Traditional Stereotypes In Disney's Movie Frozen

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In Disney’s movie “Frozen” it can be argued that the traditional stereotypes that Disney have set have been broken some say they haven’t I believe that both sides are right. The movie “Frozen” is a story of two sisters, one too scared of herself hurting others after an early childhood accident (Elsa) and the other (Anna) believing everything can be solved with love. After the death of their parents Elsa has to become Queen but after a freak accident runs away into isolation to prevent this from happening again she runs away into isolation deciding that being alone is the best solution. The movie “Frozen” raises the issues of traditional stereotypes by keeping and breaking some.

One of the main characters “Anna” breaks the traditional Disney

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