The Little Mermaid Comparison Essay

The Walt Disney company, founded in 1923, is still conquering the film industry almost a century later. The Little Mermaid, released in 1989, took the world by storm, winning the academy award for best music score. Frozen, released in 2013, outshines The Little Mermaid, winning seven different awards internationally. There came a time when people could not go anywhere without seeing Frozen merchandise. The Little Mermaid and Frozen are both products of Disney, but have multiple differences. These differences include how the main characters are raised, their love interests, and their comfort level with who they were born as.
In the movie The Little Mermaid, the main character is Ariel. Ariel was raised by her father Triton, the king of the sea, without a mother figure. Triton was cantankerous and extremely controlling, especially when he found out about Ariel’s plans. These plans originated when she saved a prince and immediately fell in love. Prince Eric’s ship caught fire and eventually blew up, throwing him overboard. This was the moment Ariel decided she would do whatever it took to find Prince Eric, and have the chance at love, even if doing this meant giving everything up. She turned to Ursula, the sea witch, and gave up her beautiful singing voice, fins, and entire ocean family. In return, she received
The Little Mermaid’s main character, Ariel, grew up under King Tritons’ rule, whereas Frozen’s main character, Elsa, was the queen herself. Ariel desperately searches for love and is a socialite, in opposition to Elsa, who is content with being independent in isolation. As a result, Ariel gives up who she was born as and Elsa embraces her uniqueness. Because of these reasons, Frozen is a better movie. The lessons behind it teach people to embrace who they are, rather than changing into something they are not. It also teaches women to be independent versus relying on someone else for