A prince kiss? No,
thanks!
I bet that many of us
enjoyed Disney princesses’ movies when we were kids. Disney Company is famous
for making lots of interesting and catching films that made us want to be
princes and princesses when we were children. One of the most famous stereotypes
of Disney’s Company is the “True love kiss”. So what is the true love kiss for
those who hadn’t seen a Disney movie before? (And I personally don’t think that
anyone had done such atrocity) The “True love kiss” is the formula to save a
princess from her curse. How does this “True love kiss” work? Let me tell you
about it. A princess meets the prince one evening and they fall in love at the
exact moment when their eyes meet. Then she falls asleep or is about to die
because of a curse that the evil character had put on her before and the prince
saves her with a “true love kiss”. But what if
I told you that there is a movie that breaks this stereotype? The film that
breaks the “true love kiss” stereotype is the one from the best evil characters
of all Disney’s history: Maleficent.
Maleficent is a film
that tells the story of Sleeping Beauty, but from the point of view of
Maleficent, the villain. She is a fairy from an old kingdom that was betrayed
by her love, the king Philip. That is why she puts a curse on the king’s
daughter Aurora. So, how does the film break this stereotype of the “True love
kiss”?
On the original story
of the Sleeping Beauty, Princess Aurora is awakened from her eternal dream when
the Prince kisses her. I must emphasize that they only meet once in an evening
and they fall in love on that moment. That is why the “true love kiss” worked.
Because this kiss always works when you fall in love with the person you only
saw one day, which is very unreal. But in the film Maleficent, this doesn’t
work. It is not the prince the one who saves Aurora with a kiss but Maleficent.
In this movie the “true love kiss” is given by a person who really loves you
and cares about you. Maleficent took care of Aurora since her childhood. Maleficent’s role was equal as a mother’s role, and
we all know that most mothers love their children. The “True love kiss” is
given by a person that has formed a long time relationship with the princess,
someone who knows her from long time ago. Not the man she has just seen once in
her whole life, because that isn’t true love. It’s unreal to fall in love with
a person you have seen once. That is called attraction, not love. In order to
really love someone you have to spend time with the other. It’s necessary to
form a relationship.
So remember, if you
ever need a “True love kiss” a Princes that you have just seen once in your
entire life can’t save you. Sometimes different is good and fresh and
Maleficent is a great example of the real life love. 
Macarena, I loved your essay!! It's so simply explained!!! It's true that we are all waiting that "true love kiss" when watching a Disney movie although we all know it's not real!!! But it belongs to that kind of movies!!! And if not, we feel like that something is missing...haha
ReplyDeleteI would like to tell you that I would have written the end of the body of your essay. in a shorter way, as from my humble point of view, the fact of "being kissed by a person who you only see once" is repeated several times. Anyway, your conclusion is fantastic!
Congrats!!!
Congrats for your essay Macarena! Your point is strong and very original. I agree with your conclusion.
ReplyDeleteMy suggestion is the following:
Since different is good and fresh, I'd use different phrases or words for making reference to that "True love kiss". I mean, just to avoid repetition. That's all.
Great Job!!!
Good job, Macarena. True love kiss and love at first sight were considered the formula in Disney's films. I think it is good they are showing different and more down to earth ingredients in their productions.
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