"Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination" by Deborah Ross
Annotation by Rebekah Folse
Ross, Deborah. "Escape From Wonderland: Disney And The Female Imagination." Marvels & Tales: Journal Of Fairy-Tale Studies 18.1 (2004): 53-66. MLA International Bibliography. Web. 6 Apr. 2015
In Deborah Ross’s “Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination”, she examines the connection between Alice in Wonderland (film), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and the outside world’s opinion of imagination and freedom of thoughts particularly among young girls. Ross also compares the two versions of Alice in Wonderland to the fairy tale and Disney film versions of Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid to provide the reader with clearer understanding of what is expected of young girls in a modern society. This research addresses female roles of control, imaginative freedom, and it “examines the way various elements of image, story, and dialogue interact to influence…imagination”. Ross teaches readers the importance of these three elements and how they can effect a child’s imagination. In doing this, Ross helps readers to try to unlock their own doors of imagination.
In Deborah Ross’s “Escape from Wonderland: Disney and the Female Imagination”, she examines the connection between Alice in Wonderland (film), Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, and the outside world’s opinion of imagination and freedom of thoughts particularly among young girls. Ross also compares the two versions of Alice in Wonderland to the fairy tale and Disney film versions of Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid to provide the reader with clearer understanding of what is expected of young girls in a modern society. This research addresses female roles of control, imaginative freedom, and it “examines the way various elements of image, story, and dialogue interact to influence…imagination”. Ross teaches readers the importance of these three elements and how they can effect a child’s imagination. In doing this, Ross helps readers to try to unlock their own doors of imagination.