Disney is famous for its animated films. The films are filled with adventures. But what about parents? Most of these adventurers only have one parent in the film. Think of the princesses. Arial is daughter to King Trident, with no known mother. Jasmine also has no mother; she’s daughter to the sultan. Snow White and Cinderella have step mothers. Belle may be a beauty, but she is motherless. Disney’s new movie The Princess and the Frog starts with two parents, but Tiana’s father dies before the adventure begins.
In each of these movies, the princess has less-than-desirable family situations. Without both a mother and a father, the family is broken. If they had both parents, their lives would be complete. But there are missing parents. There is need for something more. So, each princess has her adventure and ends up with a prince.
This is not only the case with princesses; there are other Disney examples of missing parents: Simba loses his father, Nemo loses his mother, Mowgli has neither, and so forth.
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