Fairytales are vital to teach kids morals and lifelong lessons. Most children grow up watching a variety of Disney movies. A personal favorite of some little girls is Beauty and the Beast. The original Disney movie was recreated in 2017 with real actors, instead of animation, which is what we will be comparing with. What some people don’t know, is where this story originated from. This French tale, La Belle et la Bête, published in 1740, by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve, is known as the oldest variant of the story. While majority of the plot does not change, such as Belle having to leave her family, and then falling in love with the Beast, they have details that make them distinctively different. The most influential differences are the setting, the Beasts psyche and how the relationship is built between Belle and the Beast. The first distinction between these stories is the setting. We would think that the Disney adaption would not be the story with a gloomy, dark mood, but turns out it is. When the movie starts, it looks like it could be spring, trees are full of leaves, hills with bright green grass, and blooming flowers. When Maurice, her father, gets lost in the woods during his journey, it is nighttime. The weather begins to …show more content…
Before sending away Belle’s father, he told them to fill two chests with as much riches as they would like. These chests were magical and would never get full. He told her everything in the castle is now hers, instead of holding Belle prisoner like Disney’s Beast did. He was not as welcoming at first. He locked her in a cell, and most likely would have let her rot there, if the servants did not release her. The servants also gave her a room, and tried to convince the Beast to be kind. He continued to be bitter toward her, only allowing her to eat dinner if she joins him, and demanded to stay out of the West
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
So why does it matter?. What effect do original or Disney fairy tales have in kids?. It matters because these are one of the first things, the first stories that kids read. Would you want that the first lesson that your three year old daughter is taught that girls are like maid, that they are weak and need a guy to save them. The impression that Disney leaves with these kids is that guys are strong, girls just wear pretty dresses and hope that a rich handsome man falls in love with them. Watching Disney movies leave girls in response to loose confidence. This is not what a child should be
Through the three revisions of Beauty and The Beast, the fairy tales retold share many similarities as well as many differences according to their time period. In all three versions femininity and masculinity are presented in many ways. Femininity is shown through all three main female characters, Belle from the famous Disney film “The Beauty and The Beast”, the narrator in “Tiger’s Bride”, and Psyche in “Cupid and Psyche”. In all three versions, the female characters breaks society’s expectations of a typical woman. In CP Psyche stands up to Cupid’s mother Venus and accomplishes these activities usually performed by males. She shows society that women can overcome male activities and have strength to complete the same tasks. She breaks tradition of the male character fighting for her because in this version she takes on the hero role and fights for Cupid. This was not something ordinarily done by woman characters during this time. In TB the narrator breaks the tradition of the innocent stereotypical woman figure. The narrator exposes and does things most woman would never have the nerve to do. She shows society that women can fault their beauty in other ways. Even if society does not make it acceptable to have sex before marriage, she shows that women can expose their body and beauty in many ways. In DB version Belle is a great example that women should not be looked at as dolls and let males have control over them. She shows society that woman can be independent and educated. She does not get married to the most handsome male in town however she goes after someone who deeply cares about her. She displays a great example of how woman have their own mind and can think for themselves. Woman are allowed to make decisions and have ...
Beauty and the Beast is a classic folk tale known by every girl and aspiring Disney Princess. However, the Disney classic is just one version of the famous tale. Italo Calvino wrote “Bellinda e il Mostro”, which is the Italian version of Beauty and the Beast, in the year 1956. The classic Disney Princess, Belle, made her first appearance in 1991. While the two tales contain several similarities, they also contain many small details that turn them into two very different stories.
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.
