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2. Princess Merida as an Inattentive Princess
In many other princess story, a princess is describes as a perfect girl. They tend to have a good attitude and well mannered. While in Brave movie, Princess
Merida is defined as a manlier princess. It shows through the way Princess Merida walks, the way she eats, and the way she sits. First, from the way Princess Merida
walks. In the beginning of the movie, when Princess Merida enter the big hall where all people in the palace gather, she walks just like a man, as the picture
below.
Picture 23 Picture 24
From the pictures above show Princess Merida walks just like a man, with her hand swung when she walks. If compared to a man in picture 24, Princess
Merida’s walk is pretty much same with them, because they also swing their hand when they walk. Also, she walks too fast as a princess, but she seems does not
care of it that is the reason why the writer concludes her as an inattentive princess. The second, Princess Merida’s negligence can be seen by the way she eats
when she enters the big hall, as the next picture.
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Picture 25 Picture 26
The picture above shows Princess Merida eating apple before she goes to the big hall to meet her parents and the entire worker in the palace. She eats the
apple roughly impolitely. When the gate opens and she realizes that everybody is watching at her, she quickly wipes her mouth with the back of her hand. In
picture 26 shows King Fergus at the dining table. The way he wipes his mouth after eat is just like Princess Merida, this way the writer summarizes that Princess
Merida is kind of manly princess in the way she eats. The third is from the way Princess Merida sits when Queen Elinor teaches
Princess Merida how to play a harp, because according to Queen Elinor, a princess should be good at playing music instrument. It shows on the picture
below.
Picture 27
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The previous picture shows the way Princess Merida sits. She sits very different with her mom. Queen Elinor sits steadily and looks elegant as she is the
Queen, besides Princess Merida sits with supple and seems does not have any spirit. Princess Merida is way far from word perfect.
In the beginning of Brave movie Princess Merida already mentioned that she is the example. She has got duties, responsibility, expectation, and her life was
planned out, as stated in the text below.
Merida :
Im the princess. Im the example. Ive got duties, responsibilities, expectations. My whole life
is planned out, until the day I become, well, my mother. Shes in charge of every single day of my life.
00:05:35 – 00:05:55
Furthermore, Queen Elinor also defines what a princess should do; first, must be knowledgeable about her kingdom. Second, a princess does not chortle.
Third, a princess has to rise up early. Fourth, a princess should compassionate, patient, cautious, clean, and perfect. Fifth, a princess should have not weapons,
and the last is a princess should not raise her voice, as the text below. [we see Elinor teaching Merida geography]
Elinor :
A princess must be knowledgeable about her kingdom. [she takes away the paper that Merida is writing on and
holdsit up] She doesnt make doodle
[we see Elinor teaching Merida how to play the lyre which sounds out of tune]
Thats a C, dear. [then we see Merida holding a bird with Fergus standing
beside her, as Merida tries to feed the bird it flies off and attacks Fergus, Merida starts laughing as Fergus tries to
fend off the bird] A princess does not chortle
[then we see Merida trying to stuff a big bite of chicken in her mouth at the dinner table]
Doesnt stuff her gob
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