Talk:Koschei

Wouldn't the lustful Princess who Koschei abducted be seen as a secondary antagonist in the tale? Granted, she was kidnapped by a madman, but ever heard of Stockholm Syndrome? What if that rubbed off on her. When the prince gets the egg and squeezes it, Koschei dies an almost pitiful death as the Princess stands there smirking. The Princess weadled information of Koschei's soul from him under pretenses of love for him, which in my mind strikes me as pretty barbaric. Then she basically celebrates Koschei's final death by essentially stripping with the prince. So, I would say the main antagonists of this story are: Koschei first, then the Princess, and possibly the prince because he went along with it. Some might argue the Princess was the Bigger Bad due to her lust for the prince driving her to torture and kill her kidnapper by using false pledges of love to find his mortality, then she squeezes his egg (his soul) until his heart explodes.

"WAS IT NOT OUT OF LOVE FOR YOU, that I told you where my death was? And THIS is the repayment you give me!?!"

- Koschei's pitiful final words as the Princess stands there smirking

LawEnforcementCombustion (talk) 08:38, April 2, 2016 (UTC)

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