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Why Do Walt Disney Mothers Always Die
Disney’s constant dilemma with mothers As long as I could remember I have watched Disney films. They have been a large part of my childhood. I would like to dream I could be a princess and ride into the sunset with my prince or like Mulan and fight to defend my father’s honor, but there was also something I could never quite grasp about Disney movies. Why did all the Disney mothers always die? For example in the movies The Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Cinderella, both girls grow up without mothers and our left as orphans and maids to their heartless evil step mothers. The reason for this has become one of Disney greatest rumors. It is said that Walt Disney himself started this trend for beloved Disney characters
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