Magic and Gloves: Looking at the Growth of Women from "Frozen"

Jasmin 2022-03-20 09:01:08

The episode "let it go" of "Frozen" is on fire, and it's a bit about to become the rhythm of Jiangnan style...In addition to the official 25 language version, there are also various tenor and soprano loli metal party covers, Shanghai dialect Various dialect versions of Sichuan dialect, Northeast dialect and Cantonese. Regardless of whether it is a lyric or a serious song, the themes are the same, and they all express the awakening of women's independent will, and there is a stance of "feminists from all over the world unite~~".

Let me give you a few cover versions and feel the
25 language version (feminists from all over the world unite~)
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/f82rH3tIXmw/African
version (Lolita is so good at singing!! !)
http://www.iqiyi.com/w_19rrctk53p.html
metal version (the hot-blooded brother is so beautiful!!)
http://www.bilibili.tv/video/av961325/
Shanghai dialect version (blame Sanin, blame me Huh?!)
http://www.56.com/u55/v_MTA3MDEzNjc2.html

This indeed reflects the change in social ideology, Disney princess is no longer just eating a poisoned apple casually and being caught by a witch casually The brainless princess, who waited for the rescue of the prince and lived happily in the palace forever, started from "Brave", the Disney princess truly became the protagonist, and began to tell the growth story of women not aiming at social stereotypes.

1. Magic and gloves-the conflict between nature and repression

Elsa's hands were born with the magic of making ice and snow. When she was a child, she accidentally injured her sister Anna when she was playing with her. After being discovered by her parents, she was afraid that her abilities would become stronger and stronger and could not be controlled, so she put gloves on her. Elsa was also frightened by her own abilities, and she decided to hide her superpowers and close herself up. What is hidden and suppressed here is only natural power, not evil (compare Andersen’s original "The Ice Queen", you will understand that this is a modern interpretation of female power), but traditionally women often need to "wear gloves" to hide their desires and desires. Ability to cater to social habits and accepted settings.

Until the death of the parents in a shipwreck, it symbolizes the decline of patriarchy and the loss of repression and protection. It also means that elsa can make a choice on his own: show his abilities at the risk of being attacked by the world, or continue to hide. This was a common conflict between women in the past, so many women’s lifestyles confine themselves to heavy housework and a very small living area. These are all metaphors of gloves, just like elsa uses a deep and simple lifestyle to control themselves. Don't show ability. But as Elsa's ability became stronger and stronger, this conflict reached its climax during the adult coronation ceremony.


Sister anna plans to marry the strange prince she just met at the party, and she wants to start her new life (the episode "love is an open door"). Although her sister blindly pursues it freely, it is almost a betrayal in Elsa's view. A glove was torn off during the dispute, which symbolized that anna had revealed Elsa’s long hidden true self, but the magic was out of control again, and people could not imagine that the princess, who had always been virtuous and virtuous, possessed destructive magic, which made the world freeze. , People screamed in horror "She is a monster!" and took up their weapons to chase Elsa. This was the moment when the conflict between nature and suppression erupted fiercely, and Elsa chose to flee.

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Frozen Castle-the dismantling of the pseudo-self. "Frozen" is Disney’s first twin princess animation as the protagonist. In fact, it can also be understood that sister elsa and sister anna represent the two powers of personality: the real elsa It is the part that is suppressed and hidden. The princess of Renqianzhuang is just her "pseudo-self", elsa represents the power of separation and isolation; anna is the bridge between the real elsa and the pseudo-self, she has never given up looking for the real elsa , Anna represents the power of integration and healing.

The split elsa fled into the snow-capped mountains and found a way to preserve his own nature without hurting others. Only in the deserted snow-capped mountains, elsa felt that he was free and the queen of ice and snow. Here is a song "let it go" to complete the Declaration of Independence.

Like the lyrics sung,
It's Time to See the What the I CAN do
the To the Test at The Limits and BREAK through
No right, Wrong NO, NO rules for Me
the I'm as Free


then turned elsa queen made from snow and ice palace, a symbol of women abandoned The "false self" required by society is liberated and exerted. This passage is transforming and moving. So many people sang this song to express strong resonance, but is this the awakening of female consciousness? In fact, it is far from thorough enough, because at this time Elsa’s freedom is still limited. She can only close herself in the more distant snow-capped mountains and live in the cold ice-snow palace. Although it seems that she has become confident and beautiful, but also Closed the door to real life.

