I find it interesting how the story references the Bible with the Lord’s Prayer, and a
passage from Matthew. It makes me wonder if any other early fairy tales written by Hans
Christian Andersen also uses references to the Bible. What is the significance in that?
Does he find that parents will use these stories as lessons for their children? We saw in
the story “The Snow Queen” how good does overcome evil, and how love can win over
evil. Another lesson within the story is the lesson of perseverance by Gerda to continue
to look for Kai no matter what. Gerda never gave up and kept looking for Kai.
In the Story “Frozen” Elsa is the Princess of Arendelle and she has special powers, with
which she is able to produce ice, frost and snow at will. She uses her special ice making
powers to create a magical ice and snow landscape inside the castle. She accidentally
injures her younger sister, Princess Anna, while playing in the magical snowy landscape.
Elsa goes to her parents, the King and Queen of Arendelle, to let them know about the
accident. The King and Queen, seek help from the troll king, who heals Anna and
removes her memories of Elsa's magic. The King and Queen separate the girls inside the
castle, not allowing Anna and Elsa to play together any more. Elsa needs to learn to
control her powers, so she spends most of her time alone in her room. The separation
causes a rift between the girls as they grow up. The King and Queen take a trip on the
ocean and die during a storm leaving the girls as orphans when they are teenage girls.
The kingdom prepares for Elsa’s coronation as Queen when she becomes of age. The
Duke of Weselton, one of the guests invited to the castle, seeks to exploit Arendelle for
profit. Princess Anna is so excited to be allowed out of the castle and she explores the
town with much enthusiasm. She meets Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, and the two
quickly develop a mutual attraction. Elsa is very apprehensive about her coronation, and
the fact that her ice powers will be discovered, especially when she has to remove her
gloves. During the reception, Hans proposes to Anna, and she accepts his marriage
proposal. However, Elsa refuses to grant her blessing and forbids their sudden marriage.
When the two sisters argue about the marriage proposal Elsa’s magical powers are
exposed as she has an angry outburst directed at her sister.
Elsa runs away from the castle and hides in the mountains inside an ice palace that she
builds with her magic. She creates a giant snowman to protect her from intruders. When
Elsa flees the palace of Arendelle she causes a major snowstorm to be created causing an
eternal winter. The magic of the snowstorm also brings to life her and Anna's childhood
snowman, Olaf. Anna is determined to find her sister so she can end the winter in
Arendelle. When Anna is getting supplies to go on her trip into the mountains in search
of her sister she meets an iceman named Kristoff and his reindeer, Sven. She convinces
Kristoff to be her guide up the North Mountain. Olaf, the magically created snowman
helps lead Elsa and Kristoff to Elsa’s ice palace.