Research Topic

For my research paper I decided to compare the styles of different Disney movies to The Lion King. The reason I chose to do this is because The Lion King showed the change in society from needy females to more independent. Many of you may be thinking,” how does The Lion King possibly show this change?” but it really do. Let’s think about it, Simba ran away from home and planned to never return. It was not until Nala talked him into going back home to fight for his rightful power as king. Many of us did not realize that this was the most important part of the movie because without Nala, Simba might have never returned home. This topic is very interesting to me because it marks the shift in women’s role. Before The Lion King, almost all of Disney movies were about helpless women being saved by some prince charming. Cinderella, Snow White and many other Disney films follow this same theme, but The Lion king marks the change. Disney could have definitely switched the roles and made Nala the lost, helpless lion but they did not. The chose to portray a more up to date version of women, which is why I feel made it best. Everyone was tired of the basic woman needs help, man comes rescue her theme and The Lion King showed a clear difference between all the other prior Disney films. Not only do I want to compare Disney films prior to The Lion King, but also the ones that came after. In today’s society almost all of Disney films are from an animal’s perspective and I believe this is because everyone loved The Lion King. Of course animals were present in prior Disney films but never to the intensity of The Lion King.  I could seriously go on all night about my paper, because I truly think it is going to be really interesting. Well, there's a little preview for you. :)

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