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Abstract
The Walt Disney Company has been classed as one of the storytellers of generations, accessed by millions of children and adults alike. But for every Disney fairy-tale there is commonly a source of evil that each protagonist must overcome. This chapter focuses on the evil women presented within Disney Princess films and their root of evil. I explore the implications of the Evil Queen of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), and Mother Gothel of Tangled (2010) being depicted as narcissistic, their dichotomy between beauty and power, and how they are pigeonholed rather than developed as complex villains.
Abstract
The Walt Disney Company has been classed as one of the storytellers of generations, accessed by millions of children and adults alike. But for every Disney fairy-tale there is commonly a source of evil that each protagonist must overcome. This chapter focuses on the evil women presented within Disney Princess films and their root of evil. I explore the implications of the Evil Queen of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), and Mother Gothel of Tangled (2010) being depicted as narcissistic, their dichotomy between beauty and power, and how they are pigeonholed rather than developed as complex villains.