Frozen

Walt Disney Productions prestige is to never disappoint and their latest movie Frozen, is no exception. The movie centers around the lives of two sisters, kind-hearted Anna and the frightened Snow Queen Elsa. Fearless Anna sets off on a journey to find her sister, who flees to an icy mountain after she accidentally traps the kingdom of Arendelle in an eternal winter with her ice powers. Disney’s 2013 animated film reeled in its target audience and more; the film intended to appeal to children’s of all ages surprisingly enough enticed a wider audience largely comprised of non-families. Disney’s reputation for promoting happiness and the well-being of American families led to the direct success of the movie Frozen. The film met its purpose, depicting a touching storyline – showing the importance of family and undermining the traditional concept of “true love.” Furthermore, Walt Disney Productions established sufficient credibility within its viewers and audience with the use of artistic proofs such as; ethos, logos, and pathos. Disney’s tradition is to provide the audience with an educational piece of entertainment, Frozen is undeniably one of those Disney animated films worth seeing. Walt Disney Productions strategic use of rhetoric made it evident that the movie was going to be an all-time hit – some may even say “the biggest children’s film of all time” – simply because it was just that, a Disney movie.

Not only do Disney princesses result in bad self esteem, they also encourage passiveness and reliance on others. The feminine and vulnerable side of these princesses, reflect the reliance on their hero and true love. The Disney princess stereotype insinuates that girls should be sweet and submissive, and should fully rely on a male-counterpart. Conversely, new characters, such as Elsa (Frozen), Rapunzel (Tangled), and Merida (Brave), do not express this passive characteristic. At the same time, these princesses continue to need assistance to reach the desired solution. For instance, Princess Rapunzel still needed hero Flynn Rider, in order to navigate her to her parents throughout the movie. None of these princesses independently found a solution to the main conflict in any of these Disney films.

As a child, most children become infatuated with the newest Disney movie. Although Disney movies target children, watching them as an adult, we start to notice hidden messages and themes in our favorite childhood movies. A category of Disney packed with secret meanings is the Disney princess films. We watch in awe a young girl living, for the most part, the perfect fantasy life. She sings to animals, her hair is always perfectly in place, and there is always a prince to come and save her. In reality, there is much more to the princess persona than we realize. In 2014, Disney’s Frozen took the world by storm and became the highest grossing animated film ever. Frozen takes us on a magical journey with Princess Anna to find her sister, Princess Elsa, whose power to create ice has forever trapped their homeland, Arendelle, in eternal winter. Elsa is haunted by the memory of almost tragically killing her younger sister Anna because of her icy powers. Isolating herself from the world, Elsa dedicated her life to concealing her powers and learning to control them. The movie Frozen teaches the importance of social development among children.

Disney directly exposes the idea that young girls should make their main goal in life to find their prince charming, fall madly in love, and live happily ever after. Making young girls’ aspiration in life revolve around finding a man of their dreams “transfix[es the] audience and divert[s] their potential utopian dreams and hopes through the false promises of the images [Disney] cast[s] upon the screen” (22). Disney tells the audience that women need a man to be happy. Disney presents the idea that women are dependent on me. Just like in The Little Mermaid, Ariel goes as far as surrendering her voice, to a witch named Ursula, and abandoning her family in order to be with her prince. Ariel also trades in her life as a mermaid, drastically changes her body, and sacrifices her greatest talent all in order to win her prince. Disney sends the message that girls need to give up their talents and lives in order to be with a man. Disney suggests that a woman’s main priority is her lover, no one or nothing else. Disney effectively portrays women in a negative way, depicting them as weak and needy. No attempt to break the stereotypical gender roles of women are evident however, these stereotypes are growing as Disney instills this image of women in the minds of viewers.

