Since you only put 3 I'm assuming you mean out of those 3.i consider Bell and Jasmine 'classics' as well.

Out of these 3 I would say yes.

Snow White- Absolutely not! She took over and ran that cottage! She had it working like a well-oiled machine. And she offered her skills that she was experienced in and clearly the dwarfs were not, a very practical thing to do. She also was able to get them to do anything she wanted. The only time she ever mentioned the Prince was when the dwarfs brought it up and asked her to tell them a true love story. She was perfectly unaffected by their separation.
Cinderella- Again, certainly not! Yes, she stayed. Remember that, in those days, there were no shelters for abused women or any resources for them. And be honest with yourself. If you knew that getting caught escaping would make your life worse than it already is, would you really try it? I'm sure some of you would, but not everyone who gets mad at her for not trying. She stood up for herself against the Tremaines when they said she couldn't go to the ball.
Aurora- Nope. She physically couldn't do anything when Phillip came to rescue her. She had been cursed, she couldn't chose not to touch the spindle- even though, for a second there, she was able so throw it. Also, she chose the most intelligent place to meet with Phillip again, where she had every advantage she could. And on top of that, she consciously chose to leave him to serve as a princess. Was she upset about it? Sure. But she never went back on her decision.

No! Not at all. They were strong, classy women.

It's pretty much what her dream is. Cinderella and Snow White are somewhat damsels but they don't wait for their princes to rescue them.

They sort of all are, but not completely. Like Snow White even sings "Someday My Prince Will Come" and her prince does save her, but then she still makes the best out of the situation without his help.

I think Cinderella's fits the "damsel-in-distress" type least out of the three because she does find a way to get her prince (who doesn't put nearly as much effort as the other two do). Though, Cinderella does need help from her friends and Fairy Godmother.

Before Aurora finds out she's a princess, she is waiting to meet somebody, but not necessarily a prince. Though it's not like she wants to or needs to be saved from a nice life with the fairies. When she does accept her role as a princess, she does get upset about not being able to see Phillip again, but again, she's not waiting for him to save her. Though in the end, he does save her and the whole kingdom (with some help from the fairies of course).

Ok, just because Aurora wants love doesn't mean she's a damsel in distress.

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Snow White doesn't just sit around, she runs away and manages to get by in a house with some perfect strangers! Plus she bosses said strangers around and gets the house working properly.

Cinderella's prince never actually does anything, Cinderella is the one who makes her dream come true, with a little help from her fairy godmother and animal friends of course.

Aurora is a special case, because she's the only princess who never actually knows that there's a villain after her. Think about it - the curse was placed on her when she was only a tiny baby so she wouldn't remember that, and though the fairies warn her never to talk to strangers we can assume that they never told her there was an evil sorceress out to get her, the only interaction she has with the sorceress is when she's hypnotized, thus she won't remember the interaction once she wakes up. So in reality we have no idea how Aurora would have reacted if she'd been given the chance to fight against her villain. It's possible that she would have just sat around and done nothing, but it's also possible that she would have stolen Phillip's sword and gone and tried to kill her pursuer.

rhythmicmagic you said it great! anyone who calls them damsels better admit that belle, jasmine, merida, rapunzel even mulan and every other girl is cause if needing help = your a damsel in distress then ALL of them are!

anon was right, they are strong classy women, imo the strongest and classiest =]

On those ages the things were like that, women in those ages were just like classic DP, If they were in danger they wanted help, do you think Snow, a girl 14 years old can be saved from a whole queen, she went hide, but she found her and then she "died", Snow White knew that she couldn't fight a whole queen on her own, she needed the help of the prince, I don't find it bad, in that point is the whole romantism and people who say that they were "damsels in distress waiting for their princes to save them" they see it with a negative point of view, this movies made in '37 or '59 and take place in 14th and others centuries, what do you expect? I love the classic ones because are the most romantic.

None of them. You guys said it for me.

It really annoys me how only THEY are seen as damsels when as girlygirls said, each of them received help, ESPECIALLY from a man. At once scene, Mulan was completely at Shang and the army's mercy but he saved her.

Being demure and a guy go out of his way for you =/= being in distress.

Agree with rythmicmagic, MaidofOrleans, and AudreyFrea! Wonderful comments!

Rhythmicmagic that was perfect

rhythmicmagic said it perfectly. None are damsels in distress. Out of all the Disney Princesses, Jasmine comes to closest to being a damsel in distress...