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The Curse Of Disney's Princess Aurora

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The 1950s marked the silver age for Disney, a time in which Disney returned to making animated feature films, after having gone through a little under a decade of wartime. This era produced many films, many of which are beloved and acclaimed even today for their beautiful animation. One of the films to come from this silver age was Sleeping Beauty, which came out to the public in the beginning of 1959. The plot of this film finds a princess, Princess Aurora, being cast with a curse by an evil fairy, Maleficent. The curse details that Aurora will prick her finger on a spinning wheel on her sixteenth birthday, and be put into a deep sleep. From which she can only be awaken by receiving “true loves first kiss.” Her prince to be is Prince Phillip, from who she was betrothed to since her christening. …show more content…

Phillip fights Maleficent, wins, and eventually kisses and awakens Aurora. The two then live happily ever after. This film caters to the suburban ideals that were being advertised to the American populace during the late 40s and 50s. These ideals promoted the suppression of women’s rights and freedom, by confining them to the domestic. The social norm of this period essentially described men as having the power in a relationship. Contrarily, Women had to be submissive to men, making sure that the home and family was taken care of, while the ‘man of the house’ went out and worked to provide money for his family. In addition to this, men usually had the final say in any dispute within the household, while women were expected to accept the man’s decision, passively. These old

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