The Underlying Truth about Disney’s Princesses
analytical Essay
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Over the years, Disney has presented many movies to their audience—most having a Princess as the protagonist. These movies became a babysitter for most parents in the early stages of their child’s life. Most people found these movies as relatively harmless. The obvious assumption about the Disney Princesses is that they only desire true love since almost every movie ends in romance. Parents just viewed these movies as romantic movies on a child’s level. However, these movies were not solely intended for an audience of an age that can be counted on both hands. They were intended to speak to “an intelligent and active audience” (Sumera 40). However, there are many people who disagree with the ways of the Disney Princess movies. The disagreements lie within the portrayal of women gender roles in these movies. It is argued that Disney portrays women as a being nurturing individuals without any control over their identity. The women are unable to think for themselves, because they are uneducated, and they are quick to fall in love with the first man that pays them any attention. However, this is not completely true. The people that are against the portrayal of women in the Disney movies are failing to recognize the underlying concepts in these movies. For example, Belle, in Beauty and the Beast, was well educated, Mulan went to war despite the consequences, and Merida, in Brave, stood up to her mother in refusal to marry. The Disney Princesses desired intelligence, bravery, strength, and independence—not true love’s kiss.
Beauty and the Beast is a Disney movie that debuted in 1991. When it first came out, the idea of the beautiful girl falling in love with a man because of what is inside of him was not a new concept. Inner beauty a...
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...e movie Brave, Merida was strong, and independent. Before passing judgment on the Disney princess films, perhaps one should pay closer attention to the underlying concepts in each movie. Each princess is different. However, they all desire independence.
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In this essay, the author
- Argues that disney princesses were harmless, but they were meant to speak to an intelligent and active audience. disney portrays women as nurturing individuals without any control over their identity.
- Explains that beauty and the beast is a disney movie that debuted in 1991. the audience enjoyed watching the relationship of belle and beast evolve from absolute disdain to pure adoration for one another.
- Analyzes how disney's belle is an educated woman who enjoys reading and can think for herself.
- Argues that disney princesses were harmless, but they were meant to speak to an intelligent and active audience. disney portrays women as nurturing individuals without any control over their identity.
- Explains that beauty and the beast is a disney movie that debuted in 1991. the audience enjoyed watching the relationship of belle and beast evolve from absolute disdain to pure adoration for one another.
- Analyzes how disney's belle is an educated woman who enjoys reading and can think for herself.
- Analyzes how belle's willingness to search for her father and take his place in imprisonment exemplifies her bravery, which broke her out of the "feminine" ideology.
- Analyzes how mulan exemplifies bravery in "female chauvinist pigs." she stands up for her father against the king's messenger and cuts her hair and dresses like a man to fight in the war.
- Analyzes how disney redefines strength and bravery as "womanly" traits despite society's view of them as manly traits.
- Analyzes how merida, in brave, exemplifies strength in other areas than mulan. she is able to shoot the arrows perfectly in the center of three different bull's-eyes.
- Analyzes how merida is in turmoil with her mother over her lack of desire to get married. her mother recognizes that her daughter's happiness and passion for independence is far more important than all the years of preparing for marriage.
- Explains that independence was a key factor in each of the three disney movies, not just in brave. belle, from beauty and the beast, was educated, brave, and independent.
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- Analyzes how frozen and brave are hailed for their progressiveness in feminism. feminists believe that not every girl or young woman needs a man in their life.
- Analyzes how disney's portrayal of different cultures can be racist. in aladdin, jasmine and the genie, they all had american accents.
1045 wordsRead More - Disney and Gender Identityanalytical essaySociety cements certain roles for children based on gender, and these roles, recognized during infancy with the assistance of consumerism, rarely allow for openness of definition. A study conducted by Witt (1997) observed that parents often expect certain behaviors based on gender as soon as twenty-four hours after the birth of a child. The gender socialization of infants appears most noticeably by the age of eighteen months, when children display sex-stereotyped toy preferences (Caldera, Huston, & O’Brian 1989). This socialization proves extremely influential on later notions and conceptions of gender. Children understand gender in very simple ways, one way being the notion of gender permanence—if one is born a girl or a boy, they will stay that way for life (Kohlberg 1966). “According to theories of gender constancy, until they’re about 6 or 7, children don’t realize that the sex they were born with is immutable” (Orenstein 2006). The Walt Disney Corporation creates childhood for children worldwide. “Because Disney are such a large media corporation and their products are so ubiquitous and wide spread globally, Disney’s stories, the stories that Disney tell, will be the stories that will form and help form a child’s imaginary world, all over the world, and that’s an incredible amount of power, enormous amount of power” (Sun). Because of the portrayal of women in Disney films, specifically the Disney Princess films, associations of homemaker, innocence, and dependence are emphasized as feminine qualities for young children. Thus, children begin to consider such qualities normal and proceed to form conceptions of gender identity based off of the movies that portray the very specific and limiting views of women (...
