Maleficent: A Fictional Narrative

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

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

Thus the day came when Belle was to be taken to the Union general. She was determined to make her father happy, but also scared because she had been told that the soldiers were all beasts. It was a day’s journey to the Union stronghold that was to become

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

In fact, there were underlying patterns of female education, bravery, and independence in this movie. These traits are some that were groundbreaking for women everywhere. Disney was trying to portray the image that women can be educated, brave, and independent. Thus, there was much more to Beauty and the Beast than what the audience chose to see. Belle was educated, brave, and independent.

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.

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

Because of this she runs away, and is attacked by a pack of wolves. The beast saves her and in the midst he is injured. Belle feels obligated to treat and care for the beast. She disregards the fact that she was abused by him, thanking him for saving her life. In the scene, one can see the display of different gender stereotypes.

As any other Disney fairytale animation, the main character is a young and beautiful woman. Belle’s name literally means beauty. Disney reinforces the ideal form of beauty through Belle’s tiny figure, blue eyes and brown hair. Her soft voice is accompanied by the ability to sing beautifully. Women are

Disney’s movie Beauty and the Beast, tells the story of a young village girl, Belle, who is taken as prisoner in the Beast’s enchanted castle. Despite her fear and loneliness, she finds comfort with the Beast and his friends, and is able to look past his hideous appearance and see his kind heart which she ultimately falls in love with. Scattered throughout the movie are many different character, situational, and symbolic archetypes. In this essay, we will explore and analyze the different archetypes that are displayed through the characters, their settings, and conflicts.

The film also displays the idea that if one does not conform to societies guidelines and values, then they will be deemed as an outcast. Throughout the beginning of the film it is clear to the reader that Belle is very intelligent, and possesses qualities which are typically reserved for male characters, such as being adventures, reading, and inventing. Despite her obvious intelligence, the villagers deem her as an outcast due to her overall longing for adventure. This reinforces the thinking that intelligent females are a rarity, and to be something to be tolerated, but not encouraged. This is shown when the villagers attempt to foil her ideas,

Belle is the inventor in this version, instead of her father. She creates a type of a washing machine so that she can read while the clothes wash, and often

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.

In the story, Belle has two sisters. Her two sisters are very mean, and get worse when they realise Belle has a better life than they do. In the movie, she is an only child living with her father in a small town. Also, the story never gave a background of Belle’s mother, it doesn’t really even bring her up. However, in the movie the Beast takes her to where they used to live in Paris, and Belle realized how her mother had died.

A scene at the very beginning of the movie, when Sir John Lindsay brings Belle to his aunt and uncle for them to take care of her, sets the tone for everything that follows. It is important to family because it shows that Belle’s father accepts her with no second thoughts, while at first Lady and Lord Mansfield are worried about their image, and what others will think of them for taking in Belle because her