Belle Watson

During the Civil War, Belle Boyd played an important role as a spy and because of this she as well became famous. On Independence Day in the year 1861 Belle shot an abominable Union officer who swore at her mother. Belle’s home was instantly swarmed by roguish Union soldiers threatening to burn down the house. While the soldiers shouted, and called Belle names she faked some tears and begged for them to send for the officer who resigned at headquarters. Belle was inexorable in her pleading for the officer. The officer dashed into the house to investigate the scene. Taking a look around the officer declared it in action of self-defense. This got the mob to back down, this was also the day that Belle became a spy. She began to flirt with the

Ariel and Belle both transformed from intellectually curious and ambitious people into girls who only

In Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, Belle is misunderstood, kind, and perceptive. Belle is shown to be misunderstood when she is walking through the streets, reading her book. The other townspeople remark, “that girl is strange, no question” (Beauty and the Beast). With the simple act of reading a book, the townspeople are quick to cast her out. At no point do any of the townspeople learn more about her to fully understand her. Even though she is misunderstood, Belle is also kind. After being taken prisoner at the castle, she helps the beast relearn several basic life skills, like how to use utensils and how to read. After reading him Romeo and Juliet, Beast makes the request that she read it again. She turns it back on him and asks him to read. When he hesitates, she realizes that he has forgotten how, and she says, “Here, let me help you” (Beauty and the Beast). Through helping him instead of questioning or taunting him, she shows the kind and

Overall, director Francis Ford Coppola did a great job of selecting actors to play the roles. Coppola’s pick of C.Thomas Howell, as Ponyboy was a very good pick because I imaged Pony the exact same as it was described in the book. Also, I liked the flow of the movie and the fact that it was very similar to the book. Coppola set up the scenes beforehand and made sure that the scenes closely depicted the action in the book. For example, he made sure that the actors that were playing the Socs, they had all the best clothing. For the greacers, they only had sweat pants. This made the actors almost feel like they were back at that time and I think this made the movie a 100% better than it could’ve been.

The Beauty and the Beast starts with a lively music in the castle which immediately set us into action. A castle full of expensive housewares and beautiful ladies wearing white gowns dancing to the music represent perfection. The ball is interrupted by a knock from an unexpected beggar who offered the insensitive prince a rose for shelter. The loud thunderclap and the way the chandelier lights were blown off by the wind intensified the scene. When he refuses, the beggar transformed into an enchantress and changed him into a hideous beast and his servants into housewares. The camera angle which showed the shadow figure of the prince turning to a beast was amazingly done. She casts a spell on the rose and it would only be broken if he could learn to love another and earn their love in return by the time the last petal fell. On the other hand, Belle starts the film in a small lively village which implies peacefulness and security. Belle is a simple, creative girl wanting to leave her monotonous village life to explore new things and go to an adventure. This came true when her horse Philippe went home anxiously without Maurice, her father. The way the horse neighed repeatedly implied that something is wrong. Belle, without hesitation, stormed off to the castle where her father was imprisoned and took his place as

Belle is extremely important to original story, and the movie. Maybe you are asking yourself why? Well, she is for surely one of the two main characters, the other being the beast whom she is supposed to fall in love with to make him become a man again. Especially in the original book version, it is more focused on Belle because they leave out the “evil sisters”. She still has bitter

Belle’s story of living with a beast is re-evaluated, claiming that she is not as sane as she was once perceived. When Belle enters the stage in a straight jacket and tied to a chair, there is a realization that she was dealing with a mental illness the whole time, something that is prevalent in our current society. In addition, her familiar radiant yellow ball gown was concealed by the straight jacket, blocking out her previous notion of nativity with the comprehension that it is not sensible to live and interact with a talking creature. The addition to Belle’s costume demonstrates

Panel Images (Page Three, Panel Two): Belle is shown for the first time, emphasis on her eye area. The background is black so that Belle’s appearance is shown as important for once, other than Belle being in color/white her name is on the right corner with her current age of sixteen.

Many encounters emerge in princess movies in which the women find solutions to themselves. For instance, throughout their adventures, Tiana is seen guiding her travels with Prince Naveen. She guides them through a swamp as well as catches food for them (at this time they are both frogs) (Whelan). Similarly, while traveling, Rapunzel saves Flynn and herself from a tavern full of ruffians, castle officials who were tracking Flynn, and also from drowning in a cave (Stephens). Tiana and Rapunzel’s intelligence or even cleverness was utilized to remove them from sticky situations which would have resulted in danger if not for their assisting actions. Other princesses went against common opinion in order to help others. In Beauty and the Beast, most people in the town think Belle’s father (Maurice) is crazy, but Belle still believes in her father’s abilities in invention making and supports him in the pursuit of his dreams (Whelan). By disagreeing with a widely accepted belief, Belle proves herself to be an accepting individual who does not let other’s opinions alter her perspective of a person. Jasmine also does something out of the ordinary in order to help her lover Aladdin. Jasmine “dares to kiss the sinister Jafar” hoping that this will distract him, and allow Aladdin to escape

It quickly establishes a hero, a villain, and an anti-hero that requires a push to get him back on his horse (so to speak). Narratives of the this nature have been used throughout time, making the utilized subject matters anything but original. That said, this story and the characters within it never stood a chance - and you can thank whoever decided to embrace the endless use of CGI for the film’s failure.

This fairy tale classic is about a young woman named Belle living in a small village where she feels out of place and can’t see how she can belong. Her father leaves the town and ends up imprisoned in the Beast’s castle where Belle ends up finding him and the Beast. The deal is to trade Belle’s life for her father's, and throughout the course of about five days, they fall in love, and

Belle is the heroine ( a hero) of Beauty and the Beast. In the movie, Bells devotes herself to the Beast in replacement for her father’s release. She promises to stay with him forever. In the end, she also saves the Beast from his, beast-like form. As a hero, Belle proves to maintain both standard qualities of intelligence and bravery.

Beauty and The Beast (Disney, 1991) is the first Disney princess that is not presented as a helpless young girl. Bell is an independent character that she wants more than the average life she is living. Early in the movie, she is shown the idea of love with a male character Gaston; she is quick to turn him down, this was the first instance that a Disney princess has turned down a strong male character that other characters in the movie are in love with. Bell takes initiative to save her father from the beast, instead of waiting for another male to save the day. She has been the first Disney princess to put other people’s safety in front more than her own since later on she is shown to want It to save the beast even if it ruins her reputation.

Belle was kind to the Beast, and then she found her prince. It took courage to look into the eyes of someone that took away everything and see the good.

All over the world Feminism is a current topic of concern and there are very few advocates who are currently fighting for gender equality. In the media men and women are attempting to use their voices to fight for equal rights and get the message across to all generations. In this paper, I will be analyzing the movie Beauty and the Beast (2017) by drawing upon the feminist theory, which will demonstrate how the main female character, Belle challenges the modern-day system of inequality and the socially constructed gender roles. I will do so by examining why Emma Watson was chosen as the leading actress, how Belle is different than the other women in her town, the modifications from the original movie, and how Belle ultimately gets to decide her destiny. I will also consider why some people may view the film as anti-feminist, which will allow for me to understand a different perspective. It is my thesis that socially constructed gender identities are negatively presented in popular culture, however actors and actresses are attempting to use their influence to make an impact and move towards equality.