Beauty And The Beast Hero Journey

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Our religion and imaginary worlds class may focus on topics from the past, but it also applies to the present and future. After learning where things originate from, how to analyze and understand the meaning of imaginary worlds, now I can apply this knowledge to anything. Our modern world is full of media that we can apply our new understandings to, such as: songs, photos, social media, movies and more. In March, 2017, a recent release, a second Beauty and the Beast movie came to theaters. This film portrays the original Disney classic in a new light with more background stories, more life-like characters and some more magic. Beauty and the Beast displays a great modern example of an imaginary world, archetypes, personal legends and a hero journey. Out of the three imaginary world types, extrapolated is best represented in the Beauty and the Beast movie. Fantasy and “what if” questions in the definition are shown with the spell …show more content…

This danger was so great that Gaston temporarily did murder the Beast, but the danger was overcome with Belle’s love and affection for the beast. His initiation occurs during this time when Agathe see’s Belle crying over the Beast’s dead body. She knew the spell had to be broken and at that moment he became a handsome prince who loved Belle dearly. Belle’s hero journey ended at the castle, she does not return home. She considers the castle, the Beast and her many new friends to be her new welcoming home. Comparing Beauty and the Beast to a religion is a challenge but it is possible. I compared the movie to the belief of Christianity. As stated in the Bible, God sent the great flood down on the people for all of their sins and wrongdoings. By doing this he wished for a new clean world. Noah is the one who helped this process to be successful and try his best to do what God had told him to

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