Comparing Frogs To Princess' in Disney

For some odd reason I have been looking at most of these fairyales from a feminist perspective. This probably do to the fact that I'm one myself but keeping that school of thought in mind I honestly dont remember any version of the Princess and The Frog I can briefly remember as a child a story about a princess who was out one day came across a sad frog and kissed him so that he would feel better causing him to transform into a prince but according to what I can remember and the text this is hardly the same story.

The concept of revision itself in the case of this fairytale is interesting because the tale itself deals with a Frog who is trying to pass himself off as desirable to a princess in order to bed and wed her. In a way you could say that just like characters in the story, people go through revisionary periods in order to improve themselves and make themselves more attractive to to others. The Frog prince Is transforming himself for his own personal goal. Though the process of revision the prince has gone from repulsive to clear speaking and very conniving. The princess herself is etched out very early in the tale as materialistic. This is highlighted in The Frog King Or Iorn Henry.

The princess complains of losing "clothes, my jewels, my pearls these are all materialistic things. And serve as a marker for where she stands in society. Since the frog is physically lowly its not surprising that he does after her but the different versions of the story left me thinking about a form of identity theft.

While he makes himself adaptable to his surroundings He has only transformed into something more suitable to both her and her father because that is the type of lifestyle he wants. The Princesses riches if taken a step further are not her riches at all but her fathers and are part of the temptation and control she has over the frog. Her fathers riches are what the prince wants and in a way there is an exchange of a power dynamic between the Princess' father and the frog. In Escaping Wonderland there is talk of the placement of women as well as imagination. I chose to focus on the Little Mermaid. I can vaguely remember bringing up to the professor the idea that Ariel was leading a sheltered life. Though King Triton is her father he also serves as a Patriarchal figure in her life. Erick later replaces her father. (115) mentions the princesses father wanting her marry an older Aristocrat. The Frog is representative of this. Symbolically frogs do not only represent older men (they're usually referred to as old Hermit frogs or old Toads) but also they tend to represent pestilence and death. (Biblicaly speaking)

The Frog is dipcted as a character that maintains his own agency (I'm sorry its become my favorite word lately.) However the Princess' agency comes from her fathers power. Her agency comes from her golden ball. Cited to represent her virginity (115) "The golden ball her most prized possession, is symbolic of her virginity and and phyical appeal" Is also representative of her agency (In my eyes) Once she loses that in the well (Wells are symbolically supposed to represent sexuality stagnant sexuality but sexuality nonetheless) She needs the Frog to regain it just as Ariel needs Erick to speak for her when she trades her voice for legs. Both of these women are trading off parts of themselves in order to gain acceptance on a larger scale.

Bestiality is something I brought up previously. The sexual aspect of the Bridegroom and Bride relationship is interesting because while this is morally strange the beast isnt a beast at all. But the sexual size of the woman in question. Theres the aspect of a woman being two sided. (The Virginal princess, Old woman theory) The older woman is teamed with the younger when its discoved that she is the same person (Penny Jack) but this raises the idea that women can internalize different aspects or qualities. I was also leaning towards the concept of the Eternal Feminine. Feel free to check that out here:
http://www.adishakti.org/_/eternal_feminine_principle.htm

Princess' in Disney films besides The Little Mermaid also have been known to have very little agency. (Bell can count, but I really don't think she does because she isnt a princess to begin with) She is distracted by her readings (Distraction by materialism is another big point in these stories) Jasmine is the only Disney princess I can think of at the moment who doesn't give up anything for a man. Whether this has to do with ethnicity or background can be considered. She is neither subdued or stereotypically passive and dependent on a man.