I. FIRST STEP: EXAMINE THE STATEMENT OF THE CONCLUSION
A. Statement of Conclusion
Conclusion: All classic Disney animated feature films based on fairytales released from 1937-1994 teach us that good or bad is based on your physical appearance; beautiful people are good and the ugly ones are bad.
Concepts:
Animated feature film – empirical
Fairytale – fictitious good – evaluative bad – evaluative physical appearance – evaluative beautiful – evaluative ugly – evaluative
B. Definition of Terms
Disney animated feature film
These are stories that are told through the visual representation of moving drawings. For the purpose of this paper, I would be limiting this to Disney animated movies released from 1937-1994 for …show more content…
Oppression is bad.
Cinderella’s stepfamily are bad.
Aurora is beautiful.
Aurora is obedient to here three caregivers and kind even to animals.
Obedience is good.
Aurora is good.
Maleficient is ugly.
Maleficient tries to kill Aurora so she can take over the kingdom.
Even if Maleficient is already unattractive, in the end of the film, she still had to turn into a scary, ugly dragon to kill Aurora’s Prince Charming.
Maleficient is bad.
Ariel is beautiful.
Ariel has a kind heart and is willing to fight for her love for Prince Eric.
Ariel is good.
Ursula is ugly.
Ursula made a deal with Ariel and then tried to cheat to make sure that she wins their deal.
Ursula also tried to kill many people with her magic.
Ursula is bad.
Belle is beautiful.
Belle is kind to her father and caters to a Beast she hardly knows and falls in love with her eventually.
Belle is good.
The prince in Beauty and the Beast was turned into a beast for being arrogant.
Arrogance is bad.
The Beast is bad.
If the Beast is good and Belle falls in love with him then he will turn back into the …show more content…
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