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Two Examples Of Archetypes In Beastly

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“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

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