Aladdin

In the movie Aladdin, a street rat with his faithful companion Abu are followed throughout their journey in the kingdom of Agrabah. The street rat, Aladdin, is forced to steal to survive and dreams of someday making it into the Grand Royal Palace. Aladdin thinks his dreams are only that, just dreams, until he stumbles upon a girl in the marketplace falling madly in love. This girl happens to be princess Jasmine of Agrabah and with the help of his friends Genie, magic carpet, and Abu, Aladdin avoids the tricks of Jafar and his parrot Iago to turn his wildest dreams into a reality. The movie effectively tells the story of Aladdin while applying traditional gender stereotypes found in various Disney movies. The portrayal of both males and females…

The movie Aladdin was never meant to be created so that the people of the Middle East could have a film to cherish about their culture. The film was scripted, animated, and released all during and within a year of the gulf war. This film, just as Disney has done since the world wars, was used as a form of propaganda and a method to gain nationalism from the people when we entered a foreign land for war. Therefore, Disney had to incorporate western values into the film to display what actions are…

Aladdin In the 1992 production of Aladdin, a street boy runs into a magic lamp, and transforms into a prince so he can win the heart of the princess of Agrabah. Walt Disney studios collaborated with Ron Clements and John Musker who were both the directors and producers, to create the hour and thirty-minute production (“Aladdin”). Some of the featured players are Scott Weinger as Aladdin, Robin Williams as the Genie, and Linda Larkin as Princess Jasmine. The story of Aladdin is derived from the…

Aladdin, is set in the big bustling town of Agrabah. The society is filled with poverty and crime, with a division between the rich and poor. Aladdin who is a “street rat”, doesn’t have much and has to commit crimes to be able to eat and survive, he even shares his meals with people who have less than him and have to forage for food elsewhere. Throughout the movie, he has to go through multiple challenges to find the genie lamp pertaining to the evil character Jafar, as he is trying to take over…

Emily Gregson, SOCI 1101/13, Feature Film Analysis The movie I choose is The Little Mermaid, it was released on November 15th, 1989. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions in the United States and was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. OVERVIEW/RELEVANCE OF THE FEATURE FILM The movie was based off of a Danish story written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837. The writers, like in many other animated Disney movies, wanted to take a fun twist on what was originally a very dark fairy…

comparing and contrasting essay the Grim brothers: The Grim brothers is about a boy that is asked by a wizard to go into a manhole and bring him back a lamp for a silver penny and he does but the wizard asks him to give him the lamp and he doesnt so the wizard locks him in the manhole and drops a ring then he marrrys and princess then the wizard found out that aladdin got rich out of no where so he trades aladdins wife old lamp for new lamp then the wizard takes all of his belongings and then…

Snow White takes one back to a time in childhood where kindness was exhibited by many, and every little girl was "the fairest of them all."Before their time on Broadway, Princess Jasmine and Aladdin stole the hearts of many children who had a love for Disney (much like Aladdin steals loaves of bread), and millions of hearts are still being stolen today. One can remember being introduced to magic, standing up for what one believes in, and love, with Princess Jasmine and Aladdin. This duo really…

OY! Ten-thousand years will give ya such a crick in the neck!” the genie exclaims and cracks his neck, “ Whoa! Does it feel good to be outta there!” The genie looks over at aladdin “ Oh, hello you must be the one to let me out of there, what’s your name kid? The genie questioned. “A-alana,’ Alana stutters. “Ooo Alana I like it!” the genie exclaimed” So Alana since you rubbed my lamp you get 3 wishes.” Alana freezes and stuttered, ”I-I don’t know what to wish for.” “Mmm girl how ‘bout i get…

Aladdin represents the light of the story. He is kind, helpful, and looks out for everyone. Although, in the beginning he lied to Jasmine, about him being a prince, but he had good intentions. Oppositely, Jafar is the darkness of the story. The darkness of the story is Jafar, because he is selfish, and does not care about others. Jafar has negative intentions for citizens of Agrahbah and wants to reign over overall. The suitors come to visit princess Jasmine, but Jasmine realizes not to judge…

In life, special circumstances let you see the truth. It eradicates obstacles and strengthens desires for comfort. It allows you to forgive unforgivable actions done towards you. Circumstances such as a feud or hate could cause many options for the person to decide his or her destiny but the one that can be humble and wise is the one that gets the better end of the stick. The Little Mermaid was revised to capture the minds of young children and show them that different circumstances are terrible…