<P> By default, Aurora is usually considered to be the film's main character . Leigh Butler of Tor.com argues that the role of "protagonist" rightfully belongs to the three good fairies because they "make all the critical decisions in the film, the ones which drive the action", while Aurora acts as little more than a pawn . Butler expounded that Aurora "never grows as a character during the course of the film; she has no agency at all, in fact . She doesn't act; she is acted upon . So she is definitely not the hero of the story ." Helping Writers Become Authors' K.M. Weiland agreed, writing, "Sleeping Beauty has no arc . Prince Phillip has no arc . And, even more importantly, neither of them are present from start to finish in the story . Without the fairies to hold this thing together, the plot would have lacked any kind of impetus or cohesion ." Upon initial viewing of Sleeping Beauty, a writer for Anibundel originally dismissed Aurora as "the ultimate Disney princess in the most negative and passive sense of the stereotype...playing no part whatsoever in her own outcome ." However, in retrospect, the author's opinion eventually evolved upon subsequent viewings: "Although Aurora has little to do with her own conclusion, it's not a mark of her being a non-person . Instead it reflects how sometimes bad things just happen which we have no control over, a difficult but important lesson ." Anibundel does agree that although Aurora is Sleeping Beauty's title character, she can hardly be considered the film's protagonist, instead believing instead that the film actually lacks one completely . Meanwhile, the author dubbed Aurora the film's most sympathetic character because she has "thoughts, feelings, aspirations, and emotions," elaborating, "While most characters...are overly focused on the plot and reacting to events, Briar Rose is unaware of the other events so we get to see a more authentic everyday side of her ." In his book Multiculturalism and the Mouse: Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment, author Douglas Brode wrote that the fairies' raising of Aurora mirrors "precisely that sort of women's commune numerous feminists experimented with throughout the seventies ." </P> <P> Writing for Durham College's The Water Buffalo, Michelle Munro observed that the first five Disney Princesses share physical and personality traits, namely their white skin, naivety, kindness and compassion, "show (ing) viewers what Disney believed a princess should look and act like" at that time . Munro concluded that Aurora specifically can appear both spoiled and childish in demeanor at times . Bailey Cavender of The Silver Petticoat Review believes that the character's appearance and style is reminiscent of the Gibson Girl, a popular character created and designed by graphic artist Charles Dana Gibson, who embodied the idea that "physical beauty was a measure of fitness, character, and Americanness". According to Cavender, Aurora's beauty was considered to be "ideal" for women at the time her film was released, embodying the "classic standards of beauty ." In his book Debating Disney: Pedagogical Perspectives on Commercial Cinema, Douglas Brode agreed that Aurora is "a model of modern (1950s) female glamour", comparing her long blonde hair to that of actress Brigitte Bardot while likening her gown to the work of fashion designer Christian Dior . According to The Dissolve's Noel Murray, Aurora's story is a metaphor about a "young woman being cautioned to avoid penetration ." Similarly, Carrie R. Wheadon, writing for Common Sense Media, interpreted Aurora's arousal by a handsome prince as being symbolic of a young woman's "transition to adulthood and sexual awakening ." According to Multiculturalism and the Mouse: Race and Sex in Disney Entertainment author Douglas Brode, Aurora is "torn between childlike loyalties and adult instincts", while The Disney Middle Ages: A Fairy - Tale and Fantasy Past author Tison Pugh believes that Aurora's first encounter with Prince Phillip "tips her from fantasy into reality, from childhood into womanhood ." </P> <P> Aurora debuted in Sleeping Beauty (1959) as the newborn only daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah . Angered by not receiving an invitation to her christening, the princess is cursed by an evil fairy named Maleficent, who dooms her to die when she pricks her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel on her 16th birthday . However, one of three good fairies named Merryweather alters the curse so that Aurora will instead sleep until she is awakened by a kiss from her true love . Merryweather and the two other fairies, Flora and Fauna, take extra precautions by raising the princess in a secluded cottage under the alias Briar Rose to protect her from Maleficent until her birthday arrives . Several years later, a 16 - year - old Aurora meets a handsome man in the forest . Unaware that he is actually a prince named Phillip, to whom she has been betrothed since infancy, the two fall in love and agree to meet again . However, the fairies finally reveal Aurora's true identity to her and thus forbid her from seeing him because they plan on returning the heartbroken princess to her parents . While alone at their castle, Aurora is hypnotized by Maleficent, who causes her to prick her finger and fulfill Merryweather's prophecy . She was then placed in the highest tower to sleep peacefully until the spell was broken . Meanwhile, Maleficent has captured Phillip, who the fairies release upon realizing that he is in fact the same man Aurora met in the forest earlier that day . Helping him defeat Maleficent, Aurora is successfully awakened by Phillip's kiss, and finally reunited with her parents . </P> <P> In Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007), Aurora, voiced by actress Erin Torpey, stars in the segment "Keys to the Kingdom", in which her parents leave her responsible for running the kingdom in their two - day absence . Refusing assistance from the fairies, they give her her own wand instead should she need help . At first reluctant to use it because she is determined to accomplish everything on her own, Aurora eventually succumbs when her duties prove overwhelming . However, her inexperience with magic leads to several consequences, which she is then forced to solve without magic . </P>

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