Emotional Manipulation In The Film Anna's Isolation

Anna’s emotional manipulation by Hans is representative of her core issue, the fear of abandonment, representing Anna as an easy target for manipulation. At the beginning of the film, Anna is sad about her isolation, not only from being abandoned from her sister, but from the rest of Arendelle. Elsa’s powers are too much for her to control, and she hurts Anna. Consequently, Elsa thinks it is best to leave Anna alone, so she does not hurt her again. However, all of Anna’s memories of the two of them and Elsa’s powers are erased, so she has no idea of why Elsa does not want to be with her anymore. She feels as if she has been abandoned. Anna sings to a closed door when trying to get Elsa to be with her, “it's like you've gone away. We used to be best buddies, and now we're not. I wish you would tell me why!” …show more content…
When Anna meets Hans she sings, “All my life has been a series of doors in my face, and then suddenly I bump into you. And it's nothing like I've ever known before!/ Love is an open door!” Elsa’s abandonment of Anna is represented by a closed door, and when Anna meets Hans, she implies that his love provides her with an open door. This open door, although Hans and Anna have just met each other, gives Anna the belief that Hans will not abandon her like Elsa did. Thus, Anna’s id wants so badly to be a part of the outside world, to have people to talk to, and to not to be abandoned anymore that her superego does not play a part of the decision of marriage to Hans the same day they met. This makes Anna an easy target for manipulation because she no longer wants to be deserted by her love ones. Thus, she is capable of believing that Hans truly loves her because she does not want to regress back to the feeling that people do not care about