Out of the five Princesses I wrote about for this chapter, I probably wrote my section on Jasmine the quickest. I knew straight away what scenes I was going to analyse and once I had started writing I found it incredibly easy to discuss her character. I love Jasmine as a Princess, she truly stands up for what she believes in and she has my favorite animal as a pet. I have titled this Aladdin and not Jasmine because I wanted to make sure I referred to the film and not just the Princess, even though I will only be talking about Jasmine.
The use of visual imagery in Aladdin assists in the portrayal of “the
fulfillment of Jasmine’s desire to see the world and have her own choice of
consort.” (Do Rozario, 2004, p.55) Jasmine gently takes a dove out of its cage
and cradles it up to her face. Her father then proceeds to take it from her and
place it back into its cage. Jasmine’s body language portrays her authoritarian
nature and her longing for freedom, as she walks out of frame. Similar to Ariel
and Belle, the use of visual imagery portrays Jasmines need for lack of
restriction and a sense of independence, as the dove could be seen as a
portrayal of her longing to be set free. A medium shot is used as she later
goes on to release the birds from their cage, in order to establish the joy on
her face as she watches them set out into the world she so desperately also
wants to see. However, “Jasmine rebels against the traditional role of women”
(Garabedian, 2014, p. 23) in a way in which the previous princesses did not.
Jasmine states that “if I do marry, I want it to be for love,” (Aladdin, 1992) as a close up has been
used to illustrate the smile that crosses her face and passion that fills her
eyes. Unlike her predecessors, Jasmine is portrayed in a way that represents
her running away from marriage rather than towards it, as she makes it apparent
that she is to decide her own fate. Dissimilar to Snow White, Jasmine does not
propose to fall in love at first sight and be swept off of her feet by a
prince; she intends to fall in love when she is ready. She strongly retaliates
against female gender ideologies because “traits such as...independence and
desire to explore are coded masculine.” (Stover, 2013, p.3)
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