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The Simplified Wizard of Oz Hunter Hannula Dr. Jason Friedman Modern U.S. History 10/16/14 Written during the meteoric rise of the populist movement, L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was more than just an entertaining story for children. Full of multifaceted characters and symbolism, much of the book can be interpreted as an allegory for the political events at the time. About 40 years after the publication of the book, a movie…

In many classic Disney princess movies the characters promote female stereotypes. In fact, according to the Washington Post Disney films focus on looks so much that more than ½ the compliments given to the characters have to do with appearance. With the focus on beauty, young girls start to feel that being beautiful on the outside is what they are best at and what they should be good at. As they are being shown in these films the more they start to think that the being a female stereotype is…

The Princess Bride The princess Bride Published in 1973 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich and written by William Goldman in 414 pages of a story between two soul mates who match their love for one another no matter what it takes. They chase for love during medieval times in the kingdom of fluorine. Once Westley and Buttercup discover their love for eachother Westley must leave to a voyage for riches but was to have been murdered but the odds are beat and he comes back in order for their love to…

“Little Girls or Little Women? The Disney Princess Effect”, Stephanie Hanes argues that the Disney princesses are bad for young girls. She argues that because young girls grow up in a Disney culture they are growing up and maturing faster. Disney princesses deserve to be celebrated for all that they teach young girls. Hanes does not suggest that little girls should not watch Disney movies growing up, she suggests that Disney should broaden the princess’ role. She gives 2 examples of this, the…

Princess films are beloved classics that range from the beloved Disney franchise, to live action films such as the Princess Diaries, to historical tales as those seen is polish films. No matter what the format or genre these films typically contain recurring scenes. The film The Princess Bride offers a new comedic approach to this classic genre. While scholars have explored how princess films are able to succeed through the use ideas such as historical nostalgia or nationalism, The Princess…

would benefit from the addition of a movie by the name of The Princess Bride. The Princess Bride was directed by Rob Reiner and screenplay was written by William Goldman in 1987, who also wrote the same 1973 novel the movie is based off of. It follows the adventures of a peasant named Westley and his journey into a fantastical world filled with pirates, royalty and miracles. The story starts off with Westley falling in love with a princess, but eventually having leave in order to join a ship’s…

Many grew up with the Disney movies, their catchy songs and fantasises about a special prince or princess. In the article, “The portrayal of older characters in Disney animated film,”, the authors stated, “Disney films are passed along from parent to child, which introduces each new generation new values, beliefs, and attitudes…” (Robinson, Tom 206). While Disney movies brought positive messages for children to learn; it also portrayed negative effects in the society. Disney films supported…

distress based games follow the Subject-Object Dichotomy. Saying that the subject, or main character that is usually a male, must find the object, or the girl. A great example of this would be the game Super Mario Bros. where Mario is the Subject and Princess Peach is the Object. Using this plot device makes the women more of a prize to be won or a goal to be accomplished. To tell whether this is being used you must be able to change the girl into something like a ball without changing the…

Within the workforce over the past few years there has been a lot of controversy between black women and their hair. A countless number of women have been dismissed from their jobs due to what the jobs consider acceptable. The media has turned black hair into something that is to be shunned. Media Outlook As a young black girl growing up watching Disney movies I always paid attention to the color of the princesses’ skin and the way their hair was styled. Out of all the…

The Ultimate Goal From childhood some of us are taught a particularly disturbing philosophy, to be physically attractive equals success or happiness. To be the “skinny one”, to be appealing, and if we achieve this, everything else in life will just follow. I would be lying if I said that scared little girl inside my heart didn’t still believe this to be true to some extent, but with age came wisdom but we’ll get to this a little later. Seeing all the “pretty” people on tv, movies, ads, even in…