Saying that The Princess and the Frog is loosely based off
of The Frog Prince by the Grimms Brother’s is an understatement.
In the beginning of The Princess and the Frog, the main
character, Tiana and her friend, Charlotte, are read The Frog Prince. In both
stories the “princesses” were reluctant to kiss the frog. Princess is quoted
due to the fact that Tiana wasn’t actually a princess, turning her into a frog
also. Both of the original frogs in each story are cursed Princes that have to
be kissed to be turned back into human.
The Princess and the Frog is so much different because it
involves the non-princess turning into a frog and a battle for the two frogs
lives because the one who cursed the prince wants to keep him that way, but
they both fall and love. Since the kiss doesn’t work, they marry as frogs and
once they kiss they transform back into humans because Tiana married a prince making
her a princess.
Disney’s Princess and the Frog is a first film for them because
it is the first time one of their Disney princesses was an African American.
The animated film takes on a new role and since Tiana is working towards getting her restaurant the
whole time, it teaches children the importance of dreams but also, when she
declines the money to save her Prince, it teaches children that other things
are more important than money. Both stories teach children of teamwork and that
you sometimes have to look past what you don’t like, nobody wants to kiss a
frog, but sometimes it will get you farther in life.
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