When Merida’s mother and father, King Fergus (Billy Connolly), decide that it’s time for her to marry a prince of another clan - the typical end-goal for most fairy tales - Merida sets off to find magic that will change her destiny and win her freedom. While her mother, Elinor (Emma Thompson), tries to teach Merida virtues befitting her royal stature, Merida prefers to gallop off into the wilderness, honing her archery skills and climbing rugged cliffs. The princess in this case is Merida (Kelly Macdonald), Scottish princess of Clan DunBroch. Perhaps the most courageous thing about Brave, then, is how it shows princesshood not as a station to aspire to, but a burden to be freed from.
Princesses have become something of a cottage industry for Disney, a company more than willing to take fairy-tale fascination to new levels of dress-up.
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