The thesis of this paper argues that The Little Mermaid presents themes of sexual objectification among the women by the male characers’ imposed hypermasculinity. This is to emphasize that this film‚ along with other Disney films presents traditional idealisms that inflicts strict gender roles and biases into its young‚ developing audience’s minds. As an academic paper‚ it was crucial that the conversation remain forma and its primary and secondary sources are scholarly‚ to legitimize the claims
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Faces” (Vogler). Christopher Vogler lays out twelve stages of a hero’s journey‚ which‚ if a hero completes them all‚ then he/she successfully fulfills the archetype and in this instance‚ Theseus from “Theseus” and Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” do. In “The Little Mermaid”‚ Ariel goes on a journey in which she finds true love and completes numerous obstacles while doing so‚ and in “Theseus”‚ Theseus travels throughout the Greek region and in turn‚ saves the woman from being killed by
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In the Disney film “The Little Mermaid” we first meet Ariel as an independent‚ 16 year old looking for an adventure. Ariel has grand feminist goals to explore the world and has talent as well as beauty. However‚ she has a stubborn and aggressive attitude that always gets her into trouble; resulting in constant supervision. This is the reason why she disobeys her father and ends up falling in love with a human – which is strictly forbidden. Ariel changes herself for a partner of the opposite sex and
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St. Anselm’s Proslogion A lot of people wouldn’t believe you without anything to prove your point. One good example is law. An individual or a group of people can be sued only if there is real proof or evidence‚ a witness‚ and/or a motive to do the wrong. If these things aren’t present then they cannot be sued or proven guilty. But in Anselm’s point of view‚ why and how would people believe in the divine Lord if we had not seen him yet even once? When we have said that we only believe what
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The prince and the butterfly Once upon a time there was a prince named Andrew. He was tall and handsome‚ with a very kind personality. Many women dreamed of marrying him. He lived in a kingdom with a magical enchanted forest with animals that could talk. The kingdom cabinet and the king and queen forced Andrew’s engagement. The ministers wanted him married to a princess from a very large and powerful kingdom for political reasons; they wanted to prevent an invasion from other kingdoms.
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the most for the one you love the most. Romantic? Yes! Stupid? Yes! Hans Christian Anderson’s‚ The Little Mermaid‚ is most commonly seen as a child’s story‚ but if you look closer there are many ties to God and spiritual life. I never saw this as a kid‚ but back then I loved The Little Mermaid‚ because of its magical setting‚ handsome prince‚ and somewhat happy ending. The Little Mermaid unfolds in the deep ocean bottom. The sea king’s castle towers high from the sea’s floor. The sea king has
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"Is the Existence of Evil incompatible with the existence of God?" "Without darkness there can be no light (Shestov)." This quote says a lot about our world as we know it. To truly know something we must also know it’s opposite. We would not know silent if there was not sound. There would be no young if we did not know old. So how could we believe that there is a good without an evil? To believe in the existence of a greatest good‚ which we call God‚ there must also be exist a source of evil as
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At the beginning of the movie‚ “The Little Mermaid”‚ a group of sailors on a ship are telling stories about the legendary merfolk. A young prince named Prince Eric is also on the ship with his dog‚ Max‚ and advisor‚ Grimsby. Grimsby tells the sailors that merfolk are not real‚ but one of the sailors tells him that he is wrong. One of the sailors is holding a fish‚ but loses it and the fish falls back into the sea. After the opening credits‚ the merfolk are heading to the underwater castle for a concert
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replaced with a long blue mermaid tail. Mariota instantly sat up from the rock she had been laying on to check out her surroundings. All she saw was colorful coral reefs surrounding her‚ until she saw the top of a woman’s head who appeared to be peering at her from behind the reefs. Panicking‚ Mariota rapidly started backwards crab walking across the continental shelf‚ to get away from the woman. The woman rose from the continental slope to reveal her long‚ purple mermaid tail‚ and slowly swam
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Dishonesty‚ as many people know‚ comes with consequences. But‚ on the contrary‚ honesty is rewarded. In “the Mermaid and the Woodcutter‚” and “Head Tree‚” the characters face a big obstacle‚ and their actions will decipher whether they will be rewarded or punished. In the story “the Mermaid and the Woodcutter‚” a man is very honest and tells the truth‚ for his good actions he is rewarded‚ In the story “Head Tree‚” the main character faces terrible consequences because of his cruel lies‚ and suffered
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