The Princess Bride

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…

“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…

In the movie Shrek, there is an ogre named Shrek who encounters a problem when fairytale creatures start to takeover his swamp. Shrek speaks to Lord Farquaad about his delima. Shrek is sent on a quest to find the Farquaad as princess named Fiona so that Farquaad can become king and Shrek can have his swamp back. In order to get Fiona, Shrek and Donkey must get passed a dragon so Donkey distracts the dragon while Shrek got Fiona. Once Shrek has Fiona, he saves Donkey and they make their way to…

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…

Princess Fiona was very disappointed to meet the Lord. He was not what she expected. A long, dark haired, short in height man was carried off his horse and sat on the ground by his guards. It was getting late and Princess Fiona needed loves first kiss soon to break her spell. She suggests an immediate wedding ceremony for the two. When the wedding started and everything was in motion a dragon interrupted with a love struck Shrek and his beloved friend Donkey. They came to save the princess from…

with a scary appearance, Shrek is an Archetypal Hero because he sets out on an adventure to rescue the Princess Fiona. Shrek lives in a swamp alone. Known to be a scary green monster and terrifies anyone who tries to challenge him. He loves his privacy and doesn’t like being bothered. He starts his day off by taking a shower with swamp mud and brushing his teeth with the goo…

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…