NCM 305 – LAB

Asynchronous Activity 2: Defense Mechanism

Movie viewing: FROZEN 1

Instruction: Watch the movie Frozen and identify what are the Defense Mechanism being used by the
cast.

The story of Frozen is that there were two princesses in a small country named Arendelle. One of them,
Elsa, had a magical freezing power, and accidentally froze her sister’s, Anna, head while they were playing.
To thaw her head, their parents brought her to a tribe of trolls. The trolls fixed the problem, but in doing so,
they made Anna forget all about Elsa’s power. After that, their parents decided to hide Elsa’s power from
everybody. A few years later, Elsa and Anna’s parents died after their boat capsized in the middle of the
ocean. Years later, on the day of Elsa’s coronation, Elsa’s power was revealed when she accidentally froze
the town. Every one was terrified, including her, so she ran away. Anna was sure that if she talked to Elsa
the town would thaw and Elsa would come back. When Anna got there, Elsa heard that Arendelle was
frozen, and she couldn’t thaw it, and got even more scared and accidentally froze Anna’s heart. Kristoff,
who Anna befriended on the way to Elsa, took her to his family of trolls. When they got there, Pabbie, the
elder troll, told then that the only way to thaw a frozen heart is a act of true love. Once they heard this they
brought Anna back to Arendelle so her fiancé, Hans, would kiss her, then she found out Hans was only in it
for the thrown. After that Hans left Anna to die, and went to kill Elsa, putting himself in the thrown. Just
when Hans had found Elsa and was about to kill her, Anna jumped in front of him to sacrifice herself for
Elsa. Just before Hans’ sword hit Anna, she froze solid, and broke Hans’ sword. Then, because sacrificing
yourself is an act of true love, Anna thawed. Because it was Anna thawed because of an act of true love,
Elsa was able to thaw the town through true love.

NAME OF THE CHARACTER DEFENSE MECHANISM DIALOGUE BEHAVIORAL ANALYZATION

Indicate the name ex. Elsa Ex. Reaction Formation The said script in the Your analyzation why is
or Picture (could be both) movie she/he using this defense
mechanism

Elsa Denial, Projection, “Go away Anna” Elsa begins her journey to
Repression “Stay away from me” self-acceptance is defense
“Don’t let them in, mechanism of repression.
don’t let them see. She has no control over her
Be the good girl you feelings.
always have to be. She experiences a turbulent
Conceal. Don’t feel. rollercoaster of emotions.
Don’t let them know.” She fears herself.
Anna Projection, “For the first time in She is faced with debilitating
Displacement, Denial, forever at least I’ve got grief that threatens to
Sublimation a chance!” paralyze her.
“You can if it’s true
love”
Kristoff Repression, Isolation, “Of course I don’t to He spent many years of his
Projection, Denial help her anymore.” life without any real contact
“My love is not fragile” outside of the trolls and
Sven, Kristoff is a bit of an
individualist and acts as a
loner. He can also be rather
 grumpy and selfish at times,
as well as a bit lazy. …
Kristoff’s loving side is
brightly showcased during
his time with Anna.
Olaf Dissociation “And I’ll be doing Schizotypal disorder is
whatever snow does in shown through Olaf. He
summer” most definitely has magical
thinking; he “loves the idea
of summer and sun and all
things hot” even though he
is a snowman.
Hans (Omnipotence, Devaluation) “Oh Anna, if only there Hans has Anti-social
related to his Anti-social was someone out there Disorder, because he
Disorder, Displacement, who loved you. “ betrayed Anna with no
Projection, Suppression “Queen Else! Don’t be remorse of his action.
the monster, they fear His way of thinking is
you are!” dysfunctional, due to his
destructive behavior: e.g.:
He manipulated and asked
Anna to be his wife, and
locked Elsa in the tower and
murder them when he got
the chance.