The Rebel
First of all, 茉莉, 茉莉花 is the smartest princess in my opinion. My definition of an intelligent person isn't someone who reads 图书 but someone who's clever, inntuitive and a good problem solver. Jasmine's defining trait in terms of personality is that she's quickwitted. Like she 说 she's a fast learner and can think on her feet but also thinks things through. She was smart enough to go along with Aladdin's act when he rescued her. She was able to see through Prince Ali's disguise and knew that it was indeed the boy from the marketplace. She somehow knew how to jump rooftops despIte being locked in a palace her whole life. She could clearly see that Jafar was evil, when her father could not. And she distracted/seduced Jafar when 阿拉丁 needed help.
When 你 get down to it Jasmine's just smarter and 更多 mature version of Ariel. Many may think she is different from her predecessors but she's also quite similar. She had lived a sheltered life away from most of society. She's very good with animals. And she falls in 爱情 with her prince rather quickly. But she's very opinionated, outspoken about her 查看 and beleifs and refuses to be objectified. Like she 说 she is not a prize to be won. She actually makes an effort to gain her freedom. She doesn't do the passive thing and sits around (Cinderella) 或者 needs a hot guy to motivate her (Ariel). She makes her own choices without being pushed to do so. She fits perfectly into the rebellious princess mold.
茉莉, 茉莉花 was the first ethnic princess, Arabian to be exact, and I have a problem giving her that title. I've noticed that alot of people tend to forget that she isn't white. I can't really blame them for that because quite honestly 茉莉, 茉莉花 might as well be white. Her wardrobe is the only obvious way to tell she's ethnic, otherwise she's just a really tan white person. 你 could easily whitewash her skin and she looks perfectly fine. This is even worse with 阿拉丁 who's 设计 was inspired 由 Tom Cruise, apparently. I just think he's a tan version of Prince Eric. In fact, the entire movie is white. Almost all the voice actors are caucasian, the characters use modern slang and the pop culture references certainly don't help.
Jasmine's fiery and headstrong personality can easily crossover into diva behaviour. She lives a pampered life, being waited on hand and foot yet she is constantly complaining. The way 迪士尼 markets her you'd think she's a sweet and caring person but that's not the case. She's actually very mean and harsh but to be fair no one in the movie is a saint. Except for the Genie and the Carpet, every character is either mean, selfish 或者 just rude. Jasmine's sass and attitude is refreshing but she can be a real 婊子, 子 sometimes. She always angry for no good reason and giving everyone else a hard time, even her father who's harmless unlike Triton.
茉莉, 茉莉花 doesn't really have any signinifcance besides wearing pants and not being the main character which isn't exactly a good thing. Sure she's the first non-white princess but no one really seemed to care 或者 notice, plus, as I 说 before, she might as well be white. She doesn't have her own musical number. She was the first to marry a man who wasn't a prince and drag him out of poverty instead of vice versa. But overall, 茉莉, 茉莉花 isn't all that important and I hate to say it, I don't think the DP franchise would be any different if she were to be excluded.
We can't talk about 茉莉, 茉莉花 without talking about her appearance. Body Image is a big issue with 迪士尼 Princess and 茉莉, 茉莉花 is usually the main example. 下一个 to Jessica Rabbit, of course, 茉莉, 茉莉花 has the most unrealistic body proportions of any female character. Her waistline is almost none existent and her face is somewhat alien like, and don't think it's humanly possible to have hair like Jasmine. She's also the most sexualized, along with Ariel, but we can't fault her for that, since she lives in the dessert. But pervocative outfits aside, have 你 ever met anyone with Jasmine's body type? If so tell them to seek medical attention.
茉莉, 茉莉花 is featured is frequently on merchandise but not as often as 灰姑娘 或者 Belle because of two reasons, she wears pants and well.... she's not white. 茉莉, 茉莉花 is one of the first six princesses so she is marketed heavily but for racist reasons she is the most often excluded of the six. 迪士尼 and other cultures do not mix.
茉莉, 茉莉花 is my 秒 favourite princess after Mulan. To me she represents Intelligence. She's not just a pretty face, she has a brain and knows how to use it. She proves that women be can beautiful but still have integrity.
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