Disney Beauty And The Beast Research Paper

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.

Beginning in 2010 with Alice in Wonderland (Devoe n.pag), Disney has now resolved to produce live action remakes of everybody's favorites, including Maleficent, Cinderella, The Jungle Book, and most recently, Beauty and the Beast. The original Beauty and the Beast was an all-time favorite when it came out in 1991 (IMDb n.pag), and now those same children, as adults, experience the nostalgia brought about by the 2017 live-action version. Beauty and the Beast surpasses all expectations from both children and adults alike.

“Everything you see exists together in a delicate balance. As king, you need to understand that balance, and respect all the creatures from the crawling ant to the leaping antelope,” said Mufasa, a supporting character in the film depiction of Walt Disney’s: The Lion King (1994). The Lion King is a timeless archetypal work that time after time has given youth hope and has shown them that courage is not always innate, but can be learned from just living life with a little “hakuna matata”. The Lion King, through the use of classic archetype, vivid surrealism, and iconic symbolism, shows a coming to age story that shows children that life is an adventure worth the trouble.

On November 5, 2016, the opening night of Beauty and the Beast for the gold cast performed on the vibrant stage of the Performing Arts Center in Cookeville. Under the direction and choreography of Jennifer Welch, the Children’s Theatre of Cookeville took on a Disney classic originally directed by the Tony-Nominated Robert Jess Roth. Filled with excitement due to the fact I knew many of the actors and actresses, I was throughly impressed from the acting, costumes, and set design just to name a few. This visual work of art, left not just people devoted to the “tale as old as time” casually humming show tunes as they left the theatre.

Just like Lucy is able to go through transformations, so it the realm as a whole, especially when Aslan is mentioned. If you are able to see references well, then you may be able to see that The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe can be a fantasy adaptation of the Bible. Aslan is a parallel to God, The Witch is a parallel to SIn, the Stone table cracking is a parallel to the boulder moving from in front of the tomb on the third day, excreta. Aslan is seen as a saving grace when everyone believes that winter will always be upon them, the mighty lion is the one who can lift their spirits and give the people hope again. Aslan is a figure of hope, but to some he is also a myth, a myth that people tell tales and sing songs about.

In 1740, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot De Villeneuve wrote the first official version of the fairytale, “Beauty and the Beast”, which was translated from her original French title “La Belle et la Beta”. In reality, Villeneuve’s version is the original fairytale, although, many people believe that either Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont’s version would be the authentic one, and others that also believe that there had been similar versions prior to Villeneuve’s writing. “Beauty and the Beast” is a short fairytale about a prince who is given a curse that turned him into a Beast because of how he had rejected an old, unattractive fairy’s proposal to marry her. She then was so furious towards the rejection that she set that curse on him. Then, in the fairytale, there is a girl, Beauty, who happens to be the youngest daughter of a merchant who is set to give up his life after he had pulled a rose from the Beast’s garden to deliver to Beauty, but instead Beauty decided to take his place and she was set to live the rest of her life in the castle with the Beast. After some time, Beauty agrees to marry the Beast which then causes the curse to no longer exist, turning him back into prince he used to be. This fairytale has also been turned into a film a few times, the most famously know is the 1991 Disney animated version that was directed by Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, starring Paige O’Hara, as Belle (Beauty), and Robby Benson, as the Beast. In both the 1991 film by Trousdale and the original fairytale story by Villeneuve, there are a few differences from the meaning of the rose, to characters being added or taken away, to the actual spell that is cursed on the prince. Villeneuve uses personification, love, and feministic traits to demonstrate how Beauty chose to stay with the Beast on her own recognizance.

“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.

In the year 1994 the Major League Baseball Players Association went on strike and cancelled the season, The Lion King first appeared in movie theatres, Justin Bieber was born, and my parents met. Fast-forward to 2017 and my parents are happily married and about to celebrate their 20th anniversary.

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful princess in a castle in a faraway land. This little girl was beloved by all her people in the kingdom, for she had a kindness that was rarely possessed in her world. Her life was perfect. The little girl had two loving parents, a castle so big that every day she discovered a different room, an endless supply of food, and a closet full of beautiful gowns. She was an innocent little girl that thought she understood the world. That little girl was me.

Long ago, a girl had a wonderful great-aunt. Her great-aunt took the girl, whose name was Addie, and her family on many wondrous trips. They traveled to Disney World when Addie was only 3 and took vacations to Mexico many times. Eventually, it became a tradition that her great-aunt took her family as well as some of her relatives on a special, exciting trip every other year. So it was only partially a surprise when this great-aunt invited her family on another vacation to occur when she was 8. But this trip was to be even more thrilling than Addie could have expected. One day, her great-aunt Mary announced, “This year, I will take you all to Disney World.” Addie could hardly believe it! The previous trip to Disney World had been so long ago,

Given the ever-enchanting character of animated Disney films, the idea of any of them being adapted into live-action has me salivating because the possibilities are endless. If drawn figures can be so splendid, you can only imagine how they'd be with any sense of actuality. I'm a part of the Little Mermaid-Aladdin-Lion King generation, so I was drooling worse than Beethoven the dog when I heard Beauty & The Beast was going to be done. My giddiness reached epic, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic proportions upon hearing the director was Bill Condon, who authored magic with 2006's DreamGirls (which I raved about in a December anniversary article). It had been a while since I was so eager to see a movie. Though I was far from let down and I've been humming

When I was born Disney was in the midst of its prime or golden age. It was during the time where movie after movie was just a hit. Every movie they made was just making bank which is still true today but not all of them are of the quality of the movies during the Disney renaissance.

Sleeping Beauty was a Russian ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and choreographed by Marius Petipa. I first premiered in 1890 and was choreographed in traditional ballet style. Appalachian Spring was an American ballet composed by Aaron Copland and choreographed by Martha Graham, who also danced the lead female’s role. The ballet premiered in October of 1944, and was more modern that Sleeping Beauty, but still had classical elements to it.

When having to reflect upon the movies I have seen and trying and pinpoint a few that have made a spiritual impact on me without me even noticing, was very difficult. So, I took to Google and realized that one of my favorite series, The Chronicles of Narnia, is almost based on Christianity itself. One movie, in particular, probably the most well known is The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe. The movie is found to have Christian themes. The writer of the novels the films are based on has religious views in almost all the books. This film adaption of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe is filled with hidden religious content. For instance, Aslan is seen to be Jesus Christ, Jadis is Satan, and the plot of the movie follows the resurrection

The version of Beauty and the Beast by Jeanne- Marie LePrince De Beaumont tells a compelling story of a young women making sacrifices for her family, and finding love through these sacrifices. Beauty and the Beast is a fairytale meant to educate young children on the importance of family, and that life is full of making sacrifices; while also teaching children to appreciate what is on the inside, and not just on the outside. The protagonist of the tale is Beauty. Beauty is a caring, family- oriented, strong, loyal girl whom everyone in the town adores. She kept to herself, but would do anything for anyone, especially her father. With many opportunities to get married, Beauty stayed loyal to her father, until she realized she was in love with Beast. When the family lot their fortune men still proposed to Beauty, even though she did not have money. Beauty politely turned them down; “She told them that she could not bring herself to abandon her poor father in his distress and that she would go with him to the country in order to comfort him and help him with his work.” (32)