Portrayal of Two Disney's Princesses - Comparison of Snow White and Beuty and the Beast

Disney presents numerous princesses as role models to young American girls. From the sweet and demure Snow White to the intelligent Belle, animated women have changed. Disney's first classic, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs", portray women as innocent, domesticated, and helpless, whereas, in their modern animated film, "Beauty and the Beast" the main female is intelligent, independent and heroic. Snow White is presented as a young innocent woman, as her name suggests. Snow symbolizes …

…Father from the Beast by giving up her own freedom. Then at the ending, she saves the Beast. She declares her love for him, which breaks the enchantress's spell turning him back into his human form. In the animation of Snow white, Disney created a sweet, demure, and dependent housekeeper. On the other hand, the modern Disney female character, Belle, is created as a smart, self-reliant hero, a reversal of the "age old" stereotypical beliefs.