Patriarchal Messages In The Little Mermaid By Peter Pan

The world of Disney has been part of our life since we were kids. The stories of “The Little Mermaid” or even “Peter Pan” delighted us. However, did all these movies have an impact on our lives? Disney movies give us in some way a lesson in their stories. Nevertheless, this message wasn’t always good. Since Disney’s movies are directed to kid audiences, should we let our children watch classic Disney movies? Fairy tales used to have the purpose of having a significant impact on other people. We could pretend that Disney’s fairy tales are charming and lovely but there is not a clear message that teaches us something useful for our lives. What’s the purpose of teaching us to follow our dreams if a patriarchal ideology is being represented in many scenes. There’s a clear example of patriarchal messages in “The Little mermaid” where Ariel gave away her soul just to get Prince Eric. This kind of messages are teaching girls to forget about their personalities to get a boyfriend. Disney contemplates the role of the prince as the hero of the story and focus on the idea that the man is the only one that can solve the troubles presented in the story. On the other hand, the role of the princess is just to wait for her prince to solve all her problems. Therefore, from the viewer’s point of view the life of the princess is

Wendy’s happiness depends on letting everything she could aspire to, just to spend time with the first boy she is in love with who is inviting her to a new world. We also have the resonated phrase “all you need is faith, trust and pixie dust”. The last two elements, an invitation to a place where everything is fine and the use of a magic dust that will make you fly, it could be misunderstood as an invitation to consuming