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Research Paper On Disney Princesses

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DESCRIBE YOUR SAMPLE: My sample size will be 5 movies as you suggested to lower my work load, and to also be able to concentrate on more of the details. The movies that I have picked are; Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Pocahontas (1995), Mulan (1998), and Brave (2012). I chose these specific Disney princesses because they display more masculine characteristics in comparison to their counter parts. I want to investigate the ideals that Disney included to create these more androgynous stories. I haven't found an article that particularly investigates this side of the Disney princesses rather they just look at the overall progression of the gender roles portrayed. I will still include a small

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