Essay 1 Prompt: The essay is to be written on a cultural sign.
- I decided to write my essay on the deep-seated assumptions that arise about religious beliefs due to extreme examples on religious reality television shows.
Essay 2 Prompt: The essay is to be written on some aspect of Mulan, Pocahontas, or both.
- I decided to write about the assumptions about gender roles that rise from movies such as Mulan and Pocahontas; however, the films also suggest that women are capable of breaking such assumptions.
Essay 3 Prompt: The essay is to be written on Frozen or Princess and The Frog, or some aspect of both.
- I decided to focus on Disney's Frozen, and how it strays away from the typical Disney princess film in terms of their portrayal of gender stereotypes, suggesting that Disney is moving toward a more modern and typical American cultural film.
Essay 4 Prompt: The final essay is to be written on some aspect of sexual violence and its representation in Disney princess films.
- I decided to write about how the existence and tolerance of abuse in Beauty and the Beast communicates to the audience that the act of minimizing violence is normal.