Greed Depicted In The Movie 'Maleficent'

Disney conveyed many life lessons or themes in the movie Maleficent; this movie teaches that greed can cause us to lose everything. According to the movie, Stefan wanted to be more royal and have a better job at the palace so the king told him that if he killed or hurt Maleficent very bad he could be king. Since Stephen just couldn’t kill her he cut off her wings and took them back to the palace, leaving her out in the woods. This supports the theme because he was greedy and he took her wings not realizing how much that actually hurt her. Another thing he didn’t think about was how much power she would still have even though he took her wings. So when she woke up she was about to make him sorry and take his most precious item. Another example found in the movie shows the theme as well.Since Maleficent was angry at Stefan for the terrible thing that he did she wanted to get revenge and not just a little a …show more content…
She went to the palace a few days after Stefan's new wife had their first baby girl. She put a spell on the baby; the spell was that on her 16th birthday she will prick her finger on a spinning wheel and fall into a death like sleep and she could only wake up if her true love came and kissed her. This supports the theme because he lost his most loved thing, his daughter, because he wanted to have more power in the castle and he didn’t think of the consequences; he also didn’t think that she would have that much power after he cut off her wings. So now he has to live without a daughter at his house and watch her grow up to be the beautiful girl that she is because he wanted to have more power and fame throughout the town. Another example found in the movie shows the theme as well. He sent his daughter to a place far away out in the woods thinking that Maleficent wouldn’t be able to find her but all this time Maleficent was watching her and waiting for her 16th birthday. But one day the daughter found Maleficent and Maleficent started to like