I Need to Learn More about Princess Aurora

Well, all the following information doesn't really enlighten me. My lovely grand daughter has chosen to be Princess Aurora. I believe she became Princess Aurora when she was four. She is five now. She has dark hair  (why chose the blond princess?) and I know is highly infatuated with the big dance at the end of Beauty and the Beast. I know this because I have had to be a fill in for the beast more than once. But, it is Aurora and no other character who has transformed her from a little girl with a big imagination to a sixteen year old princess.

I hadn't yet seen a movie or television when I was Isabella's age. I had heard some of the Grimm's fairy tales at around that age, but I was more about Hansel and Grettle and The Big Bad Wolf. The divine wisdom of fairly tales and the great Yungian depth of them hadn't yet been mixed with the Disney genius for turning imagination into money.

I wonder what Bella thinks when she meets other girls who think they are Princess Aurora and when they really don't look like the Disney image either. I am not going to break into Bella's enchantment and quiz her about being Princess Aurora, for that would be cruel. I am going to enjoy what I have learned from Wikipedia (below) and try to step into her magic circle as I do when we do the great dips and twirls with me as Beast. 

One day when Bella was three and I was with her and feeling down, she took my hand and led me to the sunny patio. Then she ran around the house collecting things both real and imaginary. She came out to me with towels and juice boxes and sun glasses and set us up for a 'beach party'. "I know you love a beach party, Grandma." She played like a pro. "Don't forget to put on your sun lotion." "Do you want chips?" We had lots of fun watching the swimmers in the water, cooling off, going for a dip. She enchanted me.

So I am always happy to have Princess Aurora answer the phone when I call. I am happy to hear that Princess Aurora doesn't like certain things like salad. I put aside my snobby and political anti-Disney snarkiness and move into a child's orbit.

Information below.


Aurora (Disney)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Princess Aurora
Aurora in her ball gown.
First appearance	Sleeping Beauty (1959)
Last appearance	Maleficent (2014)
Information
Aliases	Briar Rose
Species	Human
Gender	Female
Occupation	Princess
Title	Sleeping Beauty
Family	Father: King Stefan Mother: Queen Leah
Spouse(s)	Prince Phillip
Nationality	English[1]

Princess Aurora is a fictional character and the title character from Disney's 1959 animated film Sleeping Beauty. The Disney version of the character was based on the French version of the tale by Charles Perrault, written in 1634 in Histoires ou Contes du Temps Passé. She is also known as Briar Rose which is the title of the German version by the Brothers Grimm.^[2] Aurora was first voiced by Mary Costa in the 1959 film. Erin Torpey took over in the sequels and was later replaced by Jennifer Hale. Aurora is the third member of the Disney Princess line.

Characteristics Aurora is 16 years old with long golden blonde hair, violet eyes, rose red lips, and a fair complexion. Aurora is best described as sweet, naive, playful, and refined. She doesn't like the fact that the fairies won't let her meet anybody and often longs to meet new people and do new things. Aurora is heartbroken when she learns she must never see the handsome stranger again. But, as she is still naive about the world, she returns to her parents' palace, since she still believes her "aunts" know what's best for her.

Costumes

As Briar Rose, Aurora wears a simple outfit consisting of a grey skirt, a black bodice, and a cream-colored blouse. She also wears a purple shawl and a black headband. Later, she wears a hooded blue cloak.
Finally, Aurora wears her ball gown that the three fairies made her for the ball. Aurora's ball gown features a petal-style peplum and long triangular sleeves. Flora and Merryweather argue over the color being blue or pink, but Aurora's ball gown is finally pink as the storybook closes, so Flora wins. Aurora also wears pink slippers, a gold choker, and a gold tiara.
In Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, Aurora wears her pink signature ball gown, along with her usual slippers, necklace and tiara. At bedtime, she wears a powder blue nightgown with a matching headband, and uses the wand to briefly turn it into an elaborate gold dress with a matching necklace, earrings, and tiara.

Appearances

Sleeping Beauty

Main article: Sleeping Beauty (1959 film)

Princess Aurora was born from King Stefan and his wife, Queen Leah. At her christening, she was given gifts by two of the three fairies that showed up. Following this, the evil fairy named Maleficent showed up, angry at not being invited, and put a curse on Aurora stating that at the age of sixteen, she would prick her finger on the spindle from the spinning wheel and die. Luckily the third good fairy, named Merryweather, had not presented a gift yet and is able to change the curse to sleep instead of death which only True Love's Kiss could break. Concerned, the three good fairies take Aurora to a secluded cottage in the forest and change her name to Briar Rose. When Aurora grows to be a teenager, she is dancing and singing in the forest when she meets a handsome man who happened to hear her singing. Briar Rose does not realize he is Prince Phillip who is betrothed to her, and they agree to meet again that evening.
Meanwhile the three good fairies are preparing for her birthday and to surprise her with the news that she is a princess. But when Briar Rose returns with the news of meeting a strange but enchanting man, the fairies must tell her she can never see him again. The three fairies tell her about the future that is set for her and that night they take her back to the castle. Aurora is saddened that she will never see the man from the forest and breaks into tears. The three fairies exit the room they secretly entered so as to let the princess have a few moments alone. Aurora suddenly sees a floating spark of light cast by Maleficent and, in a trance, follows the spark through the back of the fireplace and up a staircase to an abandonded empty room to a spinning wheel that was conjured up. All the three good fairies try to stop her, but Maleficent's spell is too strong and Aurora touches the spindle, pricking her finger. She is then put in a bed by the fairies where she can sleep peacefully within the highest tower. To prevent further hurt in the kingdom, the fairies put the whole kingdom to sleep. They discover from King Hubert that his son Prince Phillip was the man in the forest that Aurora had met and he's walking into a trap, and they help him confront Maleficent. After Prince Phillip fights and seemingly kills Maleficent, who transformed into a dragon, he moves upstairs to where Aurora slumbers and kisses her on her lips; she wakes up from the spell and smiles. They dance at the ball announcing her betrothal.

Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams

Main article: Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams

In the beginning of the movie, Princess Aurora introduces herself. This is very important, since little can be known about Aurora's personality from Sleeping Beauty. After she asks a question, she guides the viewer to the scene where she is told by her father, King Stefan and her mother, Leah, that being a princess is so easy. Then after both her parents and Prince Phillip leave, she has some duties to do when as a princess. During the "Keys To The Kingdom" musical number, she orders her servants to cook food, plant tulips, lilies, and orange trees, cut topiary, and paint the trellis pink. She has been taken to the table in a chair where she can wait for her guests to come for the party. Later on, the clumsy Duke helps her sign the forms and reviews what she has found. There is a speech sheet with a golden medal on it King Hubert has forgotten to take. She instantly sends it to the three good fairies and is told by Merryweather that she has to use her wand for magic. When she uses it to make the giant chickens, green pigs, and brown cows appear, one of the brown cows chases the Duke. She then manages to sell cows to the farmer who meets her and the other peasants who wait for too long. After Prince Phillip, King Hubert, her parents and the Good fairies return, they all attend a banquet together and she talks about how she enjoyed her own duties. After the movie Aurora thanks the viewer for watching her story and gives a goodbye wave and she is shown as the main protagonist.