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Maleficent Film Analysis

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The Disney 2014 film Maleficent is a great example of a film adaptation that does not strictly follows the original written text. This film which is based on the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty has changed the focus of the story on Maleficent, the evil old fairy who casts a curse on Princess Aurora to fall asleep for one hundred years. The film director takes a different viewpoint of the evil old fairy by giving the villain a background story and put her as the main character instead of Princess Aurora. The audience is given a chance to understand why Maleficent act in such evil manner and sympathise her instead. This film is indeed an original work that does not follow the original text closely. However, there are still some connections made from …show more content…

Thus, I believe the film Maleficent is a creative interpretation of the original fairy tale Sleeping Beauty that can be compared to the original text in several aspects.
First, both of the film and the original text have the same main characters although some of them have different characteristics. I believe the different interpretation of characters in this film is very creative and suitable for the current audience. For example, the personality of Princess Aurora is much more elaborated and exposed in the film compared to in the text. The audience knows much more about Aurora’s pure and kind heart in the movie. While she was growing up, she is shown as an active and innocent child who is not scared of Maleficent despite of her scary appearance. Aurora even mistaken Maleficent for her fairy godmother and agree to live in the moors with her so they could take care of each other. In the text however, Aurora is only described briefly …show more content…

One of the most strongly justified changes in the film is the different perspective taken on the idea of true love. In the original fairy tale, Princess Aurora wakes up after being kissed by the prince which proves he is her true love. On the other hand, in the film Maleficent, Princess Aurora is awakened by Maleficent’s kiss after Prince Philip’s kiss failed to break the curse. Maleficent who watches over sweet Princess Aurora while she is growing up has developed a maternal love for her and able to revoke the curse on Aurora. This shows how true love does not necessarily have to come from a romantic relationship between men and women, but could also be in the form of familial love. I think this message is very important to teach children that they already have true love from their parents or guardian and they do not have to seek for it. Next, another change of plot is made through the addition of Maleficent’s brief childhood love with Stefan. This change of plot helps the audience to feel sympathy for Maleficent and see her as a strong woman who tries to defend herself from King Stefan’s evil doings. Although she put her curse on Princess Aurora for revenge, she wants to redeem herself by trying to revoke the curse when Aurora is 16 years old. This plot change makes Maleficent as both the hero and the villain of the story which adds the element of irony in the

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