“Beauty and the Beast”, created by Walt Disney, is a movie for all ages that demonstrates many life lessons such as, the past doesn't define us, look beyond what you can see, and inner beauty is superior than outer beauty. These lessons are important to learn from, since many can benefit individuals through contrasting situations. Many of Walt Disney movies are rated G, therefore creating a movie for all ages.
Essentially all parents are observant when authorizing their children to watch movies. Typically, parents don’t want their young children watching violence or movies that could obtain unacceptable influence. This film has limited violence and the language in this film has no inappropriate handling of words. However, there is a moment in the film in which the Beast and Belle kiss. Other negative endearment are not present during the film. A G-rated film is considered for the age group of grade school children. Which means that teachers can show this film in their classroom. If an education instructor shows a film in their class, there is likely a learning opportunity.
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His challenge is to change into a better individual, in hopes of obtaining the love of a woman. However, he has a dark past, which still affects his personality along with his looks. One of the life lessons Disney shows in this movie, is that the past doesn’t define us. Humans make mistakes, that’s just who we are. Before he was turned into a beast, he was a prince. Due to some selfish actions, he was turned into the fearful Beast. Even though a mistake was made in the past, that does not define who an individual is. Eventually, the Beast learned that he can change for the better and become who he was truly meant to be. In the hopes that Belle can look beyond his
Disney movies have been the leading outlets for child education and social learning. Due to such power of influence controversies have been raised which include the following, but not limited to, gender roles and stereotypes, issues of independence, and misrepresentation. Many people argue that despite the morals and messages that occur within such films there are still underlying messages that deal with beauty standards and norms. However, others may argue that Disney is evolutionary and evolved the imagery of male/female standards. The controversy then becomes: are Disney films doing more harm than they are good? Due to certain themes brought on by such movies, it has left younger audiences with both positive and
Both Beasts are willing to do and give anything for beauty and the girl to keep them happy. Although Beast kept beauty hostage, he is gentleman enough to give her, her own space if she does not want anything to do with him: “you alone are mistress here; you need only bid me gone, if my presence is troublesome, and I will immediately withdraw” (LePrince de Beaumont 6). Beast being kind to Beauty is important because the goal is for her to want to stay with him forever. Since he shows compassion and
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.
Compare and Contrast the ways in which modern authors have re-imagined traditional narratives for their own purposes.
“We don’t like what we don’t understand, in fact it scares us,” is a disturbing, yet unfortunately (occasionally) true line from “The Mob Song” in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. While it is sung by a group of fearful townspeople, this has been known to ring true in everyday life. Thankfully, the people behind Disney’s classic, Beauty and the Beast, tried to teach a generation this lesson through the protagonist, Belle. Through her caring nature, Belle drives the movie’s theme of not judging a book by its cover.
Seger states that in fairy tales "an old woman, a dwarf, a witch, or a wizard helps the hero . . . The hero achieves the goal because of this help, and because the hero is receptive to what this person has to give" (173). Conversely, Beast is helped by the very damsel he imprisons. Belle is a normal woman, not a witch or a wizard; she has no special powers and is not old or dwarfish in any way. Also, Beast is extremely reluctant to accept any help from her. In the Disney version of the story, Belle tries to teach Beast how to control his temper and be more compassionate and loving. Beast is not receptive at all to this help throughout the story, but still manages to defeat the curse left on him by a self revelation. He decides after Belle's departure from his castle to learn to love and be kindhearted. Although her help may have had an impact on his transformation, it was the mere presence of her and his own self conscience that ultimately helped him conquer his relentless curse. This is quite different from what Seger illustrates in her hero myth theory.
Finding the similarities and differences between two things using just the brain and memories can be difficult sometimes. Using the internet, books, and movies can be extremely beneficial when it comes to comparing and contrasting. Something good to compare and contrast , that is very popular, would be Beauty and The Beast, as there is an original book, a cartoon, and a remake movie. What is your favorite book that has a movie made about it?
“Beauty and The Beast” is a classic well known romantic Disney movie that depicts the gender role of men and women in society. The film is based upon a smart young female protagonist named Belle who is imprisoned by a self-centered young prince after he has been turned into a beast. They both learn to love each other in the end and throughout the film there are several examples shown portraying the roles of gender. In the film the main characters Gaston and the Beast portray themselves as rude, conceited and more important than the woman even though the main character Belle is a woman whom is considered odd, yet smart, and unrelated to most women in society.
Many people know the classic Disney tale Beauty and the Beast, but not many know where the story originated from. The Disney film is one of many adaptations of a French fairy tale, La Belle et le Bête, originally written by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve in the seventeen hundreds. While there are many different versions of the tale, the most popular of them all is Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont’s version. It is the tale of how a beautiful girl falls in love with a hideous beast, only to find out that the beast is actually a prince. Both Beaumont and Disney stay true to the moral of the story, that inner beauty shines brighter than what is on the outside.
Beauty and the Beast is another film with questionable morals. Despite a sixty year time span between the two films, gender relations changed very little. Though the main characters come off as slightly more rounded, there are still some eerie instances that should be addressed. Belle is (yet again) a stunning young woman who is revered throughout for her
Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, cute children’s movies right? Most of us see these commercial fictional movies as harmless kid’s films with incredible diversity; however, we seem to ignore, or, yet, be oblivious of the underlying subliminal messages that such movies ingrain into our children’s impressionable minds. Founded in 1993 by Walt Disney, the Disney conglomerate and the movies they produce are still a huge influence on people in this day and age, especially young, impressionable kids; their target audience. Various Disney movies are produced every year, yet the traditional ones gain most of the attention, which are the likes of said movies, also including Aladdin (1992), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937),
Beauty And The Beast is one of the classical stories that known by children around the world. I saw the Disney version before, however after all the time I can barely tell what happen during the story. Having a chance to recall and even see the progress of the movie is such a pleasure experience. When people watch an animated movie they rarely think about the making progress and the people that work behind the movie. The sketches in the movie show us the development of the storyline and characters. For example, the beast was a boar-like creature in the beginning of the story then turned into a combination of different animals. Disney creates a unique appearance from combining different features and brings the character into life.
The beast is described as this dreadful monster, the epitome of a masculine figure. He is a provider for beauty and her family and is therefore suppose to be seen as a dominant figure in the story. In the book Go! Be A Beast: Beauty and the Beast written by Marina Warner, Warner says “Beauty stand in need of the Beast, rather than vice versa, and the Beast beastliness is good, even adorable''(Warner 416). By the end of the story it is realize that the Beast is really dependent on Beauty and not vice versa. Without Beauty acceptance and true love kiss, the beast isn’t able to become the handsome guy he truly is. Therefore the beast would be left to live a life of
There are many different versions of Beauty and the Beast; It is a magical story of unconditional love. It teaches children that beauty is much more then skin deep. In this assignment I am to compare two, Beauty and the Beast stories; one by the renowned, famous Grimm Brothers as presented by Disney. The other called Beastly by the modern author Alex Flinn. The two versions have many similarities but still quite a few differences.
Beauty and the Beast is a tale that describes the true meaning of family, and the sacrifices that occur. Beauty makes a lot of sacrifices throughout the tale for the purpose of family, unlike her two older sisters. “Beauty got up every day at four in the morning and started cleaning the house and preparing breakfast for the family. It was hard at first, because she was not used to working like a servant.”