Frozen: A Tale of Two Princesses
The fictional movie Frozen is based on the lives of Anna and Elsa, two sisters who are also princesses. Frozen received many prestigious awards in the film community, such as Academy Awards and Golden Globes. The fact that Frozen proved to be such an adored and acclaimed movie did not come as a surprise to me. After watching Frozen with my younger daughter, it quickly became one of my favorite Disney movies due in part to the positive messages it taught throughout the movie.
Anna and Elsa are the two main characters in this movie. In the beginning of the movie, Anna and Elsa have a seemingly unbreakable bond. They are seen building snowmen and playing together like one might expect from any normal sister duo. Anna and Elsa are depicted as carefree, innocent young girls who share a love for each other and an upbeat, carefree attitude towards life.
Anna and Elsa’s seemingly normal relationship takes a quick turn for the worse when Elsa’s magical powers are discovered to be somewhat uncontrollable. Unlike Anna, Elsa has the ability to essentially create a winter wonderland out of anything she comes into contact with. Elsa inadvertently shoots Anna with her powers one day while playing. The King and Queen, Elsa and Anna’s parents, rush Anna to see the trolls who help heal Anna from her ice injury. The trolls tell the King and Queen that their healing powers will restore the damage from Anna’s brain injury, but she will lose all recollection of Elsa having magical powers. The trolls also
suggest that precautions be taken to hide Elsa’s powers, because the powers will only grow stronger with time.
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...time, Elsa is depicted as vulnerable and naïve, much like Anna is portrayed throughout the entire movie. Elsa is devastated and fears that Anna will die. Within a few minutes, the Kingdom of Arrendele realizes that Anna is beginning to thaw as well as the rest of the Kingdom. Anna’s attempt to save Elsa is the act of true love that was needed to break the spell.
Despite Anna and Elsa’s differences, at the end of the movie they learn to embrace one another and rely on each other. Anna and Elsa both share the same unconditional love for each other, regardless of their very different personalities. Both princesses yearn to be close to each other and have a relationship like they had as children. Frozen does a wonderful job of demonstrating how we should maintain our relationships with loved ones and fight for them at any cost no matter what our differences may be.
whole life changes in one night though, when Elsa is raped by a GI soldier, and
We see how the presence of European settlers have affected the Inuit people and their ideals. They have seem to have abandoned their traditional garments and enjoy the same activities typical of the Caucasian people. We see the effect of the influence when it is time for Elsa to raise her child. Under the tutelage of a white woman, Mme. Beaulieu, she cares for her child in a manner which is strange for her culture. She baths him, and dresses him in the cloths suggested to her by Mme. Beaulieu. She also revokes all things Inuit, only allowing her mother to care for the boy when she is at work, a job she takes so she may offer the child the possessions she is told are necessary. We see that since she lives in a small town, she has little choice when it comes to the individuals who will play a significant role in her life, even her unplanned baby. This child had more influence not only because of his relation to Elsa but also because of his unique color, he was white, with blue eyes and curly blond hair. She didn’t seem to see Jimmy as an Inuit boy. There may be a chance she didn’t want her son to live as an Inuit because she saw how hopeless they are: her mother was a source of distain for her and if she raised her son the way her mother raised her, Elsa would have a greater chance of becoming the woman she despises. She radically raised him by ideas given to her by Mme. Beaulieu, a woman she considered a
She shows Winter as someone who does not know that there is something outside the drugs, money, and
Film analysis with a critical eye can give the viewer how animation giant Disney uses literary element to relay key messages to the audience. Walt Disney’s “The Princess and the Frog” is a perfect example how different literary theories like ‘the Marxist theory’ and ‘Archetypal theory’ can be embedded in the simplest of the fairy tales. The different literary elements in the movie, shows a person how characters like ‘the banker’ and the setting of the houses helps to portray the socio-economic differences in New Orleans at that time. Applying ‘the Marxist theory’ and ‘the Archetypal theory’ to the plot, characters and the setting, shows how movies can be a medium to confront social issues and to prove that all fairy tales are of the same base.
Of course, this could be justified by the target audience, as it is a Disney princess film after all. However, this relationship between two sisters is special enough to be analysed. Indeed, female friendship is often depicted as conflictive, in films such as Bride Wars for instance, whereas male friendship is made more valuable, as seen in most Seth Rodgen films. Here, the feminine solidarity is the core of the plot in Frozen, which motivates each protagonist’s designs and solves central issues of the
Frozen is the tale of Anna (voiced by Kristen Bell) embarking on a journey to find her sister, Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel), after she goes into hiding when her powers cast an everlasting winter in their town, Arendelle. Frozen was inspired by the 1844 fairy tale by Hans Chris...
