![]() ![]() Set in the rugged and mysterious Highlands of Scotland, Disney-Pixar’s “Brave” follows the heroic journey of Merida (voice of Kelly Macdonald), a skilled archer and headstrong daughter of King Fergus (voice of Billy Connolly) and Queen Elinor (voice of Emma Thompson). Big Brother has been getting more excited about the film too, especially after meeting Merida at Disneyland Resort last week! And, about 10 years ago, while studying abroad at Oxford, one of my best friend’s and I traveled up to Scotland for a few days–even doing a “William Wallace” tour around the country! It was fabulous–I love the history, the views, the accents )!! So, I’ve been excited to see this one. For many years, “Braveheart” was one of my favorite movies. Moreover, Psychoanalysis can be employed in relation between Merida and hermother, and Semiotic can be used to analyze the appearance of Merida as a princess.Ever since first hearing that Disney-Pixar was making a movie with a female heroine (it’s first by the way) set in ancient Scotland, I’ve been intrigued. It also shows relationship between Mother and Child. Merida is described as a princess who wants to get herfreedom to be herself.The writter suggests to the next reseacher to use either Phsycoanalysis or Semiotic to analyze Brave. And the process shows Existentialist Feminism values in Merida's character. It is called as Active Commitment of the stages. It means Merida already passed the fourth stage, Synthesis. The decision was accepted by all people in the movie. ![]() All young people are free to choose their own path. Unwittingly, Merida succeeded in changing her mother's mind which broke the tradition. Relationship developed in order to equate the mind. Merida passed the Embeddedness-Emanation stage where she developed relationship with her mother. But, when she knew the tradition that required her to get married, she started to refuse the provision. The Passive Acceptance is shown in the begining of the story where Merida was unaware about the differences between men and women, and she just did not really care about it. The five stages are Passive Acceptence, Revelation, Embeddedness-Emanation, Synthesis, and Active Commitment. The writer also uses technique of cinematography elements to show Existentialist Feminism values in Brave movie, while Feminist Identity Development Model is used as stages that should be passed by a woman to get her feminist identity.The writter sees the process of feminist identity development in Merida's character by the five stage of Feminist Identity Development Model. Existentialist Feminism is a theory which emphasizes concepts of freedom, interpersonal relationship, and the experience of living as a human. As the main character in the movie, Merida shows the manifestation of Existentialist Feminism values through the development process of her identity.The writer uses Downing and Roush, Feminist Identity Development Model also Existentialist Feminism and cinematography elements as the supporting theories to analyze this movie. ![]() An existence will be approved when an identity has been recognized in society. Moreover, an existence is closely related to identity. Brave is a movie which shows women existence to get freedom and choose her own path. Disney has produced princess characters following the development of Feminism. ![]()
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