As a result, the Disney Princess couples still place John Smith as Pocahontas' lover instead of John Rolfe in merchandise. In addition, the real-life John Rolfe was nothing short of cruel and abusive ...

Between unconscionable alterations of the story and inaccurate portrayals, Disney's Pocahontas remains one of their most ...

In Disney's recent version of the Pocahontas ... What we do know is that the marriage between Pocahontas and John Rolfe is a key step in establishing an uneasy truce between the Powhatan and ...

While captive, Pocahontas met the colonist John Rolfe, who—according to various English accounts, including his own—fell in love with her. Pocahontas agreed to marry Rolfe and, shortly before ...

His Pocahontas and John Rolfe resemble those in Chapman's mural ... winning of acceptance by 17th-century English society. With Disney's release of the animated feature Pocahontas, a new ...

In the Disney film, Pocahontas resisted being married to ... Matoaka was converted to Christianity by her captors and then married John Rolfe. He had agonised over marrying a ‘heathen ...

When news of John Smith's death reaches America, Pocahontas is devastated. She sets off to London with John Rolfe, to meet with the King of England on a diplomatic mission: to create peace and ...

Four hundred years ago, Pocahontas arrived in England with her husband John Rolfe. Bold, vivacious and smart ... famously depicted in the 1995 Disney film. Historical inaccuracies did not spoil the ...

A running gag throughout the movie is Mrs. Jenkins losing her glasses. After a carriage ride to John Rolfe's manor, Pocahontas and her friends are introduced to Mrs. Jenkins, the housekeeper, who, ...

The plot goes that Pocahontas, the beautiful daughter ... She instead spent her short life, which ended in tragedy, with John Rolfe - the man Disney made the villain.

She converted to Christianity and married Englishman John Rolfe. Several years later ... The lecture will explore representations of Pocahontas ranging from 17th century prints to the late ...