...etended to be in love the the princess Anna so that they can get marry. Excluding all of the exaggerations, Hans is not different from Maggie. Both of these characters wanted an improved life, even if it requires them staying in a corrupt relationship.
attention to the point where she jumps at the chance to marry someone she has just met. She is nave and lonely, and because of this, she is self-centered and cannot see past people’s actions towards their true intentions. Their relationship is explored through the movie as the agape love that Elsa has for Anna. Her absolute refusal to willingly put Anna into any harm of her own making is shown constantly throughout the movie. The two struggle to see from the perspective of the other, as Elsa must understand Anna’s feelings of rejection, and Anna must understand Elsa’s need to protect her.
The first thing to pop into one’s mind when they hear The Little Mermaid is most likely the Disney animated movie starring the beautiful red haired mermaid, Ariel. However, as with most Disney films, The Little Mermaid is an adaption of an original story written by Hans Christian Andersen in the 1830s. The creation of this classic fairytale into an animated feature required alterations from the Disney corporation, leading to a final product that is reminiscent of Andersen’s original story with added layers of American culture, sexism, and musical numbers. The initial release of Disney’s The Little Mermaid was highly successful both domestically and overseas, resulting in a total box office revenue of about 180 million.
The story starts off with Elsa putting away Mrs. Montjoy's pots and pans in her cupboard, but she is not placing them where they need to go. Mrs. Montjoy comments, "And the colander on that hook there." (Page 1) As if Elsa isn't upset enough, Mrs. Montjoy doesn't even care about what Elsa is trying to say to her what so ever because Mrs. Montjoy doesn't have any interest in her life. At this point you understand that Mrs. Montjoy only wants her around to take care of what needs to be taken care of that's her job and nothing else. The story takes you back to how Elsa came about living with Mrs. Montjoy. It was all set up between an old friend of Elsa's mother's and Mrs. Montjoy for Elsa to take the summer job for her and be her maid. Now Elsa is taken to the Island where Mrs. Montjoy and her family live. They are traveling on a boat which Mrs. Montjoy thinks scares Elsa, but really doesn't. At this point Elsa is confused on why Mrs. Montjoy would think it is such a big deal if she really was scared, since Elsa is all right with showing fear because it's something normal to her unlike Mrs. Montjoy.
In her book Princess, Jean Sasson conveys through the Princess Sultana's story of the many abuses of women in Saudi Arabia. For thousands of years, women in Saudi Arabia has earned no respect, given no identity (as if invisible), and were treated like sexual objects. Their only use is to produce male offspring, and to service their husbands sexually. This goes for all women. Although women of royalty are born free, they are just as insignificant as the lower class women. Through the eyes of Princess Sultana, Jean Sasson tells the cruel and unjust ways of the male society in Saudi Arabia.
The video “Honest Trailers- Frozen” summarized the film into a short comical trailer o things that is not usually shown to the trailer released to the public. The film starts of by giving a little background on the creators and then goes on to talk about the main characters in the film. The way the creators of the film are
The theme song of frozen is played at the climax of the movie when Elsa decides to show her powers, causing her to run away from her home till the part where
Throughout history, fairy tales have grown to captivate the hearts and minds of many. A Cinderella Story is set firmly in reality and in the present day; in fact, it's every bit a fantasy as the original story. This film refrains from any allusions to magic, but instead lets serendipitous occurrences provide the engine on which this fairy tale creates its plot. The impression A Cinderella Story is in place of a well-thought out story and characters that anyone could relate to or believe. Although the target audience of the film are teens, females, and romantics, A Cinderella Story can be praised and savored by all audiences because of its ingenious screenplay, acting, and melodic soundtrack.
After Anna is accidentally hit in the heart with ice by Elsa, her whole body begins to freeze and the only way to break the curse is by an act of “true love”. Immediately she assumes that she must kiss Prince Hans to break the spell, but when he revels his evil nature, Olaf explains to her that she is really in love with Kristoff and that she can kiss him to break the curse. In search for him, on one side of the ice she finds Elsa in danger with Prince Hans, and on the other she sees Kristoff. Instead of saving herself and having a “true loves kiss,” Anna decides to sacrifice herself to save Elsa from Hans’ sword. When she jumps in front of the weapon he whole body turns to ice but since she risked her life to save her sister because of the love she has for her, she unfroze. This scene showed young girls that they do not need to focus on just romantic true love, but to remember and cherish the love that can be expressed to