ELA 406-01
M.Bakos
26 Feb 20123
Misconceptions of Disney Princesses
I think each and every girl including myself has gone through that “princess phase” at one point or another in our lives. How many of us have used Cinderella, Snow White, or Sleeping Beauty as our role models growing up? The problem is that these princesses are role models of what we shouldn’t be like in real life; they are superficial, they rely on fairy godmothers to solve their problems, and they wait around for princes to save them in their time of need.
M. Bakos and fellow classmates
Disney Princess movies have set off an unrealistic image of life for little girls
Growing up they are little girls goddesses, idols and friends. They are feminine, beautiful, and always end up living happily ever after. But are these beautiful princesses sending off wrong messages to little girls? Ever since the “Disney Princess Franchise” came out in 2000, more and more girls have been taking away ideals that can affect their self-esteem and relationships in the long run. You may not notice it at first but in these movies girls are receiving messages telling them that if they are not pretty they will never find love and live happily ever …show more content…
Each and every princess movie that I have ever seen has emphasized on the idea of love at first sight. Princesses marry a prince after only interacting with him once. In most movies this would be a typical scenario of how they would meet: Prince “Wow, check out that unbelievingly stunning girl. I love her”, the princess would say “Oh look! A handsome prince” then they would go off telling each other that they love each other and shortly get married. I don’t know about you but if someone randomly came up to me and said they loved me I would probably run away and call the police. Scenarios like that do not normally happen in real life but yet it is repeatedly emphasized in each Disney Princess