It's hard not to love the Disney Princesses as we've met them over the years - in many ways, they define a classic Disney movie. Disney movies are the stuff fairytales and dreams are made of, and the Princesses are part of that. What little girl didn't grow up wanting to be a Princess when she was older - no doubt thanks to Disney! Let's take a look at 5 superb Disney Princesses!
Snow White was the first ever princess, appearing in her namesake 1937 movie - Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Still ranked as one of the top 100 movies of all time - along with Fantasia - the movie is an animation based like most stories on an original tale by Brothers Grimm. Snow White only becomes a princess toward the end of the movie, when a prince rescues her with a kiss. In the original fairy tale, the prince does not kiss her, but carries the coffin back to his castle, and the piece of apple stuck in her throat gets dislodged.
Cinderella, a 1950s classic recently given the rare honour of a Disney sequel tells the heart warming story of an adopted girl who lives under the care of her cruel aunts - but after a sneaky night at the ball, she meets the prince and he falls in love. We can all dream.
Princess Aurora is from Sleeping Beauty, the story of a beautiful princess that is cursed to sleep on on her sixteenth birthday and never awake unless she feels true loves kiss. Raised as a peasant girl, the prince falls in love with her the moment they meet (by chance?) in the forest - but you know the rest of the tale.
Princess Jasmine, from the 1992 classic Aladdin and numerous sequels. Based on an Arab fairytale, Jasmine - the Sultan's daughter - is bored of not experiencing life and her impending arranged marriage, and chooses to run away. She meets a street urchin called Aladdin, and after a long and involved adventure, Jasmine ends up rescuing Aladdin from certain doom. She is a wonderfully strong heroine, perhaps one of the first to bless a Disney movie.
Finally, Mulan brings it home for east-asia. The story is based upon a Chinese folktale, about a girl who just doesn't fit in with the expectations of women of her time. She is strong and independent, and initially suffers a lot of self loathing because of this. However, she goes on to save China - no small feat, one presumes - which of course gives her a great deal of confidence as well as bringing honor to her family and country.
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