Aurora’s coronation has begun, and Knotgrass, Flittle, and Thistlewit proceed to bestow magical gifts on the newly crowned princess Aurora. Suddenly, a dark green, enchanted mist appears sweeping and devouring any civilian in its path. Striking out the green shadow, maleficent makes a grand entrance, and advances to give Aurora a magical gift as well. As Maleficent begins reciting her spell, she glances over at King Stephan with disgust and hatred. This provokes Maleficent to take away something he loved dearly to pay back the price of her beloved wings, but the monetary value is great and that price is Stephan’s daughter. Maleficent relinquishes her powers, and creates a dark shadow around Aurora as she decides what curse to bestow on the child. “Why, no, your majesty, and to show I bear no ill will, I, too, shall bestow a gift on the child. Listen well, all of you! The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty,
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These modifications of characteristics cause maleficent to be unrecognizable and inconsistent with the original quality. As mentioned in the examiner, Chris Sawin wrote “But those moments don't last very long as the character becomes more and more watered down and diluted until you can't recognize her anymore.” While I perfectly agree that maleficent has lost her role from being ruthless and cold hearted; maleficent change in character is needed to detail her side of the narrative as well as set up the plot for the remainder of the film. Without these specific details maleficent would be incomplete and inconsistent with the plot. Her character becoming good is valuable in the connection between the aura and the safety of the forest kingdom. This not only makes aura the savior of the forest kingdom, but it preaches a valuable lesson which is genuine love does not always end with a man sweeping a woman off of her
These modifications of characteristics cause maleficent to be unrecognizable and inconsistent with the original quality. As mentioned in the examiner, Chris Sawin wrote “But those moments don't last very long as the character becomes more and more watered down and diluted until you can't recognize her anymore.” While I perfectly agree that maleficent has lost her role from being ruthless and cold hearted; maleficent change in character is needed to detail her side of the narrative as well as set up the plot for the remainder of the film. Without these specific details maleficent would be incomplete and inconsistent with the plot. Her character becoming good is valuable in the connection between the aura and the safety of the forest kingdom. This not only makes aura the savior of the forest kingdom, but it preaches a valuable lesson which is genuine love does not always end with a man sweeping a woman off of her