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March
Why do the Disney princesses have no mothers?
I was watching a few Disney movies with my kid cousins, and i noticed that the Disney princesses have no mothers.
Disney had always felt that the loss of a mother was extremely painful and created a void that could not really be filled.
In fact, hercules is a rare example of any lead charater with a full set of parents (and in his case, two full sets)
March 4th, 2010 at 4:51 pm
because for a while movies were portraying kids with no fathers.. so there was a shift in stories to show strong single fathers..it happened all across the board, not just disney. also there is a strong tendency to think of princesses as daddy’s girls.
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March 4th, 2010 at 5:01 pm
I think Sleeping Beauty had a mom.
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March 4th, 2010 at 5:39 pm
There are only like 3 Disney movies where the main character’s have their parents.
The Lion King
Peter Pan
Mulan
Sleeping Beauty
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March 4th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Mulan had a mother.
I agree with the first post tho. Princesses are often seen as the apple of their father’s eye, and thus it’s just best to keep them that way, without mothers.
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March 4th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Disney had always felt that the loss of a mother was extremely painful and created a void that could not really be filled.
In fact, hercules is a rare example of any lead charater with a full set of parents (and in his case, two full sets)
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