Final essay about princess : Whose better for the role model for girls, Snow White or Merida?

In Disney movies there have shown many princesses but among the princess we discussed in class, Merida is the most positive role model for girls. Merida is the princess who was shown lately in 2012. As the generation changing, the princess' characteristic is changing. I researched the princess called Snow White who was shown in 1937. Snow white was just quiet, kind and only her ability is to talk with animals. But in the movie, Brave, Merida has a red hair and a bright face. She likes to ride horse, Angus and use bows to fight. Her hobby is absolutely archery. She loves eating foods. Her mom tries to make her behaving like a princess. Merida changed her fates by herself. but snow white's fate was changed by prince and her stepmother, the queen. To say short, snow white is just kind and foolish but Merida is selfish but confident and adventurous. So, I recommend Merida to be a role model. I liked Merida's confidence and positive characteristic. I'm not saying that only positive characteristic is good. I'm just saying it's good to smile or act positively following nowadays' trend. What I want to say is the characteristic from now and then was very different and to adapt to these days' circumstances, we should also adapt to the characteristics.