Beauty and the Beast by Mme Le Prince de Beaumont

Throughout history, the use of subliminal messaging has been highly prevalent within various forms of media consumed by the human race. Using it allows authors to influence their political or societal viewpoint through implicit methods. Even stories as rudimentary as those produced for the entertainment of children, contain hidden messages deeply imbedded within them. Marxist theory, the analysis of the role of politics, money and power within literary works, allows readers to examine principles promoted by the author; these can be especially demonstrated in Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont’s Beauty and the Beast. These themes are exemplified through the bourgeoisie mindset of the elder sisters, the proletariat mentality of Beauty and the direct influence of wealth on the prominence of the merchant.

When the merchant returned he was eager to see his wife and tell her about his business transactions. But first, he went right to the abbey to see his friend the monk. He and the monk were happy to see each other and after they had a conversation about the merchant’s trip, the monk mentioned that he had left the 100 francs he owed to the merchant with his wife. Once the merchant got home, he met his wife at the gate, told her his stories and then continued to enjoy a night in bed with her. When they were

The fairytale “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie LePrince De Beaumont was produced in France in 1756. The story is about a wealthy merchant with six children, three boys and three girls. With the story’s primary focus on the girls, we learn that the youngest of the daughters, named Beauty, was admired for her kindness and well behaved manners. Due to Beauty being the town favorite, her sisters grew jealous and hated her. When Beauty’s father falls in debt with a Beast, her father sends her off to live with the Beast. In the end, Beauty gets to know the Beast and accepts to be his wife. Although, Beauty and the Beast have their ‘happily ever after’, social and economic complications hindered their relationship.

The short story, "My Last Duchess," by critically acclaimed, Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood, is an intriguing and thought-provoking work of prose. Though it ties considerably to the famous work by the same name, written by Robert Browning, it also brings its own ideas, and symbols to the table. The most prominent symbolic link within this story is the representation between the characterization of Miss Bessie--the high school english teacher--and the narrator 's ideas, thoughts, and fears about life. The term life -- for the purposes of this essay -- is defined as the existence of an individual person and their course through the world. In “My Last Duchess,” the narrator 's life is symbolically represented through Miss Bessie by the character traits of a positive reputation, overcoming obstacles, and the solitary nature of people.

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Claire Standish or “the princess” portrays the stereotypical popular teenage girl in The Breakfast Club. She is in detention with everyone else because she decided to skip class and go shopping, which also plays into the stereotypical teen girl image. It can also be assumed that she is spoiled and rich since her father tried to get her out of detention but failed, and she mentions to the group that her parents only use her to get back at the other one. She brings a fancy lunch of sushi while the other teens either have nothing or the standard lunch one’s parents might pack for them. There are a couple of times in the movie that she brings up her social standing and could even be considered as looking down on those who are not as popular as her. Even closer towards the end of the movie she informs the others that if they were to say hello to her in the hallway in front of her friends, she would have no choice but to ignore them. By the end of the movie, she has opened up to everyone else about her fears of letting her peers down and has formed a close relationship with Bender.

Beauty and violence; words not typically associated with one another. In the stereotypical society, beauty is perceived with a positive connotation, while violence is viewed negatively. In other words, the terms are opposites, or incompatible. This was an idea that seemed to be understood. However, the book Beauty and the Beast contradicts what we know to be true. Michael Taussig, or the author, argues there is a relationship between the believed to be separate entities of beauty and violence. A simple flower can be used to exhibit the theory. The majority of individuals would prefer fresh flowers to plastic, or artificial, flowers. Why is this? Taussig believes this is for the reason that we like the inevitable decay and death, which creates beauty (Junge 10/27). He further claims this relationship is prevalent in Colombian society, and introduces topics such as depense, cosmetic surgery, and the Devil as main points.

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In the story “Lady or The Tiger” by Frank R. Stockton, A barbaric king devises a particularly form of punishment. When a Lady dares to love the king's daughter, he's forced to choose between two doors, one with a lady behind it, and one with a tiger. His fate is unknown. I think they'll choose the Lady because in the story it says , “This semi-barbaric king had a daughter as blooming as his most florid fancies, and with a soul as fervent an imperious as his own”. Which means she's described as having “fervent” and “imperious.”

In Beauty and the Beast, we come across a family that lose all their fortune and are forced to live a lower lifestyle than what accustomed to. The father has an opportunity to go make some money to possibly live the way they did before. On his way back from the journey comes across some trouble and is kindly given hospitality in a castle. Once he is ready to leave he starts to embark on the journey back home. Which is when remembers that one of his daughters, Beauty asked for a rose and on the way out of the place there just happens to be a rose bush. Before he can think of anything else, Beast confronts him about taking a rose. He believes he has given enough already. In return of Beast not killing the father, he asks for his daughter in exchange. The father refuses but when he gets home he mentions what happens to his children and Beauty volunteers to go in order to protect her father. Beauty eventually starts to fall in love with Beast and in the mist of it all, they get married.

Beauty’s role in beauty and the beast glorifies her as a sweet girl who can find light in any darkness. She prefers to move forward in life rather than sulk in misery. Being such a positive female character allows her to fall in love with a man who is not of the society standards of handsome, name Beast. She was more intent on focusing on what he had to offer as a person. Karen Rowe states in “Feminism and Fairy Tales” “such alluring fantasies gloss the heroine's inability to act self-assertively, total reliance on external rescues, willing bondage to father and prince, and her restriction to hearth and nursery” (Rowe). The heroine being beauty in this case, doesn't have opinions or rights because her character wasn't created to. Rowe believes that fairytales have paved the way for our expectations towards what women and men should be doing and what romance is. Rowe argues that “These "domestic fictions" reduce fairy tales to sentimental clichés, while they continue to glamorize a heroine's traditional yearning for romantic love which culminates in marriage” (Rowe). Beauty’s character found herself in these “sentimental cliches” with her