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    company‚ founded in 1923‚ is still conquering the film industry almost a century later. The Little Mermaid‚ released in 1989‚ took the world by storm‚ winning the academy award for best music score. Frozen‚ released in 2013‚ outshines The Little Mermaid‚ winning seven different awards internationally. There came a time when people could not go anywhere without seeing Frozen merchandise. The Little Mermaid and Frozen are both products of Disney‚ but have multiple differences. These differences include

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    Women have to be really skinny and white to be beautiful‚ which is not true they focus on outer beauty and not inner beauty. They are teaching little girls beauty is being white and skinny that is resulting in an image and standards set for girls. I totally disagree with that and think Beauty should vary and not be just be white and skinny. In "The little Mermaid" many stereotypes are involved involving Ariel and her prince. They teach the idea of changing who you are to be with someone and not following

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    The Mermaid and Her Cluttering Disorder When people think about their favorite childhood movie‚ there are many movies that a person can choose from. For me‚ The Little Mermaid comes to my mind. When asked‚ “What do you want to be when you grow up?”‚ I often remember myself answering the question with the response “A mermaid.” Her beautiful long‚ red‚ hair‚ her outgoing personality‚ and most importantly‚ her extravagant life under the sea made me want to be just like her. Because of my obsession I

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    However‚ one of the more prominent and recognisable forms of obsession is the ‘sea witch’ Ursula from The Little Mermaid (1989). Ursula is an exemplary case of the ‘female grotesque’‚ someone which Mallan describes as ‘…like Cruella‚ is a hybrid – half woman‚ half animal.’ (Mallan‚ op‚ cit.). She is powerful‚ insidious and filled with parody‚ and as Sells suggests

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    every cartoon‚ film‚ or television show and wanting to be princess of girly character. The particular film that stands our most in my mind is the Disney film‚ The Little Mermaid. The film is about a young mermaid that has always been daddy’s little girl‚ but wants to run away to have a life that she has never been able to. The you mermaid‚ Ariel‚ ends up running away to the human world‚ marries a prince‚ becomes a princess‚ and ends up saying goodbye to her dad. I think that Ariel portrayed the typical

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    Psychological disorders in The Little Mermaid             In Walt Disney’s The Little Mermaid‚ various characters acquire many different psychological disorders. A psychological disorder‚ also known as a mental disorder‚ is a pattern of behavioral or psychological symptoms that affect multiple life areas and/or create distress for the person experiencing these symptoms. These symptoms become clear throughout the duration of the movie. First‚ Flounder is discovered to suffer from panic attacks

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    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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    Gnostic Semblances in Disney’s The Little Mermaid At first glance‚ the suggestion that Disney’s The Little Mermaid portrays Gnostic themes and characters could seem comical. It is a movie from the early 90’s about a rebellious‚ love-struck mermaid that gets a happy ending. However‚ my first step towards seeing otherwise was recognizing the similarities between Ariel‚ the mermaid‚ and Sophia from the Apocryphon of John. Then I recognized a similar world structure: one above and one below but perhaps

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