The Little Mermaid and her Connection with Hoarding Melissa Legault Abnormal Psychology Anthony Smith April 30‚ 2013 Most children grow up watching Disney movies. It might be shocking to hear that a Disney princess may suffer from a psychological disorder. In Walt Disney’s movie The Little Mermaid‚ I think the main character Ariel suffers from disposophbia‚ also known as hoarding. Obsessive-compulsive disorder/hoarding has always interested me. These people take collecting to an
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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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Anthony DeFilippis 4/28/08 Discover New York- Review of Little Mermaid Professor: Trickovic The Little Mermaid The Broadway play which I went to see was located at the Lunt-Fontanne Theater‚ 205 West 46th street. This is considered the heart of the theater district in New York City. The play which I saw was The Little Mermaid presented by Disney. As an 18 year old male‚ I was not very fond of seeing a Disney play but‚ my girlfriend wanted to see the show
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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. Panic attacks
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In the Little Mermaid‚ it is a norm; “expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members” (Macionis‚ pg. 68)‚ for mermaids and other sea creatures to look down on humans. Triton assumes that all humans are dangerous and Sebastian assumes that all humans eat fish‚ they do not take into consideration the idea that not all humans are created equal. Ursula‚ the sea witch is evil because she makes a deal with Ariel but she sends Flotsam and Jetsam to prevent Ariel from kissing prince Eric
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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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the Sea Mermaids‚ witches‚ and parallel universes are a part of human creativity that’s told all over the world for various reasons. Most people today are familiar with the modern version of most fairy tales‚ and don’t know the dark origins behind these kid-friendly stories. The original versions have deeper‚ malevolent meanings behind them; while modern tales are more positive‚ and inspirational. This happens especially in Disney’s adaption of Hans Christian Andersen’s the Little Mermaid. Disney’s
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she is forgotten. In some cases‚ however‚ she is used to illustrate Hamlet’s madness‚ like at the play when his attitude and speech is so vulgar and unexpected. While it may be true that Hamlet only tells Ophelia he doesn’t love her to protect her from
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The Little Mermaid I’ve never realized that Disney’s The Little Mermaid was not an original Disney character/story‚ though this shouldn’t have been a surprise since Disney’s princesses all come from stories developed by people outside of Disney. Like Disney they take someone’s original story and add so much more to them to make them appropriate and more appealing to children of all ages. Andersen and Disney both share the similar story lines when it comes to the main idea of the story. In both
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