For several decades, Walt Disney has been a popular series of films among families. Ever since the release of Snow White in 1937, Disney princesses have captured the hearts of children everywhere and have been role models for them. Throughout the films, each princess has had their own story and their own obstacles to overcome, though some of these obstacles weren’t overcome by themselves. In earlier movies, it was necessary for their prince charming to rescue them. From damsel in distress to independence, the women of Disney have changed as a result of United States History.
When Disney came out with its first full length movie, Snow White, it didn’t intend on having princesses as being a commercial entity. This wasn’t truly an idea until …show more content…
Each of these princesses have many characteristics in common that place them within their respective category. For example, both Cinderella and Aurora are considered a “victim with kind heart,” (Man-Hsin and Tso 7). Both of these princesses are passive and wait for someone else to save them, especially when it comes to Aurora who was asleep for over half of her movie. The most evident characteristic of the movie itself is that the main goal of the movies are for the princesses to find love. Within both movies, the princesses believe in ‘love at first sight.’ This was a common believe in those days as many women didn’t get to know someone before marrying them. It was a ‘marry first and ask questions later’ situation during this time in U.S History. Each Disney movie reflected what what was expected of women during that time period. In regards to the timeline in which the classical princesses took place, the world was constantly at war. With the men being at war, it was the women's’ responsibilities to stay at home and take care of the children and the house. Like with Cinderella and Aurora, women were expected to do their job and not …show more content…
This movie has made the greatest progress from the beginning of the Disney films to now because of the main character’s independence and motivation. Tiana is the first black woman to be the star of a Disney movie. It took the Disney franchise over 70 years to finally let African Americans have the spotlight. Out of all the Disney princesses and women in general, Tiana is by far the most driven. Unlike most of the other princesses, she didn’t look for love but actually walked into it accidentally. Her entire focus was on owning her own restaurant and making it the best one in New Orleans until she comes across a frog seeking her help. So unlike the other movies where the women are looking for help from men, this movie does the opposite with the man finding help in a woman. She doesn’t fall in love at first sight like princesses in the other movies, but instead it takes her most of the movie to realize her feelings for the frog prince. Like most Disney movies, this movie ends with Tiana’s happy ending when she manages to build her restaurant and marry the one whom she fell in love