Aladdin Themes
Cunning and Cleverness
You gotta be smart to survive: that's what our hero finds out as he's growing up on the mean streets of Agrabah in Aladdin. Dude's got no parents…and no food to eat, either, so he needs to be cle...
Freedom and Confinement
People wanna be free, right? Heck, even genies wanna be free, according to Aladdin. This movie is all about folks breaking free from their bonds and doing things their own way. Aladdin is poor, but...
Power
A wise man once said, "The measure of a man is what he does with power." In that case, Jafar in Aladdin is a terrible, awful, no-good guy. His only goal is to acquire as much power as possible, and...
Society and Class
The world is made up of two kinds of people—the haves and the have nots. Aladdin falls squarely on the latter side. In fact, he's more like a have nothing. Of course he then has the bad luck to f...
Truth
The truth shall set you free, right? Well, in Aladdin, that works in reverse, too: lies will really cage you in. When Aladdin pretends to be a prince to win over Jasmine, he finds out pretty quickl...