(OW) Giselle is a fairytale princess who like a lot of other fairytale princesses talks to animals and sings 24-7. She lives in a tree with all her wild animal friends. Her Prince charming also lives in this animated world. He also loves to sing and talk to animals. One of his hobbies is capturing trolls. She meets Prince Edward and the instantly plan their marriage the next day.
(Call) Giselle's new mother-in-law does not want her to become queen. She plans to send Giselle "to a world where there are no happy endings." She pushes her down a well sending her from the animated world to present day in NYC. Giselle now must figure out this new place and find Prince Edward... her true love.. she thinks.
(Refusal) No one is nice to her. Shes almost been hit by cars, no one says hello, and a bum steels her crown. She is friendless, clueless and distraught.
(Meeting With the Mentor) Robert takes Giselle out of the rain storm and gives her a place to sleep and food to eat. Giselle is so thankful that he is nice to her, that she brings her animal friends to clean his apartment. Her child like character grows on him as he teaches her skills such as, living in NYC, communicating with people, and dating.
(Crossing the Threshold) Giselle slowly, but surely starts falling in love with Robert. They spent a lot of time together and they have a few "moments". She begins to become less interested in Prince Edward as she finds more fulfillment in the experiences of this new world. Giselle's threshold is when she realizes that she doesn't want just the cartoon life any more, she wants the challenges and adventures of this new world.
(Tests, Alis, Enemies) The queen pushed her in the well and is obviously an enemy. After being saved by Robert, she becomes great friends with him and his daughter. The biggest test for Giselle is adjusting to the real world. It is dark and gloomy compared to the world she came from.
(Approach) Price Edward finds Giselle. He is over joyed! As she spends time with Prince Edward she realizes her feelings for him are no more. Mean while, Robert is mending his relationship with his girlfriend. Giselle and Robert are both realizing that they are inlove with eachother and not their significant others.
(Ordeal) Queen Narissa finds out that Prince Edward found Giselle! She comes to get rid of Giselle. Of course all of the characters are at a Ball. Narissa turns herself into a dragon and goes after Giselle! Robert (not Edward) is the one who fights and sleighs the dragon and saves the princess! Through this intense rescue, Robert and Giselle face their love for eachother. It just so happens that their significant others fall in love instantly as well.
(Reward) Giselle survived death, she overcame her fear of this world and earns the reward of true love! She and Robert are married and live happily ever after.
(The Road Back)Giselle recommits to her desire for true love. She realizes that her true love is definitely NOT Edward. In order to have her fairy tale, she must commit to Robert, not Edward.
(Resurrection) When the dragon almost kills Giselle, she realizes how much she has learned in this "real world". She appreciates happiness vrs. saddness and enjoys the challenges and rewards of this world. She decides that she wants to bring her love for life and love to this world and stay with Robert.
(Return with Elixir) Luckilly, Edward and Robert's girlfriend fell in love and went back to cartoon land. Giselle marries Robert and becomes a mother to Robert's daughter. This heals all of thier wounds and need for love and belonging.
(Approach)
The #1 reason why I like this post is because I was going to do Enchanted for my Film Analysis! But now I'm glad I didn't because you did such a great job. I really like all the details you give and I can now see how Giselle is the hero of this story. I also liked the "Crossing the Threshold" because I haven't ever looked at the movie that way. Fantastic job!
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