Disney princesses are fun for all ages, but their target audience is young children and “as children grow and develop, they can be easily influenced by what they see and hear”. Therefore, what they see and hear in Disney movies leaves an impression on them. The first princess, Snow White, was created in a time where each gender and race had a specific role in society. Recently, many believe that Disney has come a long way in regards to gender and race since Snow White, as several multi-cultural protagonists have been introduced subsequently, and gender roles do not appear to be as stereotypical as they once were. However, many of the apparent innocent messages about race and gender in these movies, can be exposed as otherwise. Despite

“Once upon a time in a faraway land, there was a tiny kingdom; peaceful, prosperous, and rich in romance and tradition.” (Cinderella, 1950) This is the ideology that has

The makers of Frozen wanted to base their movie on this story but with a different and more of a “Disney” theme. Unlike in the story when Kai gets his heart frozen, Elsa, one of the main characters from Frozen, is born with her powers of snow and ice and accidentally freezes her sister Anna’s heart. Just like in the story, an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart; seeing what Elsa did to her sister she starts crying and apologies. Doing so she lets go of the fear that was controlling her from the beginning and accepts her and learns to control them. Frozen is a wonderful that teaches kids a lesson on that just because you are different that doesn’t mean that you have to lock yourself away and shut yourself from the world so you wont have to worry about the

Thus, many adults had a problem with this movie. The movie is addressed to not only children but adults as well. My adults are stubborn and don’t like things that are not how they see it. These parents have metathesiophobia. Also, those adults believe that the kids should not be watching these types of movies that shows them how to be rebellious. These parents focus on the parts of the movie that were irrelevant like how Elsa ran away. Other adults who see the positive difference between the old Disney movies and the new Disney movies encourage their kids to watch it and recommend other parents to watch it with their kids. It is parents like those who have helped changed the perspective of the medias role in our socialization. Media has always been negative towards women and the role they have in the world. But movies like “Brave” and “Frozen” are helping change those perspective in a positive way.

The 2012’s surprise hit Brave struck a chord with viewers by suggesting that Disney will finally give room for a different ideal princess. With the funny fantasy adventures and a dramatic twist at the end with surprising depth Brave managed to successfully grab the young audience's attention. Brave is receiving many positive comments from the viewers of all ages. Parents have also noticed that, Brave was different from the other princess in the Disney movies.

When most people think about Disney movies, their mind often goes to the stereotypical princess movies in which the protagonist wears a pink ball gown. Time and time again these princesses must fight their way through the story in a luxurious ball gown in order to end up with a prince. However, there are many Disney movies that work to challenge these gender stereotypes. The movie Moana is a recent example of a Disney production that works to break the imposed stereotypes placed on children from an early age.

Did anyone see that coming? I certainly did. Elsa runs away to try and hide herself from the world, causing Ana to follow her, ergo presenting the story line. Frozen was released on November 27, 2013, and stars voices of Kristen Bell (Ana), Idina Menzel (Elsa), Jonathan Groff (Kristoff), Josh Gad (Olaf) and Satino Fontana

Cultural have push for female characters in mainstream films. Female leading roles have changed slowly in media. A strong female characters, with her own identity, agenda and courage’s attitude. From the old Disney movies, it showed the gender roles in media cultures. However, Disney recent produces princess that is independent, brave and heroic. It shows a strong female leads who stand along their male counterparts. This concept encourages the idea of equality between genders and built an acceptance of concept of definition. Frozen, Disney Princess movie shattered all previous gender role limitation. The story focused on two strong female leads, two sisters Princess Anna and Queen Elsa. The story focuses on Anna selflessly search for

Being stuck in a freezer isn’t so fun as you may think especially when escaping is not an

Frozen Have you ever seen the Disney movie Frozen? Well did you know that Hans Christian Andersen originally wrote the Disney movie Frozen? Frozen was a movie that was released in 2013. It’s about Princess Anna, the sister of the queen Elsa, sets of on a dangerous and mysterious journey to bring back Elsa, who has run of because of causing an endless winter upon her home town. Anna must get through challenges and meet new friends, such as Olaf, an adorable talking Snowman, and face her charming boyfriend to save the kingdom from not only Hans, but from forever winter.

In other Disney films, the act of true love is found between the princess and her prince, specifically, a ‘true love’s kiss’. However, in Frozen, the act of true love is shown when Anna sacrifices herself for Elsa. Unlike prior Disney princess films, Frozen focuses on the relationship between Anna and Elsa, making it one of the first few Disney princess films that emphasises on the importance of family, particularly the bond between siblings. Thinking a kiss from Kristoff would thaw her frozen heart, Anna makes her way to him in the blizzard. However when she sees Prince Hans about to strike Elsa, she runs in front of her, placing her right in front of Prince Hans’ sword. However, at that very moment, she becomes solid ice. Eventually, Anna begins to thaw, and that is when both her and Elsa realise that the act of true love was ultimately their love for each other.