Sleeping Beauty

Cinderella was a stepdaughter, and her stepmother was sure to remind her of that. Cinderella was treated unfairly and very poorly. In fact her stepfamily treated her like a slave not at all like a family. Often Cinderella was left in tears after an encounter with the new family. Cinderella was so much better than them, she was human unlike the others who were two faced. While the other two sisters got to go out and have fun Cinderella was left at home scrubbing floors and tending to laundry…

‘’Well that is the long and short of my hairytale’’, as you could probably tell by that awful joke…this is an essay about Rapunzel. There is two versions I’m going to talk about in this paper; Tangled the movie & ‘’Rapunzel’’ the original fairytale. In this essay I will compare & contrast the two, to help me decide which version of Rapunzel the common American like me & you would enjoy more. So without further a-do… lets get started. Tangled kept a few things in common with the original…

In competing for president of _______, a popularity contest, Rachel tries to sabotage Sydney to make her look bad. Rachel isn’t the only one to partake in a beauty competition, the wicked queens in “Little Snow White,” “Shirayuki Hime: How the “Angel Doll” Is Turned into a Fool,” as well as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs also have similar actions. An overpowering jealousy corrupts each queen and drives them…

The Disney princess series play a huge role in popular culture as these movies are seen by millions of children and adults both all over the world. The Disney princess series have been influential since 1937 and continuing to the present. According to Disney, a princess is a young beautiful girl who has a single parent and requires to be saved by a prince and falls head over heels in love rather quickly, as if her only goal in life is to get married; making it the common format for a Disney…

Through LaCroix article there can be many assumptions made in account to the consumption on Disney films and what they “really” intend for its children viewers to inherit. Though made to be somewhat realistic LaCroix Challenges its view of women and their capability. LaCroix article brings consideration to physique, clothing and activeness of Disney princess. Some of her accusations of these Disney films are spot on while others fall short. Though much has changed the features, daintiness, and…

story called Snowdrop written by Jacob and Wilhelm, the protagonist’s name is Snowdrop. She was born into royalty, as a princess whose beauty and grace was known throughout the kingdom. She is described in the story by her mother, as having skin “as white as snow, [lips] as red as blood, and [hair] as black as [the] ebony window frame” (Grimm 10). However, her beauty was the very source of tragedy which awaited her. By the age of 7, “she was as bright as the day, and fairer than the queen…

are targeting young girls. The self-esteem for girls has drastically decreased over the years, thanks to Disney Princesses. Take the Barbie doll for example “perfectly proportioned” and a white character perpetuates harmful ideal for beauty. An obsession with beauty can increase girls’ vulnerability to eating disorders, depression, and risky sexual behavior. Princesses are portrayed pretty and “perfect” but as seen almost everywhere nobody looks naturally like a “princess”.…

Disney Princesses and the Effects on Child Development Whelan (2012) stated that princess narratives has been key throughout children’s literature. Hurley (2005) stated that fairy tales, such as Disney Princess narratives play a crucial role in shaping self-image of a child. England, Descartes, and Collier-Meek (2011) claimed that Disney Princess films portray stereotypical presentations of gender roles and have several examples of racism and sexism by having almost every princess have large…

goes to the wedding anyway, where she meets her final punishment, to dance with hot iron shoes on until she drops dead. Unsurprisingly, the Disney animation has a different take. The Queen is Snow White’s stepmother who is so envious of Snow White's beauty, she sends her to be a scullery maid. The…

do show the differences between the stereotypical masculine traits and the stereotypical feminine traits. These traits are definitely evident in the movies Sleeping Beauty and Mulan. Both of these films have numerous depictions of these traits with the characters that are portraying these specific gender roles. In the movie Sleeping Beauty, the narrator begins by telling the story of King Stephen and his fair queen. What caught my attention with this statement was that the King’s name was…