Frozen Stereotypes

Media is a powerful agent in entertaining children. It also influences and teaches the youth of society the suitable and appropriate gender roles that they inevitably try to make sense of. The power of media is very influential especially in the minds of the youth. Disney movies target the

Just like what John Musker says, “We thought it would be very appealing to do a female empowerment story that didn’t center on any sort of romance” (Berman 2016). The hearts of their stories focused less on finding true love and more on journeys, selflessness, and self-discovery. The first thing to point is that nobody of these leads’ – except for naïve Anna – core story aims was to fall in love. Tiana (The Princess and the Frog 2009) driven hard to become an effective business holder, Rapunzel (Tangled 2010) desired to discover the outside world, Merida (Brave 2012) wished to evade being married off in the name of practice, and Anna and Elsa (Frozen 2013) were looking to save each other, reconstruct their relationship and keep their empire from being overhauled by an outside threat. This period in Disney cinematography also took the time to highpoint relations between women for the first time. Just like in Brave, the chief bond is revolving between daughter and mother. There are plenty Disney movies to have explored love, but this one stands out and is experienced by most teenagers – the altering scene of the mother–daughter bond. Similarly, Frozen mainly focuses on the sisterly bond between Anna and Elsa. Jennifer Lee states that “She wanted to create characters they both could relate to, and felt the bond between sisters would be more accessible to a young girl than the lure of romantic love” (The Columbian 2014). Again, Disney took steps to discover something foreign to its earlier movies. By representing firm women and the inner workings of their relations, the last few Disney animated films showed a more precise reflection of the world. Based on the past of Disney Princesses above, we are sighted stronger role models creating their way into children’s

For young age children, Disney movies has always played a big part in their childhood. For many people when watching movies such as Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella. They tend to only see it as family films with the same message, which is the princess getting her happy ending

Once an experience tests your understanding of what reality is, you question how you ever got by without the knowledge of what you know now. As an eighteen-year-old girl, raised in a small town in Northern Michigan, I was unknowingly shielded from the inevitable truth. I was raised to be fair, hardworking, and compassionate. I naively assumed that everyone else was raised this way. My neighbors in Glen Arbor were genuine, friendly, and loving people. I had no way of knowing that this reality, my reality, would be tested through the melting pot of backgrounds and personalities I came across when I moved to Atlanta.

Merida (Kelly Macdonald) does not want to be married off and wants to have the choice for herself. Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) attempts to be married off to give honor to her family and fails, but later on she decides to be with Shang (BD Wong). In this case, Merida (Kelly Macdonald) breaks the stereotype of needing a love interest and Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) supports it. Both princesses refute a stereotype by knowing how to use weapons and are seen in combat within their films. Merida (Kelly Macdonald) knows how to use a bow and is seen protecting her mother from her own father. Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) is in an actual war and single handedly fights Shan Yu (Miguel Ferrer). Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) actually portrays herself as a man to be in the war, which I would say refutes the stereotype that women can’t hold similar traits to men like being strategic, strong, and capable to defend themselves or others. Neither are put in the stereotype of being a damsel in distress that must be saved by a male figure. Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) does have help from her friends and Shang (BD Wong), but she aids them as well. Mulan (Ming-Na Wen) does have two animal helpers, which is a typical Disney princess stereotype. Also, both princesses are outspoken and speak up for themselves. Merida (Kelly Macdonald) throughout the film is outspoken, but an important scene is when she decides to fight for her own hand in

In the vast array of Disney Princesses, only one female truly deserves a crown. Most of these characterized fantasies focus on finding true love, with the help of a handsome hero. However, the film “Mulan” actually pinpoints a true accomplishment: becoming a Chinese war hero. From the very beginning, Mulan

According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary stereotype is a, “a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing”. Society puts out a certain set of standards and roles of men and women and the way in which they should act, known

