...The film takes place presumably in the late 18th century. In the film's prologue, an enchantress disguised as an old beggar woman offers a selfish young prince a rose in exchange for a night's shelter from the extreme cold, as a test of his heart and emotion. When he turns her away, repulsed by her old and ugly appearance and sneering at the simple but lovely gift, she turns into an Enchantress and punishes him by transforming him into an ugly beast and turns his servants into furniture and other household items. She gives him a magic mirror that will enable him to view faraway events, and also gives him the rose. He must love and be loved in return before all the rose's petals have fallen off, or he will remain a beast forever. Years later, the film's beauty queen, young and enthusiastic lady, a hopeful dreamer, called Belle, is the smartest, best-read person in a small provincial French town. As such, she is hotly pursued by Gaston, the lantern-jawed man. Wandering through her village while reading a book, Belle becomes the focus of a spectacular opening number that captures the atmosphere of the whole film. Bit by bit, the population trickles out to greet Belle and gossip about her, while she herself bemoans the small-mindedness of the place. This beautiful girl is the daughter of Maurice, who is an old inventor, still trying to rise as a phoenix and turn his dreams into a beautiful reality, that offers a better future for his family. Maurice's latest invention is a...
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...Beauty and the Beast is a wonderful children’s movie, its directed by: Gary Trousdale, and Kirk Wise, and produced by: Don Hahn. Disney is the main sponsor and gives the movie the best cast of artist and musicians. Who would except anything else from Disney, they are the best at children’s films. At the same time, Disney succeeds in teaching our children a very vital lesson in life, how good looks and fame is not the key to true love. Marian Belle is the main character, she lives with her father who is considered by the town a loony man therefore, Belle is also looked upon the town as being a little out of the ordinary. Even so, she is the most beautiful girl in the town, her name means beauty and it is shown with her wonderful appearance throughout the duration of the movie. Gaston a very courageous and dignified worrier, who is in love with Belle and wishes to marry her. Moreover every women and man in the town look up to him and would do anything for him. Nonetheless, Belle sees right through his beauty and recognizes him as a mean and conceded fool who does not know how to love. Meanwhile there is a prince in a near by castle who wakes up to a widow knocking on his door. When he answers she offers him a rose for shelter out of the cold. When he consistently said no the widow turned into a prices. He tried to apologize but it was too late. The curse of the flower turned him into a beast. Consequently, the curse can not be broken until he finds a woman to love him from within...
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...Sistem Kasta Masyarakat India Sistem Kasta merupakan satu bentuk stratifikasi social yang membahagikan rakyat india kepada beberapa kumpulan dan peringkat yang menentukan identiti, taraf dan kerja yang harus dilaksanakan semenjak dulu lagi. Perkataan “kasta” adalah berasal dari perkataan portugis dan Sepanyol iaitu “Casta” yang membawa maksud bangsa dan keturunan. Istilah “Casta” pertama kali digunakan oleh Pengembara Portugis yang datang ke India pada abad ke-16. Menurut masyarakat india sesiapa yang lahir dalam sistem ini mesti mengikut dan mangamalkan tugas yang telah ditetapkan oleh mereka pada masa silam. Terdapat empat jenis peringkat atau kumpulan yang mengasingkan antara satu sama lain iaitu Brahmin, Ksatriya, Vaisya dan Sudra. Sistem kasta bukan sahaja menetapkan pekerjaan seseorang, malahan tabiat pemakanan dan interaksi dengan ahli kasta yang lain juga turut serta. Pekerjaan-pekerjaan kaum Brahmin, Ksatriya, Vaishya, dan Sudras adalah berbeza, harmoni dengan tiga kuasa yang berkaitan dengan kelahiran mereka. Brahmin terdiri daripada paderi dan guru yang berkulit putih dan peranan kaum Brahmin adalah keamanan; harmoni, Penjimatan, dan kesucian, kecintaan-kemaafan dan peribadi yang murni; berwawasan, berhikmah dan berkepercayaan. Ksatriya pula terdiri daripada pendekar dan pemerintah yang berkulit merah dan peranan kaum Ksatriya minda seorang perwira, berdarah panas, keteguhan, kepintaran, berani dalam perang, pemurah dan seorang pemimpin yang baik. Perdagangan, pertanian...
