Princess of Wales

drowning. Also, at the end of Tangled, Rapunzel cuts her hair in order to save Flynn (her lover) from dying. Her hair has magical powers in which she was willing to give away to preserve the well-being of another person (Johnson). Furthermore, the princess’ good deeds for men extend beyond their love life and branch out to their fathers. This can be seen when Belle from Beauty and the Beast sacrifices herself and becomes imprisoned to save her father from being captured by the Beast. To take…

William Goldman’s abridgment The Princess Bride is a fairy tale. Generally the number three or seven occur in fairy tales (Ashliman). Ofttimes, fairy tales have a “happily ever after” ending. Fairy tales usually begin the story with “Once upon a time…”, and take place in a far away setting and time. Magic will appear a number of times in fairy tales. Magic will occur in fairies, witches, or talking animals. Fairy tales are written to show children that even with the toughest struggles in life,…

Arendelle. Princess Anna goes on a vigorous journey to find Queen Elsa to stop the eternal winter and bring back summer. On Princess Anna’s quest, Anna hopes to learn her place in the world and her relationship to those in her community. Princess Anna’s journey is considered as a quest for the search of her sanity and morality, this helps Anna understand the difference between good and evil, the power of true love and the search for the meaning of life. Throughout the movie, Princess Anna…

Dragons, witches, princesses, knights. These are the imaginary friends in so many children's lives. For young adults, those fairy tale characters give away to darker characters and more realistic situations. However, what do they all have in common? They live in stories. Two stories that are interesting are The Giver by Lois Lowry, and "A Christmas Memory" by Truman Capote. When Jonas in The Giver turns 12, he is picked for something special and finds out some secret things. Buddy in "A…

Spirited Away is an animated Japanese film (anime), by Hayao Miyazaki, he “has made many famous films including; Laputa: The Castle in The Sky (1986) and Princess Mononoke (1997) and his excellent work has earned him the title of ‘Walt Disney of Japan’” (Dugdale). Even though the film maker decided to retire in 1997, he decided to create Spirited Away after noticing that young girls don’t have much to look out to in the media other that romance, he wanted to create a film “in which they could be…

Best known for their creative and fun storylines, Walt Disney pictures causes children and adults alike to think, laugh, and cry, often in all in the same movie. Disney Pictures’ definition also comes from its impressive morals that take away from the determination, humor, and love in each movie. Beauty and Beast teaches children to love the beauty within someone; The Little Mermaid teaches viewers to be open to adventure and exploration. Disney movies of all kinds are worthwhile to watch…

can be defined as princess culture. As young girls grow up it is not uncommon for them to admire this princess culture. However, in today's society the stereotyping of young girls is recurring and sometimes considered discriminatory. Some feminists may argue that young girls shouldn’t be subjected to a typical “girly” childhood but instead they should be more individualistic. James Poniewozik, author of “The Princess Paradox”, and Peggy Orenstein, author of “Cinderella and Princess Culture”,…

The podcast Bad Baby starts off by introducing the story of a mother who has a blog where she talks about the eldest of her three children that genuinely enjoys creating chaos. They connect her story to that of a novel called The Fifth Child, written by Doris Lessing, and how she wrote the novel based on a folklore about goblins that look like children taking the place of actual children. After talking about the book and folklore, psychologist Paul Bloom weighs in on the idea of a bad baby by…

Kong The Adventurous “Thank you Mom but I can do it on my own.” My mom glanced back at me with a blank expression. “KONG! You can do somethings on your own, I know you can, but somethings… you are just too young of a unicorn.” My mom explained to me firmly. “I guess!” I confessed. Me and my parents live together in a magical place known as Uni-Landia, where all the amazing unicorns of the world live. Me and my family live outside (like all unicorns do) right off of Rainbow Dash Street. The…

Self-Actualization: For Colored Girls “I found God in myself and I loved her, I loved her fiercely.” (Shange) For Colored Girls is based from a play with poems written by author Ntozake Shange called, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow isn’t Enuf, describing the life of eight women in New York who face tremendous crisis and heartbreaks. Each woman in this film represents a character/color and a poem from this play. From abuse, secret affairs and abortion, to deceit…