Music is often overlooked when talking about films. However, music is constantly helping audiences follow along with the story emotionally. Each character has their own theme music;
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The heroes need to learn different lessons in each movie as they mature. The How to Train Your Dragon trilogy uses the coming-of-age story framework to tell three different arcs to follow the evolution of Hiccup’s and Toothless’ intertwined stories.
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Compare Hiccup’s story to Disney’s Hercules, and you’ll see two types of masculinity. Hercules goes from Zero to Hero in a training montage. Hiccup doesn’t gain notoriety from killing dragons like everyone else. Instead, he changes their minds and is valued for that strength.
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Captain Hook’s and Ursula’s implied sexual orientation is based on gender and sexuality stereotypes. The implied meanings are called Queer coding.
Disney still has queer codes today. Frozen subverted tropes of “true love’s kiss” by making Prince Hans the villain and family bonds more critical.
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Who’s the target audience for The Little Mermaid? Little girls, of course. The arc of the film involves rebellious romance.
I cannot deny The Little Mermaid’s impact on my life. It was the first film that explored and validated my subconscious desire to be “normal.”
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Micheal Giday, in an article entitled “Ableism in Fairy Tales,” states, “Despite having all the things a human has and being a princess, Ariel still obsesses over becoming human and considers herself as less than one just for lacking legs.” (5)
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