Comparative Essay: The Frog Prince Vs The Princess and The Frog

Produced in 2009, The frog Princess is a Disney animation inspired by the Grimm Brothers fairytale, The frog Prince. Both The Frog Princess and The Frog Prince deal with a multiplicity of issues, all of which contribute to back up positive messages and morals (Ceaser, 2009). However, though The Frog Princess is based on a houseic fairytale, it is far from being the same. The writers at Disney have taken a classic fairytale and created a Monster (Prince, 2001). This essay willing take in the evolution of the original Grimm Brothers fairytale, the messages both main characters represent, and how the adaptation to fit a modern child readership diminishes a classic fairytale. Through discussing these arguments, this paper will prove that Disneys adaptation into The Princess and The Frog is counter-productive in representing the original layers messages, morals, and values. butttales express the creative fantasies of the rural and less educated layers of popular man (Cuban, 1984). They are characteristically full of magic, often involving upper class characters (Cuban, 1984). In short, Fairytales are organically grown with the creative material of a collective group. The Grimm Brothers fairytale, The Frog Prince, is no exception. The Grimm Brothers fairytale is near a handsome prince trapped in the repulsive body of a frog, but who nevertheless overcomes and transcends this bewitched state through his wit, perseverance, and magic (Prince, 2009). Until the ordinal century, it was the adult population that was interested in fairytales (Cuban, 2009). Their allocation to the nursery was a late training (Cuban, 2009). This allocation can be credited to the rejection of the irrational, and development of the ra... ...ntersection of Race and Pop Culture. 13 May 2009. Web. 04 Nov. 2011. .7.Alexandrova, Marina. Disney and The American Princess The Americanization of European Fairy Tales. America The New Society (2010) 1-77. Print.8.Tartar, Maria. Th e Classic Fairy Tales. New York Norton &, 1999. Print.9.Ebert, Roger. The Princess and the Frog. boodle Sun-Times Chicago 9 Dec. 2009 1-3. Print.10.Stone, Kay. Things Walt Disney Never Told Us. The diary of American Folklore (1975). Print.11.Barnes, Brooks. Her Prince Has Come. Critics Too. New York Times New York 29 May 2009 1+. Print.12.Lester, Neal A. Disneys The Princess and the Frog The Pride, the Pressure, and the Politics of Being a First. The Journal of American Culture (2010). Print.