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I think Ariel is more of a dumb, naive, spoiled girl who follows her idiotic impulses no matter the cost.

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1. She is that way because of her father never letting her experience anything.

2. She wanted to know what it was like to be human long before meeting Eric so it wasn't like that whole idea came up just because of the man.

It also is a good lesson in what can happen if you "make a deal with the devil" and addresses the timeless ever important difficult to grasp fact that the grass isn't always necessarily greener.