Are All Princesses Good?
Yesterday, I explored the stigma that all queens are evil . Today, I'd like to follow up with an analysis of the stigma that all princesses are good. In the 1985 movie, Legend , Princess Lili gets seduced by Darkness and transforms into a "dark princess" in a revealing black dress, implying that her innocence had been taken away. Does being a princess and wearing a white dress automatically make a character sweet and innocent? The creators of Child of Light , which I referenced in my "Video Game Princesses" post , had some fun with this concept by disguising a wicked princess to look like a good one. Ironically, the word "princess" is often used as an insult. Why? No one embodies the reasons behind that better than Princess Morbucks from The PowerPuff Girls . Despite her name, Princess is not actually a princess. She is the spoiled daughter of a very rich man who gives her everything she wants. Thus, she possesses all of the princess traits tha...