In the Disney movie, "Mulan," the role of feminism reflects what kind of women the present society has. No more Mom stays home and keeps house when Dad puts on his suit and heads to the office. 21st century women can surpass what men can do. One need to get her own identity because identity is the key of all human beings. Thus, "working women  now step outside of the home to contribute and play a role to society. That's what Mulan did. She tries to imitate males' characteristics, although society raises eyebrow, she never fails to prove that she can be one of the men and be able to bring honor not only to her family but to China. Men have more strength and will. Yet they are emotionally weak. This might be difficult for some to understand,

Feminism advocates equal rights for women. From back in the 1990 's and still to this day Disney gives their readers or viewers the understanding on how an everyday day female is capable of doing anything they would want to if they believe in themselves. Disney displays feminism with their character as Mulan, Tiana, and Rapunzel. These characters give off the concept of perseverance. Perseverance is the is a initiative that is displayed when these ladies set a goal and go out to reach it. Even with complications throughout their stories they all still overcome their obstacles. Disney expresses the magnitude that each character had to go through to get to where they wanted to be in the end.

Stereotype are used to project society views on culture, simplify society to convince the society of a certain representation. According to Walter Lippman, Stereotype is highly charged with the feelings, a projection upon the world of own sense and own value. It puts labels about how a person should behave or live. Richard Dyer has discusses different stereotypes in film which is needed to portray a narrative and how it cause problems. Stereotype is a form of ordering process, a way to categorised and organised society which help to avoid chaos and confusion. Stereotype is a shortcut, allowing society to see an aspect of the world, they are characterised by traits that are easily recognizable which allow the society to define groups of people

Tyra Banks Mrs. Shields ENGL 101-38 17 September 2017 Film Review: Mulan An animated Disney movie called "Mulan," was directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook in 1998. The moral of the story is that women can be just the same as men can. I support the general meaning of the movie. I believe men

Released in 2013, Disney’s Frozen depicts the individual journeys of two sisters, Elsa and Anna, as they prove to audiences that sisterhood and the love of family can defy all entities. Destined for the throne, Princess Elsa of Arendelle, holds a very exceptional and ultimately dangerous power. Elsa has the unique ability to create and control the winter season, using her extremities to produce snow and ice. Elsa is a very non-traditional Disney Princess as seen through her immense bravery, courage, and independence among all things. Elsa’s younger sister Anna plays the role of the much more typical Disney princess with her beauty, dependence, naïve behavior, and scattered emotions. This film has made a huge step away from the classic Disney princess films in the universal aspect of gender roles in film. This film constitutes the start of a new era of Disney Princesses where the princess is the hero and not the helpless damsel in distress. Modern film is taking a huge step forward by reversing the common stereotypical gender roles in today’s society by eliminating the idea of male dominance and superiority in contrast to a woman. Frozen communicates to audiences that women too can “hold-their-own” and take charge without the reliance on a male figure.

Mulan is an animated film made in 1998 produced by Disney studio. The film describes a traditional society that is set in China during an invasion caused by a tribe known as the Huns. Shortly after the invasion, the emperor of China compels every male member in a family to serve in the army. Being the only child and for that matter a girl, Mulan, the protagonist of the story, disguise herself as a man by taking her father´s armor and sword and heads towards the war in her father´s place while fully knowing that he has an injury to the leg due to previous

Erin Doremus CMST 101-004 28 April 2017 Film Analysis-Mulan Little girls everywhere spend their childhoods watching the princesses portrayed in Disney movies, dreaming about the day they too will meet their prince charming. They see how Sleeping Beauty is woken up by a prince, Cinderella marries a prince, Sleeping Beauty turns a beast into a prince, and countless other instances of a girl just like them meeting their perfect man. Disney is infamous for their outdated illustration of gender roles. Mulan is one of the first Disney princess movies in which, instead of waiting for her prince, the heroine actually saves the day, or in this case, China. Mulan makes a variety of statements about gender roles that can be examined through many

Final Essay Test Many early fairy tales adhere to a patriarchal bias within their storytelling. The patriarchy can be defined as a social system that values the needs, voices and lives of men over those of women. As social norms change and evolve over time, so have fairy tales with their