Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, and women.

This 1937 American Animated film was produced by Walt Disney Productions and was based on the German fairy tail by the Brother's Grimm. It was the first full length, cel animated feature film and the first in the classic Disney series. I have taken a particular interest in this film because of the way the main character, Snow White, is represented. In comparison to modern day Disney films, she is portrayed in a much more innocent way. She is a very naive character and I think when this film is watched nowadays she can sometimes come across as rather annoying and frankly, quite clueless. We don't often see the modern day, female Disney characters having full on, one sided conversations with  big groups of woodland animals.

Even though she is quite a helpless character, I think this does add to the character appeal, especially for the young children who watch it. A lot of the modern day female leading rolls are a lot more hands on and not as easily broken down, however I think this links to the more typical stereotype that women used to have placed on them. This becomes more apparent when she is singing songs about cleaning, and "whistling while you work." Lets face it, she's a domestic goddess. I doubt there would have EVER been a scene like this which had the leading roll of a male. 

Appart from her being insanely kind and sweet, and a bit ditzy I don't really think there is much else to her, personality wise. A great deal of her appeal is shown in her small round face and figure. This really contrasts to some of the modern day character designs, who often have much larger facial features and smaller waists. Also, this film along with some of the other early Disney classics all give off the impression that a woman needs to be saved by a man. Which is completely contradicted in some of the new disney movies. 

I have chosen to look at this topic because I'm really interested in looking at how the roll of women has changed in Disney though out the years. To be honest, I think it has changed for the better. GIRL POWER!