The Princess and the Frog Movie Analysis

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📌Published: 11 April 2022

In the Disney film The Princess and the Frog directed by John Musker, Tiana is the protagonist is a young woman who has very high hopes and dreams, but she doesn’t have very little success. Tiana dreams of one day opening the finest restaurant in New Orleans. Next, her dreams take a turn when she then meets Prince Naveen, who was turned into a frog by the mean Dr. Facilier. Prince Naveen thinks she is a princess to break the spell and turn him back into a prince, and then goes to kiss her, and when she is turned into a frog soon after the kiss. Later on the two-hop along to find help and start their journey to success and turn them back into humans. Tiana and Prince Naveen’s journey has lots of ups and downs that start with the refusal of the call, meeting the mentor, ordeal, and the reward. 

During Tiana and Prince Naveen's journey, they refuse the challenge or journey and end up facing more challenges along the way. Prince Naveen was faced by Dr. Facilier and he stops Prince Naveen and offers him a deal to make him richer. “Hahahahaha! Y'all should have taken my deal. Now you'll spend the rest of your life being a slimy little frog”(Musker). Prince Naveen realized it was a sketchy deal so he refused to take the deal and ended up getting stuck in a bad situation. Once Tiana kissed Prince Naveen she then realizes that she has turned into a frog. Before Tiana has to kiss Prince Naveen she thinks about it and decides not to because she thinks it's gross, and that she is scared. Tiana had never dreamed of kissing a frog. Tiana relates to the refusal of the call because before she kisses Prince Naveen, she is scared and doesn’t want other things to happen and stop her from soon being able to own her restaurant one day. After Tiana kisses Prince Naveen she then comes to retaliation that she needs to find help to get them both to turn back into humans, and begins their journey to find help.

In the movie, Tiana and Prince Naveen meet some mentors that will help them to gain confidence, get advice, and train them to face the adventure or challenge of what's ahead of Tiana and Prince Naveen. On their way to find Mama Odie, they meet two mentors, Louis the trumpet, who is an alligator with big hopes and dreams. The other mentor they meet is Ray the mosquito, who is very old and is Louis’s friend. After they meet Louis and Ray, Tiana and Prince Naveen decide to go to Mama Odie to see if she can help lift the spell and turn them back into humans again. Mama Odie says, “YOU AIN'T GOT THE SENSE YOU WAS BORN WITH!!! Y'all want to be human, but you're BLIND to what you NEED”(Musker). This quote that she says shows how she is trying to tell Prince Naveen and Tiana that what they need to happen is to fall in love with each other and that a true love’s kiss will break any curse. Mama Odie is a great mentor example because she tells Tiana and Naveen what they need to accomplish to become human again. Soon after their journey with Mama Odie, they realize that what they need to break the spell is a real princess.

The biggest part of the movie is the ordeal. Tiana and Prince Naveen face their greatest fear is the shapeshifter, and they have to power through to be able to see the journey to the end. Along the way to get changed back into humans, they run into Naveen’s assistant who is the shapeshifter. “ Don't you disrespect me, little man! Don't you derogate or deride! You're in my world now, not your world; and I got friends on the other side…”(Musker). This quote shows how Dr. Facilier is in control of Prince Naveen. Tiana ends up with this voodoo necklace that has special powers. Once Tiana has the necklace Dr. Facilier comes after her. Tiana does what she thinks is best for Naveen and the necklace and breaks the necklace. Soon after Tiana’s big ordeal is when Ray the firefly stops Naveen’s assistant from getting married. Many of the problems come about when Tiana end’s up with the necklace. Later she ends up breaking it because this reveals that she puts others before herself and has become a lot braver than she was at the beginning of the movie.

Tiana and Prince Naveen’s reward was overcoming their greatest fear of not being able to become humans again and Tiana not being able to own her restaurant. Once the movie has come to an end Tiana and Prince Naveen have fallen in love and decide to get married. “A princess! You just kissed yourself a princess.” Prince Naveen: “And I’m about to do it again”(Musker). Tiana has wanted this dream for a while. Tiana was able to fight against Dr. Facilier to save Naveen’s life. She knew that love was more important than anything else that she had come up with. Once Tiana and Prince Naveen kissed, they became human again. Tiana had brought Naveen back into her ordinary world and they both had the determination to build the restaurant of her dreams. Tiana’s restaurants helped many people in the community because it was a place where many friends and families came and enjoyed the food. Tiana was able to get the restaurant that she had always dreamed of and the man of her dreams. She was able to fulfill Louis’s dream by letting him perform for their customers, and Ray remained shining bright in the stars. 

Tiana and Prince Naveen's hero's journey has many ups and downs. Their journey together to turn them from frogs back into humans was very successful, even though they faced challenges and had to face their fears they were able to push through and get what they wanted. With some help along the way, Tiana and Prince Naveen were able to accomplish both of each other's dreams. Their hero journey is important because it shows how no matter the challenges you go through in life or fears that you may face there's always a way to solve it and get the problem fixed. The movie The Princess and the Frog has lots of ways to show how putting others before yourself is better, and that the hero can face the doubt and struggles that a real dreamer would have.

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