Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is an American animated romantic film produced and released by Walt Disney in 1991. It is rearranged based on a namesake French fairy tale, created by the author Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, about a love story happens between an ordinary girl Belle and a dreadful Beast. The beast was originally a prince fallen under a spell, transformed into a hideous monster as punishment; and Belle, a young woman whom he imprisons in his castle. In order to turn back to a prince…

Film analysis of Beauty and The Beast Beauty and The Beast was directed by Jean Concteau in 1946. The main characters in this film are the ugly beast, the beauty Belle, Belle’s family members, and Avenant who is a friend of Belle and wants to marry Belle. After belle’s father lost his merchant ship at sea, the family has nothing much left. Belle’s sisters still spend lots of money in clothing and living a fancy life. Belle’s sisters treat Belle as servant around the house. One evening, Belle’s…

The tale “Beauty and the Beast” exposes the development of a fairy tale involving a beautiful woman who fell in love with a beast. The fairy tale focuses on the diverse developments that occurred between the beautiful woman and the beast that she fell in love with (Bottigheimer, 355). In the development of the fairy tale, it is identifiable that the fairy tale explains the different episode of the life that the two underwent. Consequently, in the development of the story, a relation of the…

As said in Beauty and The Beast, “Beauty’s sisters sickened with envy… could all her(Beauty) obliging affectionate behavior stifle their jealousy.”(Beaumont). In addition to, it is a type of motif portrayed in stories such as Beauty and The Beast, Rumpelstiltskin and many others. The different types of themes portrayed in these stories are what make them popular. Greed can make you a selfish human being is a theme shown in the real world. In Beauty and the Beast, it says, “... when they(the…

In regards to Chyna Little’s Grendel art project, titled “Beauty and the Beast”, my initial impression was that the booklet was well put together and very creative. I found the project to show the main purpose of the book quite well and found it to be very interesting. My initial impression of the conversation with Chyna was also well-understood and worth while. As Chyna and I conversed, she showed a great deal of interest in showing me each and every detail of the book and gave me a good…

I feel that, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast can be seen as a very genuine and accurate depiction of the societies stereotypes about courtship and mating. The male characters in the film/story embody all typical masculine characters (both negative and positive), in terms of chivalry, strength, urge to protect women, need for control and power. However, the theme of “unworthy of love” also seems prominent in the story, this spins stereotypes because it is the beast that is protected and sheltered,…

children, rather they were written for teens/adults to say things about the world and paint a picture. Having a genetically dark nature made fairy tales have more of an allure, and more of a power over the reader. By way of example, the tale Sleeping Beauty was originally about a princess who befalls a prophecy and ends up getting sexually assaulted in her slumber. The pain of childbirth is what awakens her, not a prince. Similarly, Little Mermaid ended with the mermaid dying and turning into…

The story of Beauty and the Beast is a timeless fairytale retold for decades. The most famous version is Disney’s animated movie. The story is about a beautiful girl who was able to look beyond beastly features and fall in love with a beautiful personality. It was Disney’s attempt to influence a younger generation of what the concept of BEAUTY should be. As time passed and society became exposed to ever-changing standards of BEAUTY, it raises the question, what is true BEAUTY? BEAUTY is a…

In the Disney animated classic, “Beauty and the Beast”, there is a scene where Gaston is talking to Belle and he takes her book away and says to her, “It’s not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas…and thinking..” Gaston saying this wasn’t even the part that is wrong with the entire picture; it’s the fact that the entire village agrees with him because women reading was not something women should be doing back in that day. Women were seen as cookers, cleaners, and the ones who…

Beauty and the Beast of Nerves In through the nose; out through the mouth. She chants under her breath between gasps for air. The art of performing has always been an exhilaration to Stacy, and her many years of acting on stage have resulted in much joy and pleasure. There’s only one thing that stands in the way: a bad case of nerves. It’s late October as the leaves begin to dance off trees in cascades of golden crisps. The northern breeze feels delightful against the contrasting beams of sun…