In this essay, the author
- Explains that society cements certain roles for children based on gender, and these roles, recognized during infancy, rarely allow for openness of definition.
- Explains that disney's influence pervades society, and the kaiser family foundation conducted a study of children in 2003 and 2005 to observe the amount of television watched per week.
- Analyzes how disney's later princesses (jasmine, mulan, merida, and rapunzel) possess strong personalities and a desire for adventure. the creation of cinderella focused the ideals set forth by snow white.
- Explains that society cements certain roles for children based on gender, and these roles, recognized during infancy, rarely allow for openness of definition.
- Explains that disney's influence pervades society, and the kaiser family foundation conducted a study of children in 2003 and 2005 to observe the amount of television watched per week.
- Analyzes how disney's later princesses (jasmine, mulan, merida, and rapunzel) possess strong personalities and a desire for adventure. the creation of cinderella focused the ideals set forth by snow white.
- Analyzes how cinderella, like all women, finds intense joy in housework as demeaning as scrubbing the floors. she inspired young girls across the world to follow their dreams—of domesticity.
- Analyzes how a shift in portrayal of women occurs with the introduction of jasmine.
- Analyzes how phil's chauvinism and hercules' unnaturally pronounced masculinity lead to misogyny and gender stereotypes.
- Analyzes how disney's brave became the first disney princess film in which love was not the ultimate result. merida exists in a purely patriarchal society with the exception of the powerful elinor.
- Analyzes how disney creates patriarchal societies that ultimately depend on the princesses' existence. however, until the creation of merida, disney princess's breakthrough was unheard of.
- Cites caldera, y.m., huston, a.c. and o’brien, m. 1989. social interactions and play patterns of parents.
- Cites england, d., and descartes, l. (n.d.). gender role portrayal and disney princesses.
- Describes the kaiser family foundation's "kids and media at the new millennium."
- Describes rideout, victoria, and hamel, elizabeth. the media family: electronic media in the lives of
1424 wordsRead More - An Analysis of “Disney’s Politically Correct Pocahontas”analytical essaySince Disney’s Snow White appeared in 1937, Disney princesses have been a present in pop culture. With the release of new movies frequent and re-release of decades old movies inevitable, a continuous stream keeps Disney princesses in the foreground of adolescent society. It is with the value of entertainment they have been created and as entertainment they should be viewed.
In this essay, the author
- Argues that disney's "politically correct" pocahontas failed at being historically accurate and was culturally and socially inoffensive.
- Argues that disney should be held accountable for reinforcing antiquated ideals and promote healthy, realistic gender equality.
- Explains that disney's pocahontas portrays a dreamy, idealistic situation in which early settlers and the native americans were able to resolve differences having zero causalities and an insignificant amount of confrontations
- Argues that disney's "politically correct" pocahontas failed at being historically accurate and was culturally and socially inoffensive.
- Argues that disney should be held accountable for reinforcing antiquated ideals and promote healthy, realistic gender equality.
- Explains that disney's pocahontas portrays a dreamy, idealistic situation in which early settlers and the native americans were able to resolve differences having zero causalities and an insignificant amount of confrontations
- Analyzes how kilpatrick's informal article effectively argues the always-relevant ethnic equality and gender biases in contemporary media.
1207 wordsRead More - Disney Princesses: Stereotypes or Heroes?comparative essay“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible” - Disney Princess Castle. In the world of Disney there are specific characters most little girls want to follow in the footsteps of : princesses. Mom’s have been putting together princess parties and getting princess clothes for years just wanting to make their little girls happy. Little girls look up to princesses because they are supposed to be great role models, but are they? Have they been teaching kids the right things about how women should act? In most fairy tales you see the prince always saves the princess. Why hasn't there ever been a story about the princess fighting her own battles in all of Disney Princess movies? Or has there? In comparing and contrasting Disney Princess the way society looks at woman has changed drastically over time.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that disney's princesses jasmine, tiana, and pocahontas are different races and have entirely different living societies.
- Explains that multicultural princesses show that disney finally went away from the ‘sugar cookie’ princess.
- Explains that disney has introduced new princesses that are finally the hero. merida, the scottish tomboy didn't want to have a prince to save her.
- Explains that disney's princesses jasmine, tiana, and pocahontas are different races and have entirely different living societies.
- Explains that multicultural princesses show that disney finally went away from the ‘sugar cookie’ princess.
- Explains that disney has introduced new princesses that are finally the hero. merida, the scottish tomboy didn't want to have a prince to save her.
- Explains that disney princesses aren't role models, but they're a great role model for girls. the size of the princess' head is bigger than the rest of her tiny waisted body.
- Concludes that disney's more modern princesses prove that society has changed the outlook on girls. girls becoming stronger on their own has made its appearance in the new disney princess movies.
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