Medieval Literature: Frozen in Time 

Medieval Romance was a time in history when there were poems and stories written about knights who had been set out on quests, fairytale settings, elements of supernatural, chivalry and overall respect towards women. Medieval Romance was just a stepping stone to make modern-day stories and poems. This Oscar-winning movie, Frozen (2013) contains characteristics of this medieval world. 

Supernatural Elements: 

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In Frozen (2013), Elsa is a princess who has supernatural powers, shooting icicles and snow out of her hands. Elsa was born with this power and the only way to control this is by having gloves on her hands to help conceal these powers. She goes throughout her life hiding these powers from all the outside world and has to learn to live with these differences. At the coronation ball, she has to give this speech and decides to take the gloves off. She made a sudden movement causing her to use these powers and causes a blizzard in Arendale, shutting down her city. These supernatural elements are often shown off in in these medieval pieces. In the Old Norse sagas, there are these characters that posses the abilities to control weather, including snow. 

Quests:

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After Elsa causes this blizzard in Arendale, she decides to leave the city. Ana then sets out to go to the North Mountain to find Elsa. Halfway through her journey, she stops at a shop on the mountains where she meets Kristoff. Kristoff sees that Ana is alone and doesn't know these mountains so he agrees to go with her to find Elsa. As they go through this journey, they endure a few challenges by the time they find Elsa on the top of the mountain. In most medieval pieces there is a knight that goes on some sort of quest to find someone or something. They followed similar quests and faced hardships but they kept pushing through

 until they find their final goal. 

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Chivalry: 

In most princess/Disney movies, there is this sense of chivalry. Kristoff follows many of these rules of chivalry especially respect towards women. At the beginning of the movie, Ana meets Hans and agrees to marry him, hours after meeting him. At the end of the movie, you see that Hans is not a good guy and does not follow these codes of chivalry. Kristoff shows his respect towards Ana and Elsa throughout the entire movie and even just respects for agreeing to go with Ana on this quest. He rushes Ana down the hill after she is struck with ice in the heart and takes her on a nice sleigh ride. Although Kristoff is not a knight, he follows these codes and is very similar to knights in medieval literature. Frozen helps bring back the type of romance that was showcased in medieval romances. 

Citations: 

(1) https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/elsa-frozen-trailer-elsa-ice-powers1.png

(2) "Frozen 3 on Elsa's Love, Ana-Kristoff Wedding, movie to have 'best storyline'. Devidiscourse News desk. May 20, 2020. https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/entertainment/1059859-frozen-3-on-elsas-love-anna-kristoff-wedding-movie-to-have-best-storyline

(3) "'Frozen' Snowman Olaf Sings 'In Summer' For Disney Movie", Huffpost. November 13, 2013. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/frozen-snowman-olaf-sings-in-summer-disney-movie_n_4267713