The students will describe the POV, plot, characters, theme, setting and compare/contrast Sleeping Beauty and Maleficent.
1.00) What is the point of view of the movie?
2.00) What is the plot of the movie?
3.00) The student will use the five w’s in order to analyze the characters in the movie.
3.1) Maleficent
Sleeping Beauty (1959) Scene: Maleficent’s Curse.
3.11) What does Maleficent look like and what are her magic powers?
3.12) What is the personality of Maleficent like?
evil
ruthless
minion
3.13) What does Maleficent want?
3.14) What must Maleficent do to get it?
3.15) What’s at stake if Maleficent fails?
3.16) What are some differences between Maleficent in Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty.
3.20) Princess Aurora
Sleeping Beauty | Once Upon A Dream | Lyric Video | Disney Sing Along
3.21) What does Aurora look like?
waist-length golden hair like sunshine
violet eyes
a tall and slender figure
lips that shame the red rose.
3.22) What is the personality of Aurora like?
kind
elegant
sophisticated
romantic
3.23) What does Aurora want?
3.24) What must Aurora do to get it?
3.25) What’s at stake if Aurora fails?
3.26) What are some differences between Aurora in Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty.
3.30) Prince Philip
Sleeping Beauty – Philip Fights The Dragon – Kiss From a Rose
3.31) What does Prince Philip look like?
brown hair and brown eyes
3.32) What is the personality of Prince Philip like?
brave and heroic
persuasive
3.33) What does Prince Philip want?
3.34) What must Prince Philip do to get it?
3.35) What’s at stake if Prince Philip fails?
3.26) What are some differences between Prince Philip in Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty.
3.40) Diablo
3.41) What does Diablo look like?
3.42) What is the personality of Diablo like?
evil
dilligent
3.43) What does Diablo want?
minion
3.44) What must Diablo do to get it?
3.45) What’s at stake if Diablo fails?
3.26) What are some differences between the Diablo/Diaval in Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty.
4.00) What is the theme of the movie?
5.00) What is the setting of the movie? How important is the setting?
6.00) What is the genre of the movie?
7.00) Does the movie have any cultural lessons?
1959 vs. 2014
8.00) Compare and contrast Maleficent and Sleeping Beauty in terms of POV, characterization, theme, setting and genre.
Sleeping Beauty (1959) vs Maleficent (2014) [similarities]
MALEFICENT 1959 vs. 2014 (Curse – Christening)
Articles
The Differences Between ‘Maleficent’ and ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Ten Differences that Set ‘Maleficent’ Apart from ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Girls on Film: Maleficent is less progressive than 1959’s Sleeping Beauty
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