The theme of Bell’s Story and Beauty and the Beast is it’s not just about what’s on the outside, it’s about what’s on the inside. I believe this is the theme for both stories because both girls could look past the fact that the beast was ugly and fall in love with his kindness and sweet temper. The stories use their similar plot to show how the girls slowly fell for the beast. The theme means to not discard someone for the way they look because beauty isn’t everything. Someone’s personality is worth a lot more than just looks.
There were nine main characters in the Beauty and the Beast story and there was six main characters in Belle’s story. Both stories have a girl who falls in love with the beast. One of the stories calls her Belle while the other one calls her Beauty. The two stories do include that the girls liked to read, were kind hearted, and was beautiful. The stories tell about a beast who was ugly and had a bad temper, but Beauty/Belle brought the true goodness from inside him out. When the beast turns into a human both stories say he was very handsome.
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In Belle’s Story there are castle servants who turn into castle objects and they talk with Belle. They are friendly and funny. In Beauty and the Beast, Beauty's father is a merchant while in Belle’s Story, Belle’s father is an inventor that is named Maurice. In Beauty and the Beast, Beauty has two sisters and three brothers. Her sisters are spoiled and are very big headed because they were rich. Beauty’s brothers care for her and are hard workers. In Belle’s Story she is an only child. In Belle’s story there is a man named Gaston who wants to marry Belle but she thinks he is a beastly boar and tells him
Fairy tale is a story that features folkloric chapters and enchantments, often involving a far-fetching sequence of events. Fairy tales have been around for thousands of years, whether it comes from Grimm’s Fairy Tales which is what most people consider the “classic” or “traditional” fairy tales to Disney movies, the idea of the fairy tale fills our society with lessons and examples of how we should behave and live; fairy tales teach the same things in different ways, or teach different things with the same tale. A couple of these tales are “Beauty and the Beast”, by Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont and “The Pig King”, by Giovanni Francesco Straparola. They are both tales about falling in love with someone despite their appearance. The similarities and differences between “Beauty and the Beast” and “The Pig King” is captivating while still depicting a similar tale. They are similar in the way they find love and their love story but they also share a similar behavior pattern in the way the girls behave towards the prince. However, the two tales do display a difference in the attitudes of the princes and their actions towards their love
While contrasting with her sisters, Belle is the light, and her sisters are the darkness. Apparently, Belle's patience and unsophisticated personalities make her become the light, and on the other hand, her sisters' jealousy and vanity are the darkness. Nevertheless, while contrasting with the beast, regardless of the appearance, the beast is the light, his kindness and patience, he had not give up even though Belle rejected him every day.
Both stories deal with a young girl who, with the help of a little magic, is able to find her prince and live happily ever after. Needless to say on of these versions is much darker than the other, but the story sends an overall good message.
The use of ‘wild’ in both Catherine and La Belle’s descriptions shows their similarity in nature. The similarities of their descriptions of a charming, appealing appearances compared with their saucy, wild natures demonstrate the comparison of conflict within these texts.
In beauty and the beast we have for the first time a female character that is different and “ Belle likes herself and trust her own judgment” (Henks, Umble and Smith 1996, p. 237), and refuse what was planned for her. Belle was the first character not to fall in love from the first sight and occupies almost 80 percent of the movie. She has a better control on her life and choose her own destiny and she was powerful enough to save her father’s and the beast’s lives. And this relation represents a power-with the male character. The problem was that at the end, Belle ended up being one typical princess and being again the perfect girl that live with her prince happily ever
Beauty and the Beast centers on Belle who is desired by handsome but egocentric Gaston. Belle’s father, disappears on a journey to a local fair and becomes captive of the Beast. Belle bravely offers herself as an alternative hostage and Beast accepts. As his prisoner, Belle befriends Beast’s household of Enchanted Objects, all talking, walking furniture and kitchen utensils. Belle learns about how the Beast and his staff are all the victims of a witch’s curse that has transformed them. They fall in love during her hostage. In the end, Bella’s love reverses the spell on the Beast.
