In the movie Aladdin, a street rat with his faithful companion Abu are followed throughout their journey in the kingdom of Agrabah. The street rat, Aladdin, is forced to steal to survive and dreams of someday making it into the Grand Royal Palace. Aladdin thinks his dreams are only that, just dreams, until he stumbles upon a girl in the marketplace falling madly in love. This girl happens to be princess Jasmine of Agrabah and with the help of his friends Genie, magic carpet, and Abu, Aladdin avoids the tricks of Jafar and his parrot Iago to turn his wildest dreams into a reality. The movie effectively tells the story of Aladdin while applying traditional gender stereotypes found in various Disney movies. The portrayal of both males and females
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While in the palace before meeting Aladdin, Jasmine attempts to promote more masculine traits in an attempt to appear independent and dominant. She expresses these traits throughout her fathers many failed attempts at finding a suitor to take over the throne. Jasmine exclaims at one point that she is “not a prize to be won” representing that women are see as objects and not people. Once Jasmine leaves the palace for the first time, her traits shift to become more feminine making her appear both passive and submissive. This is first displayed when Jasmine is wandering throughout the village and stumbles upon a hungry child. She must rely on Aladdin to rescue her after she is caught giving away a merchant’s food without paying for it. While in the castle Jasmine was not exposed to the world and was only around men, which is where she picked up her masculine traits. Once she stepped outside the castle walls, she picked up more feminine traits that society depicts as normal for …show more content…
This is contrast to what Disney depicted throughout the entire that movie that she must sit in the Grand Royal Palace and wait for a man to come and pursue her. To defeat Jafar, she must use her “attractiveness” to distract him while Aladdin attempts to steal back the Genie’s lamp. When Jafar thinks he hears someone, princess Jasmine leans into him and kisses him. This shows how Disney depicts women to only be in stories to be the object of a man’s affliction. Throughout Aladdin, princess Jasmine is constantly defined by her
While in the palace before meeting Aladdin, Jasmine attempts to promote more masculine traits in an attempt to appear independent and dominant. She expresses these traits throughout her fathers many failed attempts at finding a suitor to take over the throne. Jasmine exclaims at one point that she is “not a prize to be won” representing that women are see as objects and not people. Once Jasmine leaves the palace for the first time, her traits shift to become more feminine making her appear both passive and submissive. This is first displayed when Jasmine is wandering throughout the village and stumbles upon a hungry child. She must rely on Aladdin to rescue her after she is caught giving away a merchant’s food without paying for it. While in the castle Jasmine was not exposed to the world and was only around men, which is where she picked up her masculine traits. Once she stepped outside the castle walls, she picked up more feminine traits that society depicts as normal for …show more content…
This is contrast to what Disney depicted throughout the entire that movie that she must sit in the Grand Royal Palace and wait for a man to come and pursue her. To defeat Jafar, she must use her “attractiveness” to distract him while Aladdin attempts to steal back the Genie’s lamp. When Jafar thinks he hears someone, princess Jasmine leans into him and kisses him. This shows how Disney depicts women to only be in stories to be the object of a man’s affliction. Throughout Aladdin, princess Jasmine is constantly defined by her