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The Water Monster (Intermediate)
Nov 21, 2023
A mother dreams of her daughter's water and tear wedding dress. The daughter does laundry at the lake and encounters a monster. The podcast explores themes of marriage, horror, and fairytale. Words and phrases related to food, coercion, and the body are also discussed.
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- The story highlights the importance of listening to advice and the dire consequences that can arise from disobedience.
- The use of water, tears, and froth symbolizes emotional turmoil and the fragile nature of happiness.
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The Water Monster and its Marriage Plans
The main idea of this podcast episode is a retelling of a Czech poem called Vodnik. In this story, a water monster plans to marry a human woman and spends his nights making clothes for the wedding. Meanwhile, a mother dreams about her daughter wearing wedding clothes made of water and tears. Despite the mother's warning, the daughter decides to go to the lake to do laundry and gets captured by the water monster. She marries him and they have a child. However, the daughter is unhappy and begs the monster to let her visit her mother. The monster agrees but sets three rules, which she breaks, leading to tragic consequences.
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