Moods

Walt Disney said, “In most instances, the driving force behind the action is the mood, the personality, the attitude of the character--or else all three. Therefore the mind is the pilot. We think of things before the body does them.” The artists give the character expressions, moods, personality, and an attitude that helps the audience get inside their minds. One of the examples of the moods of a character is Jafar, the villain of the first two Aladdin movies. Jafar was once the royal vizier for the Sultan of Agrabah. The expressions on his face shows that is someone that should not be trusted. Jafar was able to gain the trust of the Sultan and the citizens of Agrabah, but all of that is his mask. Jafar is really a sinister person who holds everyone around him in contempt. He resents working underneath the Sultan and secretly plans to take the title of Sultan away from him. He also had the desire to marry Princess Jasmine, even though she clearly despises him. Jafar planned on doing these things by having Aladdin get the Magic Lamp from The Cave of Wonders. He previously sent another person to get the lamp, but he failed to do that. He will do anything to get what he wants, even if it costs someone else their life. Jafar is shown to have a very self-centered personality. His attitude is proven to be the same. Jafar cares only about himself. If someone proved to be some kind of a threat to him, he would find a way to have that person destroyed without feeling remorse afterwards. Jafar had tried on two occassions to kill Aladdin so he can get the lamp and Jasmine, but he failed to do that. When he did get the lamp, he used his wishes to benefit himself. He wished to become the Sultan and "the most powerful sorcerer in the world". He attempted to use his last wish to make Jasmine "fall desperately in love with him", but the Genie couldn't make that happen because of the genie rules. His ego eventually became his undoing at the end when Aladdin told him that The Genie was more powerful than him. He used his last wish on becoming a genie, but he ends up being sucked into his own lamp.