Anna as a Christ Like Figure 

 

            It is clear to viewers that Anna’s character is comparable to Christ, believing in and demonstrating the strength of love.  When Anna pursues her sister, she faces many challenges and ultimately sacrifices herself for Elsa. To save Elsa from herself, Anna realizes must die - similarly to how Christ died to save sinners. However, she is then resurrected, reinforcing and proving the strength and power of love. 

     

          Throughout the film, Anna exemplifies what it means to be a Christian and portrays a perfect model of what it means to be a "good" Christian. In her dissertation “The Differences between Anna’s and Elsa’s Characters Biased on Their Speech Act’s in Frozen Movie”, Kurniasari Putri sets out to analyze the differences between Anna and Elsa’s characters biased on their speech alone. She concludes in her research that Anna’s character is polite, happy and always more than willing to help those around her. Although Kurniasari’s research does not talk specifically about religion, it does demonstrate and reinforce how Anna’s character is a kind and loving person. Her suggestion of how Anna’s character is a good hearted and loving person who always puts others first clearly correlates with Christian values and morals. 

 

          Furthermore, on the Christian Theology blog "Mockingbird" Michael Belote discusses in his post titled "Mockingbird at the Movies: Sin and Redemption in Frozen"  the significance and theme of Christian redemption throughout the movie Frozen and how it is represented through the character Anna.  He states that “[Frozen] serves up the concepts of law, grace, and redemption on a silver platter” through her character. 

     

          Belote uses one of the final scenes in his post to suggest just how similar Anna's character is to Christ and how she exemplifies what it is to be a Christian. As in many Disney movies (such as Snow White or Sleeping Beauty), a “True Loves Kiss” will break any curse. Likewise in Frozen, Anna races home to get her True Love’s Kiss from her prince, which she believes is the act of love needed to set her free from the ice curse her sister has frozen her heart with. However, from across the room the nearly frozen Anna sees her sister Elsa, about to be killed by an enemy with a sword. Elsa is basically a stranger to Anna, having isolated herself from her younger sister their entire life, having endangered everyone around her and refusing to help when Anna when she needed her. Yet Anna runs to save Elsa. Anna throws herself between Elsa and the enemy, giving her life for her sister’s. She willingly dies in order to save Elsa – a sinner who has done nothing to help anyone else.

   

           This whole scene directly relates to John 15:13:  “Greater love has no one than this that someone lay down his life for his friends.” It is evident here that Anna serves as an excellent example of christ, giving up her own life to save a sinner. It is Anna's selfless act of love that saves them both, not a "true love's kiss". 

 

 

Belote, Michael. "Mockingbird at the Movies: Sin and Redemption in Frozen.".                 N.p.,04 Dec. 2013. Web. 3 Feb. 2015. 

 

Kurniasari, Putri. The Differences Between Anna’s and Elsa’s Characters                       Biased on Their Speech Act’s in Frozen Movie. Diss. Uin Sunan Kalijaja,               2014. Web. February 1, 2015