{"id":931,"date":"2017-04-26T01:26:11","date_gmt":"2017-04-26T05:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/?p=931"},"modified":"2017-04-26T01:29:50","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T05:29:50","slug":"down-the-rabbit-hole-from-potter-to-disney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hamiltoncs.org\/lit220\/uncategorized\/down-the-rabbit-hole-from-potter-to-disney\/","title":{"rendered":"Down the Rabbit Hole from Potter to Disney"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before this class, I had never read Beatrix Potter. So while\u00a0reading Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit<\/em>, I noticed a number of similarities to Disney, which I did grow up reading and watching. It appears Disney took many cues from Potter for the characters that it has created for its various fairytales. Here are a few examples:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mama Rabbit’s blue dress and white apron looks a lot like like Alice’s from Alice in Wonderland.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Like Mama Rabbit, Snow White cooks on the same kind of apparatus for those who are under her care.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Peter and Snow White both communicate with\u00a0woodland creatures.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Peter and Cinderella both communicate with mice- well the mouse wasn’t all that\u00a0communicative with Peter.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Also like\u00a0Peter, Cinderella left\u00a0her shoe behind.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of these examples may just be coincidences, but it looks like Disney took a lot of inspiration from Potter. To me, it feels like these things are more associated with Disney than they are with Potter. Disney made things like the Alice’s dress and Cinderella leaving her shoe more iconic. This begs the question, did Disney pay homage to Potter with some of these illustrations, or did Disney plagiarize Potter?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before this class, I had never read Beatrix Potter. So while\u00a0reading Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, I noticed a number of similarities to Disney, which I did grow up reading and watching. It appears Disney took many cues from Potter for the characters that it has created for its various fairytales. Here are a … <\/p>\n

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