There are many differences between the two. One difference in them is the number of times the Evil Queen tries to kill Snow White. In the Grimm version of the fairy tale, the Queen tries to kill Snow White three times instead of just once, as she did in the Disney film. Another difference is that in the Grimm version of the tale, Snow White promises the dwarfs that she will cook, clean, and keep up the running of the house in order to live there with them. In the Disney version, Snow White arrives at the dwarf’s
When examining Beauty and the Beast by Andrew Lang, from a feminist perspective, it is evident that the portrayal and treatment of women is dreadful. The story was written in 1889 where women were seen as objects that were solely there for men’s pleasure and although, for once, the woman is portrayed as the heroine and not a damsel in distress, the story still includes misogynistic elements. For instance, when the beast threatens the father, the two characters treat Beauty as if she is an object that can be traded. On top of that, a father, who is supposed to love their children and protect them, decides it is okay give away his daughter, so he could stay alive. To add, later on in the story, Beauty seeks advice from her father about her dreams and he says, "You tell me yourself that the Beast, frightful as he is, loves you dearly, and deserves
These three princesses have a lot in common. The all lived happily ever after, they're all classic disney films, and they all found their prince. Let's get more into depth with what else they have in common, shall we? First these three films are considers musicals. All three princesses have a solo song in their films. Snow White with “Someday my Prince will come”. Cinderella with “A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes”. Finally Ariel with “Part of Your World”. There are more songs throughout each film, but these are the top songs that each princess is know for. In connection to their songs, the films show a huge part in gender roles. In Snow White and the Seven Dwarf, Snow sings “Someday my prince will come. Someday we'll meet again, and away to his castle, we'll go. To be happy forever, I know”. In this song she shows that she's just going to be waiting for him. In Cinderella she sings “A dream is a wish your heart makes, when you're fast asleep. In dreams you will lose your heart ache. Whatever you wish for you keep”. In the movie she's cleaning and cooking. Show...
From Cupid & Psyche to Cocteau’s film and finally to Disney’s portrayal of this classic theme, not much has changed in the idea of Beauty and the Beast. All versions of this story have stressed the importance of being good and have even dwelled on the importance of looking behind appearance to see a person’s true nature. In order to convey his ideas and themes, Cocteau uses the beast as a lurking figure whose lack of appearance on the screen ultimately has a great effect on the viewer. The Beast that Cocteau portrays is a model for modern storytellers and has been vital in stressing the theme of genuine nature versus appearance throughout society.
The common elements in the two stories are the wolf, Little Red (Riding Hood/Cap), her grandmother, and her mother. The beginnings of the stories are also similar: Little Red?s mother sends her to grandmother?s house because the grandmother is ill. Both stories mention that Little Red is personable, cute, and sweet. This is something that, on initial inspection, seems irrelevant but holds a deeper meaning for the symbolism behind the story. In both stories, the wolf, wandering through the woods, comes on Little Red and asks where she is going. When Little Red responds that she is going to visit her sick grandmother, the wolf distracts her with the suggestion that she should pick some flowers so that he can get to her grandmother?s house first. The wolf arrives at Little Red?s grandmother?s house before Little Red and disguises his voice in order to be let in. When he is let into the house, he promptly devours the grandmother and disguises himself in her clothes in order to eat Little Red as well. At this point, the two narratives diverge.
Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale written by French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve and published in 1740 in La Jeune Américaine et les contes marins. Her lengthy version was abridged, rewritten, and published by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont in 1756 in Magasin des enfants to produce the version most commonly retold. In France, for example, Zémire et Azor is an operatic version of the story, written by Marmontel and composed by Grétry in 1771, which had enormous success well into the 19th century; it is based on the second version of the tale. Amour pour amour, by Nivelle de la Chaussée, is a 1742 play based on Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve's version. According to researchers at universities in
Some things were different between Beauty and the Beast, Beauty and the Beast the Graphic Novel and Beauty and the Beast, the movie like, in the movie the main character was named Belle, in both the books the main character was named Beauty. In the movie there were talking household items like a clock and a candelabra, in both of the books there were no talking inanimate objects. In both the books Beauty was honored in the town for her beauty and youth, in the movie Belle was called a “funny girl” and people always thought of her as strange because she reads. In the books Beauty has two sisters but in the movie Belle has none. In the movie Belle’s father is kept in the beast’s castle until Belle comes to rescue him, but in the books Beauty’s
In the story of Beauty and The Beast, it’s set in a far-off country where a rich merchant lived with his six sons and six daughters. One day the merchant picks a rose from a garden for his daughter Beauty, and gets confronted by the Beast. He demanded that the merchant send him a daughter as payment for his theft. Beauty volunteers knowing that her father had plucked the rose to be a gift for her. In the Beast’s castle Beauty had recurrent dreams of a handsome prince, she wondered in her thoughts the connection between the beast, and the prince. Beauty started to question herself about the beast, and realized not to trust appearances. Despite living in a fortunate lifestyle of wealth, you should not judge the book by its cover.
Beauty and the Beast is probably one of the most well known fairy tales that the Grimms’ reproduced. In it’s original form it was a long, drawn out story that was catered to adults. The Grimms’ changed the story to be more understood by children and made it short and to the point. Unlike many of the other fairy tales that they reproduced, Beauty and the Beast contains many subtle symbols in its purest form. It shows a girl and how she transfers to a woman; it also shows that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The one major thing that separates this story from all the rest is that Beauty gets to know the Beast before marrying him.