Beauty and the Beast

Beaumont originally wrote “Beauty and the Beast”, a famous fairy-tale in 1756. It tells the story of Beauty, an admirable and “handsome” girl, who ends up in the palace of a Beast where she falls in love with him after he catches Beauty’s father stealing his roses to give to Beauty. Since then, Angela Carter, who is known for her rewrites of old fairy tales, wrote “The Tiger’s Bride”, which was published in 1979. Her version provides a unique twist on the original tale, where Beauty is a young…

The Disney-fication of the Jenne Marie LePrince de Beaumont’s version of Beauty and the Beast is amazing in how she manipulated the elements of the story to change the mood. I wish I could change the mood as easily as Jenne Marie LePrince de Beaumont did. Disney’s version of “Beauty and the Beast” changed Jenne Marie LePrince de Beaumont mood from depressed to joyous. There are many examples of how Disney changed mood, through the words and conflict. First, the change in mood is shown…

Beauty and the Beast written by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont, and the Disney film version of Beauty and the Beast both deliver the message that sacrifices need to be made when in love, but the film version demonstrates a better understanding of the message. In Le Prince de Beaumont's version of the story, Beauty sacrifices herself to the Beast in exchange for her father because she feels responsible for his situation, believing, “it would be very needless, for my father shall not suffer…

Beauty and the Beast is truly “a tale as old as time”, it has been passed on from generation to generation in many different languages; because it has been passed down so many times, the way it’s told changes from country to country. Comparing the Italian version, Bellinda e il Mostro by Italo Calvino, and the American version done by Disney, readers will see the many differences and similarities between the two. Some of the differences are subtle and some were very noticeable, such as Belle's…

Beauty and the Beast is one of the most well-known Disney movies in history. With the main protagonists being a beautiful girl and an ugly beast, the storyline is truly one that anyone of any age can enjoy. But this story is not a simple love story, there is a deeper meaning to the movie than what we think. The beginning of the movie starts off with a song called “Little Town”. Belle, one of the main protagonists, is singing along with the rest of the town. The song does not seem like much, but…

What is our perception of the fairy tale, Beauty and The Beast? Some would determine the fairy tale about the imprisonment of a woman who over time, falls in love with a Beast. A feminist look into Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont’s Beauty and The Beast, portrays Beauty as strong and independent determining her own life choices. Through heroism, virtue, and indomitability, Beauty could be reflected as the 21st century woman. Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont was a French writer who was…

The tale of Beauty and the Beast by Beaumont, exhibits many of the common themes found in literature, such as having a male dominant character, an innocent maiden and magical elements present throughout the story. These common elements can be found in almost every story from the Grimm Brother’s version to Walt Disney’s version. These common themes help to distinguish…

Beauty And The Beast The original story starts when there lived a king happily in his life . Once a ugly lady came to him and asked about some help to him because there was winter . And the poor women was suffering from cold . But when king came to know about this he was annoyed. And demanded the lady to live the kingdom as soon as possible .she offered him a red rose but still he refused to help her . After hearing such talks from him she appeared in her…

might appear to be that Beauty has the power to make her own choice. But if we examine the story closely, Beauty is taking the responsibility of a mistake that is not made by her. Even though Beauty’s father is the one who accidently stole the rose, he blamed Beauty from his misfortune when he returned to home: “Beauty, take these roses, they have cost your poor father dearly” (De Beaumont 35). With her father saying that it is Beauty’s fault that he encountered the Beast, Beauty had no choice…

Disney’s live action movie “Beauty and the Beast” has triumphed the box office. The movie has broken many box office records in its opening weekend. It has earned over 170-180 million US dollars approximately, which is way beyond the expectations of everyone. The film has also broken the record of highest opening of march in North America, previously held by “Batman vs Superman” which earned 166 million. The movie Beauty and the Beast which is the remake of the 1991 classic animated movie with…