Comparing Bill Condon's Beauty And The Beast

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.

Most modern fairytales are expected to have happy endings and be appropriate for children, nonetheless, in past centuries most were gruesome. Consequently, fairytales have been modified throughout time. The stories “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont and “The Summer and Winter Garden” by Jacob and Wilherm Grimm share similarities and differences. The two stories are distinct because of the peculiar year they have been written in. LePrince de Beaumont’s story is written in London of 1783 and Grimm’s in Germany of 1812. At the time, wealthy people in London, were educated and had nannies who would read to their children; whereas, in Germany, the Grimm brothers created their own interpretation into a short story.

The story of the Beauty and the Beast is well known amongst all ages. Though the story they portray in the Disney version is much different than what they have portrayed it in France. La Belle et la Bête has been produced twice, once in 1946 and again in 2014. These two movies tell the same story but in very different ways. The perception of this story has changed between the different time periods.

When I went to go see The Lion King on Broadway a few words came to mind after the play; amazing, stunning, and unbelievable! I was a little unsure at first, because I thought I was too young to see something from a Disney World production. I was also wondering how Disney was going to manage putting a film starring non-human characters, into a three-dimensional stage. However, using all their “Disney magic” with a little help from a great stage producer The Lion King Musical kept my attention all the way through with their; voice and diction, staging, and many other elements.

The original Disney cartoon of a lion cub blamed for his father's death has been remade into a Broadway musical acclaimed all over the world. Seen by over twenty five million people in over 15 thousand performances this intricately designed wonder has taken over 37 thousand hours just to build the puppets and masks. Julie Taymor the director and costume designer was faced with a problem of whether to create humans or animals playing the part and she decided to make masks that show the animal face, as well as, show the human face giving the character his or her personality. As for expressing other animals that are not part of the main cast or to express a certain theme, 2 different kinds of puppetry were used

Linda Seger's hero myth from her publication "Creating the Myth" is very thorough in the steps involved in creating a hero of a story. All ten steps are very common to a typical hero story. However, there are some gaps in her theory. An example of a story that does not fit Seger's theory is the Disney version of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. This popular cultural phenomenon has within it an atypical hero, one who pokes holes in Seger's hero myth theory. This atypical hero, simply named Beast, does not fit all ten of the steps in a typical hero story.

F. Scott Fitzgerald felt as if he needed excessive amounts of money to succeed and succeeded as an author in the 20th century, after his first novel in 1920, he wrote The Beautiful and the Damned which was then followed by The Great Gatsby. In the Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald showed comparisons to his own life as he went to Paris with his wife after This Side of Paradise in 1920 succeed and lived an extravagant lifestyle but behind his façade was a writer struggling to continue the wealthy lifestyle and was unhappy and struggling with alcoholism. These comparisons show as Jay Gatsby was a wealthy man who longed for the American Dream and a wealthy lifestyle. As well as the want for wealth and a sophisticated lifestyle, he also has the desire for Daisy Buchanan. The novel is written from Gatsby’s neighbour Nick Caraway’s point of view, Jay Gatsby is introduced to the audience as a wealthy and generous man who throws extravagant parties and has built his fortunes himself in the hope that it will win him Daisy. Gatsby is killed for Daisy’s mistake at the end of the novel and his wealthy lifestyle is no more. The beautiful and the damned is the story of Anthony Patch “who was intended by Fitzgerald to be a tragic character” and was born into a wealthy family but rejects this and tries to distance himself from their reputation and upper-class name. He marries a socialite called Gloria and their common longing to live an extravagant lifestyle but the lack of interest in working to

The stories “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Fairy Serpent” are about a merchant who loves his daughters. He takes a flower from a magical creature’s garden, and has to give up one of his daughters for doing so. When the daughter and the beast finally fall in love, the beast turns into a handsome prince, and they live happily ever after.

Many themes are brought into the readers' attention in Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre and when first reading the novel, we all tend to see it as a work built around the theme of family and Jane's continuous search for home and acceptance. The love story seems to fall into second place and I believe that the special relationship between Jane and Mr. Rochester needs to be thoroughly discussed and interpreted, because it holds many captivating elements, such as mystery, passion or even betrayal. The aim of this essay is to analyze the love story between the two protagonists and to illustrate how the elements forming their relationship resemble the ones in fairy tales. Jane Eyre has been often compared to fairy tales such as

Beauty and the Beast was originally released in 1991 as a cartoon. It was was remade in 2017 as a live action musical starring Emma Watson as Belle and Dan Stevens as the Beast. This movie did very well in theaters making about $400 million worldwide in the box office. However, this movie had a very controversial response. This movie target age has a very wide range because Beauty and The Beast is disney princess movie so it attracted the younger generation. It also attracted older generations because it was remake so people wanted to relive their childhood. Parents of the younger generation believe that it was inappropriate topics for their children to be watching. I however, disagree.

The paper comprehensively analyzes the fairy tale of the Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) directed by Bill Condon and produced by David Hoberman and Todd Lieberman (Hoberman et al., 2017). The analysis of the fairy tale illustrates the orchestrated play that presents Belle as a young and beautiful woman who succumb in love with a Beast. The Beast has been in existence since it was cursed by the enchantress woman who later is revealed as Agathe later in the play when she appears to lift the curse. The fairy tale shows the struggles between the Beast and Gaston developing into the enmity and fighting for the beautiful Belle. In her efforts to save her father, Maurice, Belle encounters various instances that transform her love life and emerge as a strong woman who appears to save the Beast and the servants back into human forms.

The new remake of Disney’s 1991 version of Beauty and the Beast is everything that could be hoped for and

The story of a girl who is held hostage by a frightening beast and then ends up falling in love with him is a tale as old as time. The live action version of the 1991 animated classic, Beauty and the Beast, is more than that though. The story portrayed in the live action film follows that of the animated version almost exactly. This musical romantic fantasy film, directed by Bill Condon, features an outstanding cast, which includes Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, and Josh Gad, among others. The motion picture is able to bring the animated movie to life even more so than one could imagine.

In recent years, Disney has begun concerted efforts to adapt several of their animated classics into live-action movies. Though this move has garnered new interest in the original versions from new audiences, older audiences that grew up watching these beloved classics have had mixed reactions to the remakes of their childhood favorites. This year’s Beauty and the Beast, an adaptation of the animated movie of the same name originally released in 1991, was received warmly by nostalgic audiences, highly criticized by those that disliked the changes to the plot or the casting, and even boycotted by those that believed there were controversial themes included (Han). Josh Spiegel, co-host of the Mousterpiece Cinema podcast and a member of the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), was one of the many respected reviewers that disparaged and nitpicked to find fault in the live-action version. While his analysis on Slash Film was well-written and contained a few valid points, I disagreed with much of his Beauty and the Beast movie review.

"A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself." This quote is by Joseph Campbell. Beauty and the Beast, a fantasy and romance Disney movie. A young prince and his servants have fallen into a curse that can only be broken by him learning to love again and being loved back. Until then, the prince has turned into a beast and his servants have been turned into objects such as a pot, clock, and candle stick. A beautiful village girl named Belle entered the Beast's castle to find her father that left home hours ago to a invention convention. She found him and told the Beast she'd trade his life for hers in return. During the time she's in the castle the enchanted objects help her see through the cold-hearted Beast.