Jodi Benson

Many believe that Ariel is a bad role model for children, especially young girls who look up to Disney Princesses. Many of these people believe that she changed her body for a man, and that no young girl should be taught to do the same. Many people think that the little mermaid is one of the least feminist princesses created by the Disney company, but unfortunately, these views are incorrect, and have weak supporting evidence. Ariel was anything but an anti-feminist, and actually was an advocate

A sexy mermaid calendar with bearded men? Yes, please (-- removed HTML --) Mermaids have fascinated humans for hundreds of years. Originally they were part of old sea tales – creatures who would drown sailors. Then Disney got ahold of Ariel and mermaids became kid friendly. Next, Starbucks made one their logo, and over the past couple of years women have started knitted themselves tail blankets or taking mermaid swimming lessons. Men have pretty much stayed out of the mermaid realm, until

The Little Mermaid v.s Moana ¨You've got your own style, now let it shine through and remember no matter what you gotta be you!¨ (Sebastian). Sometimes in life, we feel like we're stuck or on a never ending daily routine. Well, in the disney movies ¨The Little Mermaid¨ and ¨Moana¨ both of the two main characters felt that way, and in order to make themselves happy again, they had to change their whole lifestyle. Ariel, left the sea and moved onto land, while Moana left the land and became one with

In the film, “The Little Mermaid” Ariel, the heroin of the film, is perceived as a delicate girl who cannot protect herself and has to rely on a man to be rescued. An analysis a child may have is that beautiful women usually must have a small waist. The villain of the film, Ursula, is a woman that is overweight and has animal traits in her figure; therefore, creating a demining perception about overweight females. Males are typically in the films of Disney thin and muscular; this gives a perception

The Little Mermaid: Teaching Young Girls to Be True to Themselves “I’m sixteen years old, I’m not a child anymore,” Ariel says in one of the scenes of the 1989 Disney hit film “The Little Mermaid.” Attempt saying that to you parents! With this quote Ariel basically says to parents that being sixteen makes young girls an adult, able to disobey them and find love in a man. However, for all young girls the little mermaid is best known as Ariel, a beautiful, red-haired mermaid who is in love and willing

The Little Mermaid: The Impacts of Social Psychology Kelly N. Goldsmith Salisbury University Abstract The Little Mermaid showed multiple concepts of social psychology. Prince Eric decides he wants to find his own bride, not have one provided for him which leads to him and Ariel developing passionate love. The movie displays the ideals for males and females and what people define as physically attractive. These physical attractiveness ideals are found in Ariel, Prince Eric, and Triton

In The Little Mermaid, Ariel begins as a brave, interested, and gutsy youthful mermaid. She investigates the ocean with her companions and saves Flounder and Prince Eric from drowning. When she builds up a crush on Eric and is quickly changed into a human, be that as it may, she transforms into a calm, lovesick puppy, investing the majority of her energy fixating on the ruler and staring wide-eyed in admiration at him and he is absolutely into this version of Ariel. She truly gets to be noticeably

“The Little Mermaid”: A Spectacle of a Show On the afternoon of November the eleventh, I went to the matinee showing of “The Little Mermaid” put on by the Cookeville Children’s theater. To be completely honest, I went in with low expectations, but I was completely shocked at how amazing it was. The singing was spectacular, the set and costumes were fabulous, and the air stunts really added to the believability of the entire show. Before the show, I was wondering how they were going to have mermaids

In the Little Mermaid, feminist protagonist Ariel portrays your typical rebellious teenager as she disobeys her family and chases after her dreams. Throughout the film Ariel makes many choices that impact her life without thinking of the long-term affects. Although the film is looked at as a Disney classic, when analyzed through a feminist lens it encourages girls to make all the sacrifices in a relationship and stresses the importance of beauty. Throughout the film Ariel makes all the sacrifices

“I want to be where the people are. I wanna see, wanna see them dancing”. Ariel from Disney’s The Little Mermaid embodies a girl that is stuck in a world that she does not wish to be in. She wants to get out of her home, the ocean, and be able to experience the outside world and all of the opportunities that come with it. Ariel is trapped by her father and that fact that she has a mermaid tail instead of legs. Many people often have similar experiences where they feel stuck in a situation, meeting