Disney Princess

“Women are like teabags. You don’t know how strong they are until you put them in hot water” – Eleanor Roosevelt According to the Oxford dictionary, a women is defined as a wife, a female human being and even a sweetheart. Despite, the dictionary giving us the obvious definition, one thing it misses is the whole stereotype that has been placed on women throughout the years. The stereotype of not being unable to be independent, the stereotype of being a housewife, the stereotype of not being an…

Plot Structure of The Little Mermaid The Little Mermaid, a fairytale that is made by a Danish author named Hans Christian Andersen is different than the film that we all know and love, which is adapted by Disney. The Disney version of the story has a happier and lighter tone so that it would fit their audience. The version that was created by Hans Christian Andersen has a slightly darker ending. So here is how the original version of The Little Mermaid goes. From the story, the Little Mermaid…

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 Thousand and One Nights, which is a large…

On February 4, 1938, the first ever Disney Princess movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered, taking in over $1.6 billion when accounting for inflation. This single movie was the first in a series of movies that would redefine a portion of every young girls' life. Today, almost each and every girl goes through something called the “princess” phase, in which they become completely obsessed with everything to do with the Disney princesses. This obsession comes in many forms, including an…

more than a lesson that we must learn from the protagonist’s adventure(s). Miyazaki’s movies are not black and white, but actually rather more blended, his films are more ‘gray’, if we have to put it into words. And more importantly is that, unlike Disney with their ‘happy ever after’ that is always the result of a romance (or with a romance subplot like in their film Frozen), Miyazaki manages give a more realistic, broader and natural happy ending to his films, and a more accurate…

Disney movies are not so G-rated as many assume. Disney movies portray secrets that are hard to catch while watching. There are regulations to pass in order for movies to be G-rated. Somehow Disney producers can get movies to meet the regulations with having all those secrets in the movies. Those secrets hidden in Disney movies have to do with hetero- romantic love and heterosexiness. I argue that today’s definition of hetero- romantic and heterosexuality is way different than years ago. Today…

Why does everyone yearn for their own version of "happily ever after"? As toddlers, we're fed fairy tales that present a one-dimensional view of falling in love with your prince charming and everything naturally falling into place after that. As we grow up, social media continues to feed us the fantasy that it's an achievable goal. Lydia Davis' "Break It Down" utilizes money as a means of attempting to measure how much he's invested in romance. On the other hand, Anne Sexton's "Cinderella" puts…

live sheltered lives. When Diana Spencer married into the royal household, that stereotype was broken. Diana, Princess of Wales was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales and she challenged the typical stereotype of a princess by talking about mental illness, making physical contact with AIDS and leprosy patients, and by exposing her children to the horrors of the outside world. Princess Diana believed that royals should utilize their privilege to help the less fortunate. She was one of the…

Mother Teresa once said, “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” This quote is relevant in the 2001 movie Shrek. The star of the movie, Shrek, is an ogre who falls in love with princess Fiona, while rescuing her from a castle protected by a dragon. Shrek has a deal with Lord Farquaad that if he can bring Fiona back to be the bride of Farquaad, he can get his swamp cleared of fairytale creatures. In the satirical Dreamwork production Shrek, William Steig utilizes the device bathos…

Gender portrayals in media has been influencing kids of how they think how males or females supposed to be, especially in Disney movies. Some researchers have examined through certain Disney movies with gender stereotyping messages. Research conducted by Dundes (2001), analyzed Pocahontas movie. In many ways, Pocahontas portrayed as a strong, independent woman; however, at the end of the film, she follows a stereotypic female script. Bell, Haas, & Sells (1995) also found that Pocahontas…