This document summarizes the representation of women in Disney films such as Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Beauty and the Beast, and Frozen. It notes that in each film, the central female character is a princess who is depicted as weak and in need of rescue by a prince, reinforcing the idea that women need men to solve their problems and achieve happiness. While some princess characters are portrayed as intelligent or hard-working, they still ultimately require a prince to save them. The document concludes by calling for films to depict princesses as free from this trope of needing a man.

1. Representation of Women In
Disney
Prepared by
Vaidehi Hariyani
Semester – 3
Department of English,MKBU

2. Fantasy World
• Love for the princesses….e.g.:-
Barbie, Castle
• Dream of Prince Charming
• And lived happily ever after……..
• Is it true???????

3. • Snow white
(1937)
• Cinderella (1950)
• Sleeping Beauty
(1959)
• Beauty and the
Beast (1991)
• Frozen (2013)

4. Snowhite
• Simple girl
• Helping the
dwarfs
• Sad and waiting
for her Prince…
• TO BE HAPPY YOU
NEED A PRINCE!!!

5. • Beauty with brains…
• A hard working girl
• You need beauty to
get success….What is
this Success?
• Success is to find your
Prince

6. • A cursed Princess
• Can only be awakened
by a Prince’s magical
kiss.
• Need someone to save
them from trouble…
• A Prince can only save
her…

7. • Belle – a bookworm
• Reading reflect
ambitions
• Helps father
everyday
• Needs a Prince
anyway

8. • Two princesses –
ELSA and ANNA
• ELSA – again a
cursed princess
• Krishtoff helps
ANNA
• Again need of a
man

9. Observations
• Women are represented as weak and delicate
thing over so many years…
• All the women whether she is a princess or
any servant or any educated person, they
need a man who settles their problems.
• No doctor can do anything…Only prince can
cure minor problem to major disease.
• After meeting the prince only you can live
happily ever after……

10. Let the princesses be free…….

11. Thank You