Film Analysis Of Aladdin

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Aladdin is a Disney movie that is related to the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp from The Book of One Thousand and One Nights. It is a collection of South Asian and Middle Eastern stories and the movie takes place in the Middle East. Aladdin is about a young male who lives on the street and finds a lamp that frees a genie. His wishes are then granted and he appears to be something he is not to his love interest princess Jasmine, but then evil has other plans for them and Aladdin has to be the hero (Clements, Musker). Aladdin took place in the 800’s in the Middle East but emerged into popular culture in the early 1990’s with many hidden messages throughout the film that were aimed towards the 90’s audience. Aladdin was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and …show more content…

Aladdin is poor, uneducated and has to steal to stay afloat (Disney’s “Aladdin” Story Plot.). Jasmine is the princess and feels trapped in her palace by her father the Sultan. So she leaves the palace and then happens to meet Aladdin in the marketplace of Agrabah and that is when they fall in love (Disney’s “Aladdin” Story Plot). Aladdin is then thrown in jail by the evil Jafar who is trying to take over the palace and that is where he finds the lamp with genie inside who grants his wish to become a prince in order to court Jasmine. The evil Jafar then steals the lamp and Aladdin realizes that in order to save them and the kingdom he has to tell the truth about not actually being a prince. Jafar then wishes to be the most powerful genie in all the land but little does he know that genie’s have no freedom. He then becomes stuck granting others wishes for the rest of eternity. Aladdin then uses his last wish to free the genie and then Jasmines father changes the law so they can get married and live happily ever after (Disney’s “Aladdin” Story

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