Power to the Princess: Disney and the
Creation of the 20* Century Princess Narrative
Bridget Whelan
In this source, the author talks about the original
fairytales that Disney transformed into their own. As someone who grew up
watching these films, I had always thought that Disney thought of these stories
on their own. I was surprised to find out that they actually come from authors
like the Brother’s Grimm. Those fairytales are much darker and more intense
than the Disney versions. The author mentions how in the original fairy tales,
the princess wasn’t necessarily the main character, and she also wasn’t
portrayed as the victim. She actually had masculine characteristics and
sometimes was the rescuer in the book. Disney had completely manipulated the
plot and turned it into a happier, prettier version. They focus solely on the
princess who is viewed as a helpless, delicate girl who ends up marrying a
handsome prince and they live happily ever after. This was always the case in
the original versions; since it was a darker piece of work there wasn’t such
thing as a ‘happy ending’. This source will be useful for my paper because it
show exactly how Disney took a story and flipped it around. They took a heroine
and turned her into a damsel in distress. It works well with my other sources,
which are along the same lines and are academic sources.
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