Beauty and the Beast Essays

  • Beauty and The Beast

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    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

  • Beauty And The Beast

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    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

  • Beauty and the Beast

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    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

  • Beauty And The Beast

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    something go thump in the night? Do you believe in monsters? In the movies "Beauty and the Beast" and "E.T.", the monster like characters the captured the hearts of viewers of all ages. They both involve two characters that are thrusted into lifestyles that they are not used to. The beast and E.T were both unique creatures, had close relationships with humans, and were great works of fiction. In both stories, "Beauty and the Beast" and "E.T.", the main characters are unique creatures are forced into a

  • Beauty and The Beast

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    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

  • Beauty and the Beast

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    Beauty and the Beast Disney is an excellent example of a Media corporation as it is known worldwide, go any where in the world and ask someone about Mickey Mouse or Daffy Duck and they will know that you are talking about

  • Beauty And The Beast: Attraction Between Beauty And The Beast

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    children. While other fairy tales express much more complex concepts such as communism. In the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, the power and effects of attraction are shown. The attraction between Beauty and Beast was so strong that Beast almost died when Beauty left him longer than he expected. Beauty however returned to Beast and he was transformed into a prince. The fairy tale Beauty and the Beast shows the relationship between men and women, how it evolves, and the effects that they have on the people

  • Beauty And The Beast Comparison

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    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

  • Analysis Of Beauty And The Beast

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    In the “Beauty and the Beast” by Madame Leprince de Beaumont she talks in her fairy tale how money was very important for the characters within the story. She also talks about how people could fall in love with another and that it does not matter if a person is not a good looking person that their feelings were more important. In my new adaptation of “Beauty and the Beast”. I put the character of the Beast from Madame’s fairy tale in my adaptation he is a man because I want to show how a good looking

  • Beauty And The Beast Symbolism

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    Disney’s 1991 film edition of Beauty and the Beast both convey the message of how one must sacrifice something to show their true love towards another, however Disney’s version of the story sends the message more effectively. To begin with, the Beast in the published story demonstrates how he is empathetic after Beauty requests to see her father and he says, "than give you the least uneasiness. I will send you to your father…” [Le Prince de Beaumont 6]. As the Beast grants Beauty’s desire to reunite

  • Differences In The Beauty And The Beast

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    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

  • Beauty And The Beast Analysis

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    lives. Beauty and the Beast by Andrew Lang was technically told orally far before stories were written down, but tells the story of a family who runs into a terrible misfortune and loses everything it owns. After moving away, however, the members of the family think their luck has changed. Unfortunately, more misfortune befalls them when the father of the family comes across a horrible Beast and is given an ultimatum; he is to either bring back one of his daughters to live with the Beast forever

  • Beauty And The Beast Belle

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    Brumley, Jared Writing 121 Mr. Rodger March, Beauty and The Beast Beauty and The Beast, is a classic for most children in America. This film has a stunning storyline, mixed in with great music, and a classic love tale. Looking deeper into a gender based lens you’ll see that many of the roles within the cast have many traits that you’d expect out of a Disney film. The main characters are the finest examples of this. The trait of being gentle and kind as a female drives this story even

  • The Trouble with Beauty and the Beast

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    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

  • Masculinity In Beauty And The Beast

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    masculinity, rewarding those that fit the gender roles socialized by society. An early version of “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont’s

  • Beauty And The Beast Stereotypes

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    In my RIP Project, I wrote an unique version of the fairytale “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont. The overall arch of the tale is the same as it ends in a “happily ever after”; however, the plot, message, characterization, setting, and tone are different as I import aspects from other fairytales such as Cinderella and Little Red Riding Hood. Especially since my tale has a more mature message than just a simple moral, it is directed towards a different age group, adults who

  • Symbolism In Beauty And The Beast

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    Beauty and the Beast is one of the oldest fairytales known to man. A little bit of fantasy with a little bit of fiction. It provides life lessons that society, deems important to learn. Throughout the years one lesson has remained constant beauty is only skin deep. Generation to generation the story has been passed down, changing ever so slightly but still maintaining that fairytale edge. Differences are slim but still recognizable. In Beaumont's  version that we had read in class Beauty and the

  • Roofs In Beauty And The Beast

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    rose these oral tails became translated into short stories. One of the most renowned fairy tails was that of Beauty and the Beast ( most famously scripted by de Villeneuve and

  • Masculinity In The Beauty And The Beast

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    With the release of the Beauty and the Beast in 1991, it was obvious that the representation of Disney's male characters has shifted to a new masculine ideals. Susan Jeffords argued that “while, '80s action-adventure films gloried in spectacular scenes of destruction, '90s films are telling audiences that these men were actually being self-destructive. At the cost of their personal and family lives, '80s heroes were rescuing armies, corporations, and ancient artifacts. Now, they're out to save themselves

  • Analysis Of The Beauty And The Beast

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    The Beauty and the Beast: Criticisms of External and Internal Influences in Literature In 1965, Bob Dylan released an album to the public titled Bringing it all Back Home and within, it contained one of his more popular songs entitled “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” (USF P:7). In the Seagull Reader, it states the dedication ‘for Bob Dylan’ that Joyce Carol Oates placed before the short story Where are you Going, Where have you Been? and many have wondered why (Oates 337). This short story is based