The Movie And Critique Of Beauty And The Beast

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.

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.

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

Beauty and the Beast is a “Tale as old as time” or at least as old as 1740 which is when the first publication appeared (De Villeneuve). The original author, Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, wrote 362 pages which Jeanne- Marie Leprince de Beaumont later abridged (De Villeneuve). Countless people know the general story of Beauty and the Beast: A beautiful girl saves her father by becoming a prisoner in an enchanted castle. She and the master, a hideous beast, become acquainted. The beast wants the girl to be content, even when her request is to leave, so he lets her go. When the girl returns, the beast is in grave danger. Tearfully the girl confesses her love for the beast, and he transforms into a handsome prince.

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

“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.

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.

At the beginning of the movie Beauty and the Beast, an old hideous woman shows up at the prince castle and ask for shelter from the cold by offering him a rose. The prince, whose spoiled and rich, judge the woman by her looks and refuses to give her shelter. The old woman warns the prince to not judge someone by their appearance, but he ignores her and declines her offer again. The old woman’s hideous features begin to disappear, and she becomes a beautiful woman. The prince starts to feel guilty and wrong for refusing to give the woman shelter, so he pleads and begs for forgiveness. Not surprised, the woman puts a spell on him that will make him regret judging someone by their appearance. She punishes him by turning him into a beast with unattractive features. The only way the curse can be broken is if he finds someone that will love him as a beast and marry him before the last petal of the rose falls off.

When it comes to talking about theories of communication, it is easy to overlook the impact they have on our day-to-day lives. Often times when people think of theories they think of long boring explanations that have little meaning or pertinence to their lives. This, however, is not always the case. It may surprise some to find out that the interactions they have whether at work, with their loved ones, or even with a stranger all relate back to theories that explain why they do the things they do. This not only includes the face-to-face interaction we have in real life, but also through the relationships we see portrayed in television shows and movies. An example of this is how the uncertainty reduction theory plays into the relationship development between Belle and the Beast in the newest movie version of Beauty and the Beast.

Another Disney film that continues on the false ideals shown in The Little Mermaid is Beauty and the Beast. The characteristics of Gaston and the relationship between Belle and the Beast illustrate many gender misconceptions, but for the purpose of this essay we’re going to focus specifically on the “Gaston” song and the images it conveys. After being rejected by Belle, Gaston grudgingly retreats to a pub and sulks in front of a fireplace presumably “heartbroken”. His friend, in hopes of boosting his ego and mood, bursts into a song filled with unrealistic male stereotypes. He claims that Gaston is the most admired man in town and implies that in order to be liked by everyone, you must be like Gaston. He sings that “no one fights like Gaston” or “hits like Gaston,” which suggests that men must be able to fight and win all of their battles. He also goes onto say “Who plays darts like Gaston?” and “Who breaks hearts like Gaston?” This implies that men are expected to be experts at darts, a typical “bar-scene game.” and that it’s normal to break hearts like Gaston and to take pride in doing so. Straying away from the lyrics themselves, we can also give notice to the images being displayed during the song. Gaston has “beautiful” women surrounding him for a large duration of the song and in one scene he picks three of them up on a bench using one hand. Like the recurring scene we saw in Ursula’s unfortunate souls, it once again invokes the idea that in order for a male to achieve the affection of women, he must be strong, muscular, and handsome — how many men do you know that can lift three women on a bench with one hand? Moving on, Gaston’s attitude throughout the clip also demonstrates that men should be angry, narcissistic, and self-centered. He states that “no one says no to Gaston” and that it is acceptable for him to treat others badly just because he was just rejected by Belle. Some other stereotypes displayed through the film would be of the relationship between Belle and The Beast. The Beast can be characterized as once more as a strong, muscular, short-tempered, and emotionally closed-off male individual. Belle, on the other hand, is seen as the most “beautiful” girl in town and is judged for her

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.

Many of the troubles that modern teenagers go through are shown throughout the movie. There are troubles with relationships, trying to get each others attention and understand what they both like and want. There are troubles with parents, high school, having low self-esteem, never feeling good enough and all the horrible things in the world. In the Grim version the spell is broken by true love in general but in order to break the spell in Beastly it is broken by true loves kiss. In Beauty and the Beast she just has to tell the beast how she feels and the spell is broken.

     The classic opener for any fairy tale, which is no different in the case of Beauty and the Beast. Fairy tales were meant to teach our children life lessons that society, at the time, deems important to learn. They teach us the difference between right and wrong, black and white, good and bad, light and dark, and beautiful and ugly. There are many different variations and names to Beauty and the Beast. This famous fable has been passed down and integrated into our culture time and time again, each time adding different lessons that were thought to be important in that day and age. What has changed over the years? How have the fairy tales of Beauty and the Beast affected

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)