Stereotypes In The Movie Brave

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Disney, one of the world’s largest provider and producers of media and entertainment across the entire globe. Disney movies are a huge part of modern day culture and have been very influential aspects of many different people’s lives whether it was from the main Disney characters or from the stories each one told. However, majority of the films that were produced by Disney were centred around the same plot; the princess isn’t able to do things on her own, finds romantic love, finds herself in danger (each princess in a different way), and her “knight in shining armour” comes to her rescue. One movie that goes against the norm and stereotype of Disney movies is the movie Brave. The movie Brave presents a powerful and young female who paints

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