****It seems obvious to me that the song is meant to be humorous in an ironic way. It doesn’t land as it should, perhaps. It doesn’t land for you at all. To me, she is a princess who has been raised on tales and legends of romance and battles. The Trojan War for example. Many young people have a romantic vision of war until they are faced with the brutal reality of it. She gets what she think she wants by the end and it is nothing like her imaginings.****
I'm sure you're right that this was the writers' intention, and I'm glad it works for you. It used to work for me, too, and then I reconsidered, partly based on the fact that her cluelessness is amplified in "Take Me to the Fair," when she actually goads the knights to injure or kill Lancelot in jousts that are very soon to happen in real life. |
