The Nutcracker is a fairy tale based on a little girl's wish of bringing her nutcracker soldier to life by her godfather at Christmas. As the nutcracker comes to life, the room begins to expand with the Christmas tree growing along with all the other toys around the tree.
The little girl's brother, aka the Mouse King with all his mice, starts a battle against all the toys and the nutcracker soldier to which the soldier defends the little girl until falling silent on the floor.
Then suddenly arising in a live human form to take her to the Christmas tree kingdom, she falls in love with the soldier and they lived happily ever after, until it is revealed that it was all arguably a dream.
This took my interest because when it is performed on stage by the English National Ballet, a male human being is a representation of the object becoming alive while stirring up reactions and emotions towards it from the main character. As they use a human to perform the role of an object, this human being can also influence the audience to feel particular emotions such as happiness and sympathy towards the nutcracker.
It can show that if anything can be given a personality that of a human's, it can be viewed upon and treated differently by whoever encounters with that object.
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http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/02427/nutcracker_2427202b.jpg
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