Symbolism In Let It Go

Religion and magic are different from one another in three ways; intention, attitude, and action. According to Versnel, the intention behind magic is that it is employed to achieve concrete and mostly individual goals whereas religion focuses on intangible long-term goals which concern collective issues of society (11, 178). This can be seen when Elsa creates her ice palace golem “Marshmallow” to protect her from the outside world, this is an individual goal that solely benefits Elsa. In Elsa’s song “Let It Go” she sings about how she is getting away from the past of everyone else’s expectations and her fears. Her goal is to run from the “fear that once controlled” her, showing her individualistic goal to live in an ice palace by herself rather …show more content…
Versnel claims that the intentions are manipulative, man is the initiator and the executor the man of the process he controls with the aid of knowledge which he has or is at his disposal (11, 178). This is shown in the Princess and the Frog when Doctor Faciler uses the knowledge from his “friends” on the other side to execute spells and create magic so that he may become the most powerful man in New Orleans and transform the prince into a frog. On the other hand, religion views man as dependent upon the powers outside of his sphere of influence and demands some form of submission as shown with Brother Bear when Kenai becomes a bear after killing Koda’s mother, he has no control over this transformation, the powers beyond do (11, …show more content…
Magic is characterized by the attention paid to the technical side of manipulation, precision of formula, and the access to the secret knowledge, and expects a price this is shown when Ursula in the Little Mermaid creates the charm that will allow Ariel to walk on two legs. During the song “Poor unfortunate souls,” Ursula sings about the ingredients that she is adding; “beluga, sevruga, come winds of the Caspian Sea, larynxes, glossitis,” while she is not looking at any book telling her what to add, so she possesses some secret knowledge about what to do and how to create the spell that Ariel needs. The price of this spell is that Ariel must give up her voice. In comparison, religion has an intended effect, when one prays for health it is expected that it will be a free favor from a sovereign God, this is shown in Atlantis the Lost City with the use of the crystal (11, 179). The crystal functions as a rosary that each of the Atlanteans wear around their necks and when they want it to do something they essentially ask it to do so. The larger crystal in which it comes from is their “God” so the crystal is functioning as the piece in which is granting these people free favors without asking for anything in