The Ugly Character

When discussing my chosen word 'Ugly' with my family my little cousin overheard me saying this and shouted out 'UGLY DUCKLING'.

This isn't what I initially about thought when looking and researching this word. This really intrigued me and inspired me to look at the word ugly, but from a child's point of view.

I asked my cousin what else was ugly she replied 'the two ugly sisters from Cinderella'. This was another character I hadn't considered. She then added 'Pinocchio is ugly because he lied and my teacher said lying is ugly! These ideas motivated me to think about the aspects of the word ugly from a child's point of view. I began looking up cartoon and Disney characters that were portrayed in an ugly way. Beauty and the Beast was my first find, followed by the Hunchback of Notre Dame. Following this I watched both of these films, as the story lines were completely based around the theme of ugliness. During the Hunchback of Notre Dame I came across the song entitled 'Out there' and in this song Quasimodo ( the hunchback )is made by his master Frollo makes to repeat after him saying that he was deformed and ugly and that he was a monster!

After these more obvious finds I also came across the 'baddies' in other well known cartoons films such as the witches in Sleeping Beauty and Snow White. These characters were always perceived in an ugly way and also drawn it look stereotypically ugly, with warts, wrinkles and bony fingers. Ursula from the Little Mermaid was drawn to be fat, mean and ugly and even someone like Cruella De Ville from 100 Dalmatians was referred to as an ugly lady by the dog owners as she did ugly things.

Having completed my work and research I showed it to my little cousin who thought everyone on my page was ugly! This was a relief and I was intrigued about what else she thought was ugly so I asked her to draw me pictures of ugly people using her favourite crayons!