“Beastly” is the modern version of “Beauty and the Beast” it reintroduces the story of a handsome but selfish and inconsiderate man who angers a witch. Who then turns him into a grotesque being who has to have someone fall in love with him before the spell is permanent, he later falls in love with a fair maiden that overlooks his physical flaws. Certainly the remake had some adequately executed archetypes such as character, plot, and theme. Moreover “Beastly” sufficiently drew on the character archetypes hero, villain, and damsel in distress. I’d say Kyle is the hero because he’s the one that saves Lindy when she follows her dad into that drug deal gone wrong, and tries to keep her safe throughout the movie. Lindy falls into the damsel in distress category since she was thrown down the fire escape staircase by the drug dealer, she was knocked out and Kyle took her to a safer place for her. The witch that turned Kyle into the beast, Kendra would fit the archetype “the villain” because she not only turn Kyle into a hideous beast she makes his life …show more content…
One of the plots this story could’ve been categorized is “the quest to find love” since throughout the whole movie Kyle is trying to make Lindy say “I love you” and get her to fall in love. Another plot type it could be is “rebirth” where the protagonist is a villain or unlikable character in this case who redeems himself over the course of the story; Kyle being an inconsiderate prude that no one likes in the beginning then to a genteel young man. The final plot subject the story could’ve taken is “rags to riches”, after turning into the beast Kyle lost all his self confidence, his father, and friends. Later on he realizes that Zola his maid and Will his tutor care for him, not to mention in the end his lover Lindy. In short the most plausible plot type would be “the search for love” since this story is about a beast trying to find true
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.
So, who is the villain-hero? This villain may start out at the beginning of the story as a hero, or he may possess heroic characteristics, such as charisma, or he may have a
A hero is defined as someone who is selfless and courageous.A hero also follows high principles strictly and has a great sense of morality. It is also likely for a hero to knowing act to risk his/her own life to save someone else. On the contrary, a villain is someone who acts destructive and is quintessentially evil. A villain will
A hero is a person who fights for their people. A hero is responsible, admired, and respected while a villain is the opposite: vile, problematic, and disliked; however, many historical characters can be both. One example could be Commodore Matthew Perry- a high ranked officer. Commodore Perry was both a hero and a villain because he had leadership skills and helped the American people, yet manipulated Japan into commerce with the west.
An archetype is a type of character found across multiple books and or movies. John Steinbeck wrote the novel Of Mice and Men. Within this novel, there is a character named Lennie Smalls. Lennie is a unique character because of his mental disability. Lennie has a best friend named George, who promises Lennie’s Aunt Clara that he would take care of Lennie when she passes away. Lennie is very strong and throughout the book it is shown how his disability and strength are used against him. Steinbeck’s character from Of Mice and Men, Lenny, is the typical example of an innocent archetype.
In the book "Marrow" by Preston Norton, the main character named Marrow is a hero. One reason he is the hero is because he beats the villain in the book. In the book, Marrow saves the Earth from destruction by taking the villain's powers and using it to stop a neclear building from hitting the Earth (Norton 278-300). This directly shows how Marrow falls under the Hero archetype because he saves the world after going on a quest. Also, the character Fantom falls under the Archetype of Villain.
The movie “Shrek” is great example of the saviour archetype. In the movie, Shrek begins as an outcast. He is rejected from society because he is an ogre. When other fairy tale creatures, who like Shrek have been shunned from society, arrive at his swamp after being kicked out of the Kingdom by Lord Farquaad, Shrek refuses to share his swamp. In order to get his swamp back, Shrek is ordered to rescue Princess Fiona and deliver her to Lord Farquaad so he can marry her.
Again, true love is the main theme about Beastly. Lindy broke Kyle’s spell, because they both loved each other very much. Which is true love, they were best friends. The other thing that I believe in my book is that people do believe in only what they are on the outside. Evidence… (Flinn, Page 5)… “Around me were some thumbs-ups, some yeah, mans, particularly from Anna or Hannah. But I noticed that a lot of people, mostly the ugly people were silent.” As we learn from the beginning of beastly Kyle calls everyone besides the popular people ugly. He also thinks that he is hot. Clearly, all of the “Ugly” people at the beginning of the book are more concerned about what their character is on the inside. While all of the hot, popular people care more about if they look hot and have a hot boyfriend or girlfriend then what their character is on the inside. The things that make me believe the things in my book is the way my author used the setting of the modern day, New York. It makes you think that this could happen to anyone, it really gets you thinking. Also, the literary elements she used like foreshadowing, mood, and symbolism made it more believable than it already
The first character to be discussed is Belle, in the original book. An author online even states “The original Beauty and the Beast Story is not what you expect” ( S. Paul). What is unique about Belle in the book is that she is the youngest of six children, which is never shown in the movie. Her father is not an inventor either, but is a very wealthy merchant who loses his fortune. The whole family in the original was forced to move to the country, where they had to live much more simple. Belle is a very special girl though, with very jealous older sisters of her beauty but also the fact that she is able to not be miserable in such a simple lifestyle.
“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.
Once there was a woman who told a story. However, she had more than just an entertaining tale to tell. She chose common images that everyone would understand, and she wrapped her story around them, and in this way she was able to teach the people . . .
In mythology, characters are given an archetype and that is their set personally; however, these set identities are not always right. In Norse mythology, the wolf is the archetype of evil. Fenris is a wolf that is shown in myths, such as Ragnarok, as an evil character that is responsible for the death of the god Odin and helping in the end of the world. However, even though Fenris is a wolf, he is not evil but good. Fenris is stronger but still kind, is defending himself against the gods and attackers, and having to watch the death of his brother and family. All these things show that Fenris is good and his “evil” actions are because of someone elses actions against him.
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.
In Short, in the motion picture Beauty and the Beast (2017), there is the Beast who is cursed by an enchantress at the beginning of the movie because he had no love in his heart and she turned him into a hideous Beast. The only way that the Beast can become human again is if he falls in love and revives the same love in return before the last Rose petal drops. The character