Patriarchy Authority In Disney's Snow White

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Secondly, patriarchy authority is reflected by the way in which the society attributes vulnerable personality traits to females and qualities like courage and intellect to males. As Azmi N. J. states that, the princesses in Disney movies share similar personality traits such as gentleness, and they are often characterized as powerless females who have a strong dependence on men in order to achieve individual gains(Azmi 2016). From the vision of Disney princess movies, the female characters are always portrayed as being vulnerable and dependent, they cannot overcome obstacles or get the pursuit of what they really want such as security and justice by simply acting on their own, like directly fighting against villains. Princess characters can only achieve the final success through men’s force. …show more content…
So it follows that the princess fails to be free from obstacles created by her stepmother because of her personality of naiveness, in contrast, the disney movie creates the image of the prince as an embodiment of power, against the villain. The construction of feminine and masculine characteristics in Snow White creates women’s inability to prevail against evil due to the lack of strength and men’s ability to act as heroes to save everything because of their aggressiveness and