The false self is broken, and if there is no reconstruction of the self, it is still empty. So here is not a happy endding, this video wants to say more.



3. The heart that is always beating-self-rebuilding.

Fortunately, our princess anna never gave up looking for her sister. This is also the integrated motivation for everyone to try to get closer to their true self.

The goblin elder said that "the greatest enemy is fear", but anna is not afraid of Elsa, and still sincerely trusts. It was this lack of fear that made her follow Elsa's footsteps, that is, to find the hidden real power.


When we hide in our own palace, we need courage to return to life, which means the danger of losing control again, being judged and being devalued, so we will resist other people's efforts to approach ourselves. This time anna hurt her heart because she remembered the hurt she had done. At that moment, the fear swelled in her heart and her body began to freeze a little bit. When the motivation to integrate, encountered resistance and frustration due to fear, anna fell into depression until she was completely frozen.

According to the conventional routine of Disney princess movies, the love kiss of the prince, or the family hug of the sister, will melt and save the frozen anna, but the ending is not like this. Because anna has a heart that is beating forever, and the blood flowing from the heart spreads throughout the body, this power cannot come from other people, and it doesn't even need magic, and there is no reason. This is the natural healing power of life.



Anna's never-giving up acceptance of Elsa is also a symbol of the power of women's self-integration, surpassing the rejection and fear from others and their own hearts, and then the ice magic begins to become elegant and creative. This is the awakening and growth of true female consciousness.

========= The above is the mainstream view, the following is the remaining supplement, private goods ==========

In my opinion, Disney has always been very grounded and sensitive to political correctness To create dreams for people, dream what you can't dream, is the ultimate value of filmmakers and artists.

Before this article, I have always regarded it as a Lily film. If it is about a story about a lesbian coming out and integrating into society, completing self-identification with an unpredictable identity, why can it happen? The answer from Disney is that communism can save LGBT!

The reindeer prince is a grassroots man, to be precise, he is a child of the communist society of the goblin tribe. In the film, you can see that the children of the goblin society are raised together. I would like to regard this setting as a hint of a political attitude. Including the grocery store owner, his family is a man and 4 children, a gay family! The grocery store owner speaks with a strange accent, which has been tested in film reviews. It is a Swedish accent. We know that Sweden is a country with very good social welfare and can be regarded as a communist society.

Both the reindeer prince and the grocery store owner are helping anna, and they are also dissociated elements outside the core relationship of the story. The others (such as the 13 o'clock prince and the Duke of Ossotun) are homophobics in mainstream society. These role oppositions can be seen from Disney's political stance, which is absolutely correct. It is in line with the current Western acceptance of LGBT groups and the criticism of private ownership of capitalist society! !

Under private ownership, women are the assets of the patriarchal society, so there will be 13-point princes who pretend to marry anna in order to obtain the throne (buy one get one dowry). Only in a communist society can everyone be equal.

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Extended Reading
  • Dayne 2021-10-20 18:59:25

    It was not the love kiss of the prince that saved the princess, but the affectionate hug of the queen's sister. Of course, the princess and the poor boy still kissed in the end. Sister Lily is very imaginative, and I am happy to accept Disney's open hints. Elsa's abilities are a bit of a "comrade metaphor". He was asked to hide from a young age. When he grew up, he was treated as a monster by everyone, and he also lived in fear. Let it go is a song of self-liberation coming out, proud of "I am me".

  • Erika 2022-03-25 09:01:05

    Some people are worth melting for.

Frozen quotes

  • Duke: [to Anna] You, is there sorcery in you, too? Are you a monster, too?

    Anna: No! No, I'm completely ordinary.

    Hans: That's right, she is.

    [Anna looks at him quizzically]

    Hans: In-in the best way.

    [Anna smiles at him]

  • Anna: Snow, it had to be snow. She couldn't have had tropical magic that covered the fjords in white sand and warm.

    [spots trading post in distance]

    Anna: Fire!