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    The document summarizes how witches are typically depicted in society. Early writings and medieval images often showed witches as old, unattractive women who were deformed or had pockmarked skin. Modern pop culture, like films, also commonly portray witches as old, ugly, and quick-tempered. However, Disney depicts witches in more diverse ways, showing them as both beautiful and young (like the Evil Queen and Maleficent) or plus-sized (like Ursula). Disney also breaks stereotypes by having male witch characters like Dr. Facilier. This more diverse portrayal of witches by Disney helps reduce discrimination and the belief that appearances dictate morality.

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    The document summarizes how witches are typically depicted in society. Early writings and medieval images often showed witches as old, unattractive women who were deformed or had pockmarked skin. Modern pop culture, like films, also commonly portray witches as old, ugly, and quick-tempered. However, Disney depicts witches in more diverse ways, showing them as both beautiful and young (like the Evil Queen and Maleficent) or plus-sized (like Ursula). Disney also breaks stereotypes by having male witch characters like Dr. Facilier. This more diverse portrayal of witches by Disney helps reduce discrimination and the belief that appearances dictate morality.

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    The document summarizes how witches are typically depicted in society. Early writings and medieval images often showed witches as old, unattractive women who were deformed or had pockmarked skin. Modern pop culture, like films, also commonly portray witches as old, ugly, and quick-tempered. However, Disney depicts witches in more diverse ways, showing them as both beautiful and young (like the Evil Queen and Maleficent) or plus-sized (like Ursula). Disney also breaks stereotypes by having male witch characters like Dr. Facilier. This more diverse portrayal of witches by Disney helps reduce discrimination and the belief that appearances dictate morality.

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    How does society typically

    depict witches?
    0 Early writings about witches described them as old and
    “frightening to look at” (Cohn306), often stereotypically
    unattractive:
    0 “ugly, with red eyes or a squint, or pockmarked skin; or
    somehow deformed; or else simply bent and bowed with age”
    (306)”

    0 Similar line of thinking in modern pop culture in movies


    such as The Wizard of Oz, Shrek Forever After, The Witch,
    The Witches,
    0 Each movie depicts witches in some combination of the
    ’typical’ characteristics: old, unattractive, quick tempered, etc.
    How does society typically
    depict witches?
    0 Many of these typical characteristics are shown in
    early medieval drawings and images such as:
    0 Hans Baldung Grien’s depiction of the death of a stable
    boy, Witches Brewing up a Hailstorm printed by
    Cornelius de Zierikzee, Hexen Meysterey by Ulrich
    Molitor, Witch Riding on the Devil’s He-Goat to the
    Walpurgisnacht by Albercht Duer
    0 Shown on the next slide are the drawings , Witches
    Brewing up a Hailstorm printed by Cornelius de
    Zierikzee and Witch Riding on the Devil’s He-Goat to the
    Walpurgisnacht by Albercht Duer
    How does society depict
    witches?
    How does Disney depict
    witches?
    0 Disney has shown a great level of diversity in the
    presentation of its witch villain figures
    0 This diversity extends to:
    0 Depicting witches as beautiful and young as opposed to old
    and ugly
    0 Displaying plus size witches in films that typically do not
    promote plus size female leads
    0 Having male witch figures
    How does Disney depict witches?
    The Evil Queen and Maleficent

    0 Both of these witch antagonist break the mold of the


    stereotypical witch in a number of ways
    0 Both are shown as young and beautiful with red lips and
    arched brows
    0 The Evil Queen has fair skin and rosy cheeks
    0 Maleficent has long, narrow features and high
    cheekbones
    How does Disney depict witches?
    Ursula
    0 Disney shows a great deal of diversity
    in their depiction of Ursula the Sea
    Witch:
    0 She is a plus size witch in an
    animation studio that rarely allows
    plus size female characters
    0 While not “Disney” beautiful, still
    wears makeup, jewelry, and takes
    pride in her appearance
    How does Disney depict witches?
    Jafar

    0 Jafar, in comparison to witch stereotypes, strays from


    the norm:
    0 Male witch figure
    0 Younger than is usual
    0 Well groomed and not terribly unattractive
    How does Disney depict
    witches?
    0 Dr. Facilier is known as the
    Shadow Man in the film
    Princess and the Frog
    0 Breaks stereotype of
    witches primarily as
    female
    0 Is presented as an
    attractive and charming
    young man, breaking
    stereotype of age and
    beauty
    Conclusion: what’s it all
    mean?
    0 Disney’s presentation of witches has a number of
    implications:
    0 Holds a candle to the appalling lack of physical diversity in
    their “princess” protagonists
    0 Study done shows negative impacts of Disney princesses on
    young girls (Gisell)
    0 Helps break the stereotype that witches are only those that
    are old and/or ugly; anyone can be anything, good or bad
    0 Helps keep the discrimination of those people seen as old or
    “unattractive” down
    0 Helps stem the belief that just because you’re “beautiful” that
    you can do no wrong/nothing bad can happen to you
    0 Helps lessen the prevalence of “bad/evil=ugly”
    Works cited
    De Zierikzee, Cornelius. Witches Brewing up a Hailstorm. 1489. Photograph.
    Cologne.
    Duer, Albercht. Witch Riding on the Devil’s He-Goat to the Walpurgisnacht.
    Photograph.
    Gissell, Lauren. “The Disney Princess Impact”.
    The Little Mermaid. Ron Clements. Ursula. Disney. 1989. Film.
    Molitor, Ulrich. Hexen Meysterey. 1545. Photograph
    Shrek Forever After. Mike Mitchell. The witches. DreamWorks. 2010. Film
    Sleeping Beauty. Clyde Geronimi. Maleficent. Disney. 1959. Film.
    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. William Cottrell. The Evil Queen. 1937. Film
    The Witch. Robert Eggers. The witch. 2016. Film
    The Witches. Nicolas Roeg. The witches. The head witch. 1990. Film.
    The Wizard of Oz. Victor Fleming. Dorothy. The Wicked Witch of the West.
    1939. Film.

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