The first thing to pop into one’s mind when they hear The Little Mermaid is most likely the Disney animated movie starring the beautiful red haired mermaid, Ariel. However, as with most Disney films, The Little Mermaid is an adaption of an original story written by Hans Christian Andersen in the 1830s. The creation of this classic fairytale into an animated feature required alterations from the Disney corporation, leading to a final product that is reminiscent of Andersen’s original story with added layers of American culture, sexism, and musical numbers. The initial release of Disney’s The Little Mermaid was highly successful both domestically and overseas, resulting in a total box office revenue of about 180 million. Although the film received rave reviews and substantial profit, I argue that the Disney adaption loses the fundamental elements of Andersen’s original story and presents a new narrative laced with negative values and inferior moral lessons. The changes in the Disney remake are closely connected to cultural and social aspects of America in the late 1980’s, making it arguably more relatable and successful for current audiences of the time. However, Disney’s adaption of The Little Mermaid perpetuates negative American ideals and incorporates classic Disney fairytale elements, ultimately erasing the positive moral overarching theme of Hans Christian Andersen’s original story.
Beauty and the Beast, music by Alan Menken and Book by Linda Woolverton, is a tony-nominated Disney stage classic based off of the Oscar Nominated and world-renowned Disney movie. Produced in many forms and facets over it’s 12 years of existence, this musical has evolved to be able to take on multiple shapes depending on the company producing. All of it aided by an evergreen script and score, but the details and designs brought to the table by each individual company change the show drastically. Elements including acting choices, lighting, choreography, scenic design, sound, etc. and their successes and failures all take part in making an individual show what it is.
Fairytales are the first type of stories children hear when they are young. Fairytales are created as magical stories that sound safe and desirable. One of the most valuable fairytale stories is “Beauty and the Best”. Not only is it a princess story, every girl’s favorite, but it is also a story that teaches young girls the importance of being kind and respectful. The classic version of “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont depicts the resilience of Beauty even when she is going through abuse from her sisters and detachment from her father.
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
What pops into your mind when you hear the word ‘love?’ Do you think of a person who loved you or someone you’ve admired? We, as human beings, are made to love. We even distinguish love as family, romantic, and selfless love: also known as, storge, eros, and agape. As much as we desire to love others, we hold high values of being loved by others. Humanity’s great appreciation towards love is so great, it is even portrayed in fairy tales. Little Mermaid is a story about a mermaid who exchanges her beautiful voice to human legs so that she could be with her true love, Sleeping Beauty is a story about a prince who strives to fight against the evil witch in order to save his true love from a deep sleep, and Beauty and the Beast is about a young lady who falls in love with a Beast, solely because of his good virtue and character. The most influential book to humanity, the Bible, also carries the message of love through the gospel. God’s love for human being is purely displayed through the life of Jesus Christ: Jesus’ birth, death, and resurrection. Could there be mere connections between the gospel, fairy tales, and humanity under the topic of love? Jeanne-Marie LePrince De Beaumont’s Beauty and the Beast echoes the Evangelium by reflecting upon unconditional, sacrificial, and transformative love. Such love is demonstrated through Beauty’s action, motivation, and her relationship with others.
Over the years, fairytales have been distorted in order to make them more family friendly. Once these changes occur, the moral and purpose of the stories begin to disappear. The tales featured in the many Disney movies - beloved by so many - have much more malignant and meaningful origins that often served to scare children into obeying their parents or learning valuable life lessons.
The Beauty and the Beast is a timeless tale that has been retold again and again, and many of us are familiar with the love story; but the new movie has a lot of differences compared to the original. There are some obvious differences, such as one is animated, and one is live-action, but there are also simple, subtle differences through the plot and characters. From the effects of the curse on the Beast, to Belle’s personal strength and growth, to the background stories on both the Beast and Belle, it is easy to conclude the two movies seem more different than similar. Both movies are centered around the hex put on the Beast by the enchantress in the beginning. However, in the original movie, the spell is not explained as well in comparison to the remake.
In conclusion, it is common that both Beauty and the Beast stories written in different countries have their similarities and differences since the authors imagined different ideas. It makes Beauty and the Beast an even more interesting story being that there are many versions of it around the world.
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.
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