Ever since Disney Studios came out with their first cinematic masterpiece, their princesses have been looked upon as role models. Walt Disney has created a franchise with prim, proper female leads and charming princes. His first film, the beloved Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, is about a young princess who seeks refuge in a cottage of seven dwarves. She is fleeing from her evil step mother who is envious of her beauty. Little girls idolize Snow White along with the other classic Disney princesses for what they stand for. Since the beginning of Disney Pictures, little girls have been watching the Disney princess movies. Consequently, they look up to them because of their status and how they treat both humans and animals, but should they be
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Snow White is, once again a typical example of this. The film opens with a scene of Snow White cleaning around her castle. She goes toward the well, singing, and sees a man singing back to her on the opposite wall. She instantly falls in love with the stranger not knowing anything about him except what he looks like. While in the refuge that is the dwarves’ home, she informs the dwarves of her love for the stranger through a song entitled “Some Day My Prince Will Come” (Parenthetical). In the song, Snow White sings, “Though he's far away I'll find my love someday”. This implies that she doesn’t know who he is or where to find him, but, assuming it’s true love, they will find each other. Another example of a princess falling for a man at first look is one of Disney’s classics, Cinderella. In the film Cinderella, Cinderella goes to a ball, dances with a prince, and they instantly fall in love. Prince Charming is unable to remember what she looks like without the glass slippers, makeup, and flamboyant ball gown. Cinderella does nothing to find her handsome prince, who she claims to love, and waits for him to find her. Exercising the idea that Disney princesses need a man to save them. (Parenthetical) Some viewers may say that not all Disney princesses portray this aspect. Some may say that Mulan is an independent woman who focuses on the protection of her family and country instead of getting a man, despite the Chinese culture. …show more content…
Some of the older princesses portray a quality no parent wants their child to possess. Disobedience. A specific princess that blatantly expresses this trait is Princess Ariel. In The Little Mermaid, Ariel is told to not go to the surface by her father when he clearly states, “... I am never, never to hear of you going to the surface again…” (Parenthetical) Ariel tries to undermine her father’s authority by informing her father, “I’m 16 years old. I’m not a child anymore.” (Parenthetical) This statement alludes children to believe that they no longer need to listen to their parents when they are of the age of sixteen and that going into a treacherous situation is alright. Another princess that illustrates this flaw is Cinderella. The Disney princess is told to do house chores, but, rather, decides to go to a ball that she is forbidden to go to. Even though Cinderella is being treated unfairly, Disney still depicts the idea that if life isn’t fair a girl should disrespect authority to make it fair. (Parenthetical) A princess that could be a possible counter is Sleeping Beauty’s Aurora. An argument in favor of Sleeping Beauty could be that Aurora went to her safe haven in the forest with her fairy godmothers and did everything she was told, in complete isolation from the real world. (Parenthetical) She cooks, she cleans, and treats her
Snow White is, once again a typical example of this. The film opens with a scene of Snow White cleaning around her castle. She goes toward the well, singing, and sees a man singing back to her on the opposite wall. She instantly falls in love with the stranger not knowing anything about him except what he looks like. While in the refuge that is the dwarves’ home, she informs the dwarves of her love for the stranger through a song entitled “Some Day My Prince Will Come” (Parenthetical). In the song, Snow White sings, “Though he's far away I'll find my love someday”. This implies that she doesn’t know who he is or where to find him, but, assuming it’s true love, they will find each other. Another example of a princess falling for a man at first look is one of Disney’s classics, Cinderella. In the film Cinderella, Cinderella goes to a ball, dances with a prince, and they instantly fall in love. Prince Charming is unable to remember what she looks like without the glass slippers, makeup, and flamboyant ball gown. Cinderella does nothing to find her handsome prince, who she claims to love, and waits for him to find her. Exercising the idea that Disney princesses need a man to save them. (Parenthetical) Some viewers may say that not all Disney princesses portray this aspect. Some may say that Mulan is an independent woman who focuses on the protection of her family and country instead of getting a man, despite the Chinese culture. …show more content…
Some of the older princesses portray a quality no parent wants their child to possess. Disobedience. A specific princess that blatantly expresses this trait is Princess Ariel. In The Little Mermaid, Ariel is told to not go to the surface by her father when he clearly states, “... I am never, never to hear of you going to the surface again…” (Parenthetical) Ariel tries to undermine her father’s authority by informing her father, “I’m 16 years old. I’m not a child anymore.” (Parenthetical) This statement alludes children to believe that they no longer need to listen to their parents when they are of the age of sixteen and that going into a treacherous situation is alright. Another princess that illustrates this flaw is Cinderella. The Disney princess is told to do house chores, but, rather, decides to go to a ball that she is forbidden to go to. Even though Cinderella is being treated unfairly, Disney still depicts the idea that if life isn’t fair a girl should disrespect authority to make it fair. (Parenthetical) A princess that could be a possible counter is Sleeping Beauty’s Aurora. An argument in favor of Sleeping Beauty could be that Aurora went to her safe haven in the forest with her fairy godmothers and did everything she was told, in complete isolation from the real world. (Parenthetical) She cooks, she cleans, and treats her