Importance of Disney Princess Dolls

The Disney Princess dolls bought as props for the production of The Tempest symbolize different things for different characters, grief for Felix and feminist interpretation of the play for Ann-Marie. For Felix, the dolls are a symbol of his unresolved grief because they remind him of his dead daughter Miranda who never grew to be old enough for him to give her such things. Felix’s trip to the toy store reminds the reader that Felix’s grief is as much of a motivating force in the novel as his desire for revenge. For Anne-Marie, the dolls are used as symbols of the feminist interpretation of The Tempest she presents to the rest of the cast. She uses them in her class report in which she imagines a future where Miranda saves the male characters from Antonio, assisted by the three goddesses in The Tempest who were played by the dolls in their production.