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Disney Princess Line: Significant Shift In The Renaissance Era

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4.1.2 Renaissance Era
Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, and Mulan that released between 1989 until 1998 included in Renaissance Era. Disney Princess Line made a significant shift in the Renaissance Era from the character and the originality of the Princesses.

4.1.2.1 Ariel, The Little Mermaid – 1989
Ariel is the fourth Princess that released in 1989 included as part of Disney Princess Line in Renaissance Era. Similar to Classic era with the Caucasian originality, Ariel is the Princess from the underwater Kingdom and she is a mermaid. She is the first princess that showed her half-body since she is only wearing a bikini made of sea-shells.
Figure 9 – Ariel’s Explorer and Rebel Archetype
9.a 9.b 9.c As a mermaid, Ariel has high curiosity for the human world and she liked to collect things from the human world (figure 9.a). It made her portrayed an Explorer Archetype since she loved to explore the unknown from the human world and very ambitious to learn about the human world. Instead of staying at the castle, she often went out with her fish friend, went to the shipwrecks to find anything from the human world like the picture above, she has a sense of adventure (m), full of courage (m) and a daring (m) spirit, she even could face the shark (figure 9.b). …show more content…

Also, she broke the rule from her father to not to get closer to the surface, “As long as you live in my ocean, you’ll obey my rules” said the King Triton, Ariel’s father. She always wanted to know and learn everything regarding the human world. However, even her father already forbids her, with her curiosity, she got closer to the human ship and suddenly the storm happened. Without any hesitation and the second thought, Ariel with her soft-hearted heart helped the stranger from the ship, her first love (figure

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