Kilala Princess

On a chilly Friday night in December at the Dixson center at Lurleen B. Wallace community college it was opening night for the Andalusia Ballet’s Nutcracker and in the wing with a little pink tutu with white and pink stoned embroiders on the top and around the skirt ready to walk onto the stage as every little girl’s dreams the Sugar Plum Fairy. As I was rolling through my pointe shoes to get my feet warmed up. I was so excited and nervous I could barely stand still. This was the moment I have been

The hero of the treetop kingdom was on yet another perilous journey. He traveled through the most treacherous of lands to save the princess of the kingdom, princess Onion, who was taken away by the evil and monstrous king, lord Gradion. When the hero finally arrived, he and the evil king faced off in a duel that led to the king’s defeat. The hero saves the princess once again, and seeing how brave he was, she marries him, and they live happily ever after. In countless stories like these, the damsel

In the fantasy romance novel, The Princess Bride, by William Goldman, Buttercup suffers through many harrowing experiences. From presumably losing her one true love, almost being forced to marry a man she didn’t love, to being kidnapped and almost murdered. Through these experiences over the course of The Princess Bride, Buttercup was forced to mature greatly. In the beginning of The Princess Bride novel, the beautiful advancement of Buttercup and Westley’s love story comes to its presumed ending

White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Cinderella (1950), and Sleeping Beauty (1959); the second era covers The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), Pocahontas (1995), and Mulan (1998); and the most recent era covers The Princess and the Frog (2009), Tangled (2010), Brave (2011), and Frozen (2013) (England et. al., 2011). The first era princesses display compliancy toward traditional female gender roles and stereotypical beauty, such as a petite body and pretty face. As time

traditional Disney princess can be defined as one of the first princesses Walt Disney created, specifically during the 20th century, and the newer princesses can be defined as the princesses Disney created in the 21st century. Although Disney continues to create princesses, the roles and views of the newer princesses in Disney movies have changed, as they are seen as more independent, adventurous, and unfocused on finding their prince charming, compared to the older traditional Disney princess films. In this

Princess Mononoke was released in 1997, and became the highest grossing film in Japan until Titanic came out later that year. It was meant to be director Hayao Miyazaki’s last film before he went into retirement, and is praised as one of his absolute masterpieces. Today, I will be critiquing two articles that discuss aspects of Princess Mononoke’s themes and influences, one that relates Shintoism to Miyazaki’s narratives by Oscar Garza, and another that focuses on the icons found throughout his filmography

Princess Diana is considered to be the most favored member of the Royal Family in the history of the British Monarchy (biography.com editors 1). She is the former wife of Prince Charles, and the mother of Princes William and Harry. Her charitable work with impoverished children has formed her reputation as a role model for the people of Britain and much of the world. Much of Diana’s life has been devoted to traveling the world to help others. Her work in Africa with the children injured by landmines

re are many similarities between the film Shrek and the novela Of Mice and Men. Three categories that I have examples for are, mismatched friendships, antagonists, and the role of women. The first category is mismatched friendships. In Shrek, Donkey tags around with Shrek like Lennie tags around with George in Of Mice and Men. Also they both have their bad moments in each story. In Shrek, Donkey and Shrek are fighting and arguing all the time, but they still have good, friendly moments, such as

“Aladdin” is a cultural production about a young man, Aladdin, who endures the malicious vizier, Jafar, while attempting to win the heart of Princess Jasmine. Consequently, I will discuss the orientalist portrayal, the source of knowledge, and the effects of American exceptionalism in “Aladdin”. This is done by reviewing the symbols in the film that represent the Middle East, which are depicted through Disney’s lens of intermingling of Arab and American values creating a postcolonial interpretation

as a Princess: Longitudinal Effects of Engagement with Disney Princesses on Gender Stereotypes, Body Esteem, and Prosocial Behavior in Children was published in 2016. Sarah M. Coyne (Brigham Young University), Jennifer Ruh Linder (Linfield College), Eric E. Rasmussen (Texas Tech University), and David A. Nelson and Victoria Birkbeck (Brigham Young University) discuss in writing the connotative and denotative effects of a gender stereotyped society. They research the effects of Disney Princess culture