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A Completely Serious Inquiry into the Systems and Nature of Frozen

In our current times of political turmoil, it is best to look upon our past classics and determine how they

apply to our era. One classic outshines the rest as being chillingly similar to the conflicts of western ideologies

today. Frozen is unanimously regarded as being a childrens film; nothing more, nothing less. But upon closer

analysis, we can start to see themes reflecting on the disputes of having a free society over an orderly one, and vice

versa. When fully examined, we can determine that Frozen, despite its innocent nature, is a Communist propaganda

film which attempts to point out the major flaws and struggles of capitalism and extol Communism as the superior

ideology that all nations should focus their efforts to pursue.

The creators of Frozen structure the society of Arendelle as a hierarchy. The workers are at the bottom

while the members of the monarchy are at the top. As we can see, this structure greatly resembles the hierarchy that

results from a capitalist government and society. Frozen demonstrates the bitter jealousy and barbaric competition

between classes that capitalism produces by using Hans as a symbol of rivalling corporations that attempt to

overthrow the rulers of Arendelle to reach the summit of the capitalist hierarchy. To counter this, Frozen portrays

Kristoff as a kind-hearted peasant worker. Kristoff is the symbol of a prosperous, equal, and classless society of the

peasants and workers, all operated by a communist government. Interestingly, the name Kristoff is a Scandinavian

variation of the Greek name Christopher, which means carrier of the Christ. This further emphasizes the

representation of Kristoff, the working class, as the symbol of goodness. Annas eventual infatuation for Kristoff

tells us that we can overcome class divide, hence humans are fundamentally communist creatures --- that nobody is

inherently better than anybody else. Another example of this is when Anna falls sick as a result of Elsas spells, her

parents, who are at the top of the capitalist hierarchy, are willing to go to the trolls, who are at the very bottom of the

class structure, for assistance. By portraying the royalty of Arendelle as jealous and portraying the working class as

virtuous, Frozen shows that compared to capitalism, Communism is, decisively, a morally superior form of

government.

After the discovery of her magical powers, Elsa is voluntarily locked up in her room, and after a series of

events, in her own ice castle. Elsa being locked up represents the idea of private property in capitalism. Also, the

name Elsa can be rearranged to form the world sale, which is another vital piece of evidence suggesting that

Elsa represents capitalism. The ice that Elsa creates should be seen as a symbol of capitalism as well. Therefore, as
we see the image of workers picking away at the ice, we can associate that with the continuous effort at smashing

the capitalist system that is prevalent through Arendelle. On a side note, this is also an allusion and tribute to the

assassination of Leon Trotsky, who was seen as a traitor of Communism by Stalin and his party, and was killed with

an ice pick. An ice pick is the same tool the workers use to break the ice, what we now know is a symbol of

capitalism. This equates Trotsky to a capitalist and glorifies his assassination.

Elsas refusal to let Anna enter her room reflects upon the selfish nature of capitalism. Anna, with her

flowing red hair, represents the communist revolutions that had flowed through Europe. When we combine this with

Elsas representation of capitalism, we can see that Anna trying to enter Elsas room is synonymous with

Communism trying to influence capitalist Western Europe. A further example of capitalist selfishness and private

property is the creation of Marshmallow, a beast created by Elsa to guard her private property, the castle, which is,

in our case, capitalist Western Europe.

The free market under capitalism is painted by Frozen to be oppressive towards the poor and greatly

beneficial towards the rich. This can be seen throughout the kingdom of Arendelle, where the only place that

prospers is the capital where the royalty resides. The rest of the kingdom is rather barren, leaving the working class

in difficult working conditions, reflected in Kristoffs early life in the ice business. The theory of supply and demand

is shown to be extremely flawed when Kristoff shops for winter equipment at Oakens shop during Elsas winter

spell; winter came so suddenly that there was a massive spike in demand for winter equipment, leaving the

remaining equipment ridiculously expensive. In a communist society, however, this would not be an issue as

everybody would be able to produce winter equipment for each other.

Frozen reaches its final conflict as Anna freezes over and becomes an ice statue, finally having been

consumed by the wrath of capitalism. To resolve this, Elsa channels her true love to revive Anna. Love is often

associated with the color red, and so is Communism. This means that Elsa unleashes her human, communist nature

to repel the evils of capitalism. After precisely identifying the fallacies and characteristics of capitalism, Frozen

elegantly summarizes its points in one conclusive statement: Communism saves the day.

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