Steps out of True Love
“So to spend a life of endless bliss; Just find who you love through true love's kiss…” The lyrics from a Disney film Enchanted tells about Disney’s “true love”, which trapped Disney Princesses in their assigned gender roles for years. Over nearly eight decades, under the influence of development of feminism, the fairytale-style true love first defined by Disney films has been constantly challenged and finally subverted. Throughout three waves of feminist movements, reflecting our culture’s shifting values, female characters in these films gradually grow from empty pictures dependent on men in the early years to lively figures with individuality, independence and strong minds. These women characters once trapped in …show more content…
Frozen tells the story of sisterhood instead of a romantic relationship between the male and the female. The story focuses on how the two princess sisters work to repair their relationship once estranged by a magical curse. Born with the curse, the princess of Arendelle, Elsa, has the power of manipulating ice. Always afraid of hurting others again, including her sister Anna, Elsa spend most of time alone trying to control and conceal her power. Years after, on her coronation day, Anna falls in love and gets engaged with the Prince Hans. Angry about Anna’s hasty decision, Elsa loses control of her power, flees in panic and leaves the whole kingdom of Arendelle …show more content…
While singing and claiming her power, she alters her clothing to show her independence. Her new dress and her shoes are more sexualized in comparison to the way she dressed before. Along with the song of Let It Go, Elsa accepted all of who she is and everything from her inner self including the seemingly cursed power and doesn’t fit herself into the assigned position any more. Her monologue can be seen as a reflection of heartfelt wishes of post-feminism women, who were oppressed and constrained by their feminine features but finally is able to accept themselves, discover and liberate their own unique power
“So to spend a life of endless bliss; Just find who you love through true love's kiss…” The lyrics from a Disney film Enchanted tells about Disney’s “true love”, which trapped Disney Princesses in their assigned gender roles for years. Over nearly eight decades, under the influence of development of feminism, the fairytale-style true love first defined by Disney films has been constantly challenged and finally subverted. Throughout three waves of feminist movements, reflecting our culture’s shifting values, female characters in these films gradually grow from empty pictures dependent on men in the early years to lively figures with individuality, independence and strong minds. These women characters once trapped in …show more content…
Frozen tells the story of sisterhood instead of a romantic relationship between the male and the female. The story focuses on how the two princess sisters work to repair their relationship once estranged by a magical curse. Born with the curse, the princess of Arendelle, Elsa, has the power of manipulating ice. Always afraid of hurting others again, including her sister Anna, Elsa spend most of time alone trying to control and conceal her power. Years after, on her coronation day, Anna falls in love and gets engaged with the Prince Hans. Angry about Anna’s hasty decision, Elsa loses control of her power, flees in panic and leaves the whole kingdom of Arendelle …show more content…
While singing and claiming her power, she alters her clothing to show her independence. Her new dress and her shoes are more sexualized in comparison to the way she dressed before. Along with the song of Let It Go, Elsa accepted all of who she is and everything from her inner self including the seemingly cursed power and doesn’t fit herself into the assigned position any more. Her monologue can be seen as a reflection of heartfelt wishes of post-feminism women, who were oppressed and constrained by their feminine features but finally is able to accept themselves, discover and liberate their own unique power