, he continues to regard himself a saint.

* TheProudElite: The irony is that the thorough version of this goes for both the mermaid and the figurehead. She is as good as a sea goddess and doesn't feel the need to care about anything but her own desires. He is convinced that he is nothing less than a saint and therefore should not act outside of that.

* TheProudElite: The figurehead, who is convinced that he is nothing less than a saint, qualifies. And from what can be gathered, he's not the kind with a secret warmer side either.