Melisande contains examples of the following tropes: ; Affectionate Parody: Of Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel and fairy tales in general. ; Anachronism Stew: Melisande, a princess in a classic fairytale setting, has read Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. ; Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Melisande, while miles tall, manages to disarm the invading army completely (although she does her best not to kill or hurt anyone.)
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Pelléas et Mélisande ( Pelléas and Mélisande ) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist play of the...
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Cursed by an evil fairy at her christening, Princess Melisande grows up bald but finds herself facing another set of problems when her wish for golden hair is fulfilled.
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"For a princess is an elegant thing, Delicate and dainty as a... genuine princess is exceedingly rare!" —Once Upon a... specifically, a princess. After years of exposure to the classical...
Marriage and issue In January 1218, Melisande married Prince Bohemond IV of Antioch. The marriage produced three daughters: Isabella (died young) Maria (died after 10 December 1307), she...
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The 1984 print is a throwback to Erté's Art Deco heyday, to the extent that his princess rather resembles a 1920s flapper. Incidentally, the wikipedia entry for 'Princesse lointaine...