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...1.) Analysis of all characters Belle: A bookish young woman who falls in love with the Beast and finds the kind-hearted human inside him. She is beautiful, deep, intelligent and loves to read. Belle at times can also be stubborn but she is not afraid to speak her mind. She usually wears a blue outfit along with a blue ribbon in her hair. She is"unaware" of her own beauty and made her "a little odd”. Beast: A cold-hearted prince transformed into a beast as punishment for his selfishness, but later warms, with the help of Belle, and ends up being transformed back into a handsome prince as a reward. He was once a selfish, greedy prince because a poor young beggar asked him for shelter for the night, and he refused. The beggar was actually an enchantress and turning him into a monster. After, Beast fell in love with belle and became a good man for he refused to kill Gaston and didn't want to stoop to his level. Gaston: A highly egotistical hunter who vies for Belle's hand in marriage and is determined not to let anyone else win her heart, even if it means killing her true love. He is a big line-ups of good-looking men with deep voices". Gaston is the main villain in the “Beauty and the Beast” movie. He is a sexist, chauvinistic hunter who wants to marry Belle just so he can brag about it and to give him sons that he can mold at his will. Belle sees him as nothing more than a rude, selfish, chauvinist, barbarian-brained lunkhead and sexist man who is unworthy of her time. Lumiere:...
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...Beauty and The Beast From ”A Fractured Fairy Tale” by A.J. Jacobs This is a modern interpretation of the classic fairy tale. Jacobs took all the clichés from the classic fairy-tale, and either commented on them or simply altered them slightly. A good example of Jacobs commenting on the classic fairy-tale writing would be the introduction to the fairy tale, in which he wrote: “Once upon a time there was a magnificent golden castle on a silver cloud high up in the sky, which has nothing to do with anything because our story is about an old woodchopper who lived in a shack, but that's a good way to start a fairy tale.” This is a somewhat fairy tale classic since it starts with the characteristic “Once upon a time…”, but Jacobs have merely altered it a bit and states that it’s simply a pleasing way to start a fairy tale. At the time the reader gets past this, he or she instantly realise that this is no regular fairy tale. Another rather significant difference between this interpretation and the original fairy tale is that in this story, the main protagonist is the “beast” and the prince she is pursuing is, at first glance, the beauty. Our main protagonist is described as somewhat ugly, hence her feeling very lonely. In order to cope with her loneliness, her father brought her a mule. And then something interesting happens: She tries to kiss the mule, in a desperate attempt to turn the mule into a magnificent prince. The interesting thing about this is that she somehow...
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...Cassy Bagramian 10/2/12 Eng. 250- Reid In fairy tales found in many European countries, Beast in Beauty and the Beast is often depicted as a snake. In many other tales, his form is left up to the imagination. As for the snake representation, Bettelheim explains it as being a symbol for children’s fear of sex; they often view it as being beastly and frightening. When the prince turns back into his human form, the reader finds out that he was turned into a snake as a consequence for seducing an orphan. Snakes represent lust and they “seek satisfaction without benefit of a human relation” (306). The prince needed to find an “unselfish love willing to sacrifice itself for the beloved” to break his curse (306). Beauty’s father stealing a rose for her catalyzed all of the tragic events in the story. Bettelheim believes the breaking off of the rose symbolized the loss of one’s virginity, meaning the loss of one’s innocence. Because the prince is still in his Beast form, it goes along with the fear that sex is a beastly desire. As events unfolded, it went from a negative experience to “one of deep humanity and love.” Overall, Beauty and the Beast “depicts what true love is all about” (306). Beast is just as beautiful as Beauty. They both have completely unselfish hearts and are willing to sacrifice whatever for each other. Bettelheim explains that the tale teaches children that although men and woman look very different, if their personalities match up well together...
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...Fairy tales bring dreams and memories to most children during the time of growing up, as what Serger mentioned, “Whatever out culture, there are universal stories that form the basis for all our particular stories”, fairy tales are usually made up according to these universal stories which include archetypes that have typical characters and give us particular impression. In the fairy tale, Beauty and the Beast, the protagonist Maria, the beauty, is a typical innocent archetype at the beginning, because she is young, inexperienced, and abducted by the beast; however, this story does not simply describe the protagonist into a single archetype, but gives her the characteristics of a hero as well, because she is brave, willing to leave to a strange...
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...Cast: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans Director: Bill Condon in-2017-disney-will-bring-us-a-live-action-adaptation-of-the-animated-classic-beauty-and-the-beast-in-which-emma-watson-and-dan-stevens-will-star Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 2 - May 5, 2017 The sequel to 2014's "Guardians of the Galaxy" is expected to return the entire main cast, including Chris Pratt as leading man Peter Quill. Cast: Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Bradley Cooper Director: James Gunn 1407699918 Star Wars: Episode VIII (Title TBD) - May 26, 2017 The eighth episode of the Star Wars saga, still untitled, is set for release in May of 2017. Director Rian Johnson has previously directed "Looper" as well as several episodes of "Breaking Bad". Cast: Daisy Ridley, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford Director: Rian Johnson...
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...The story of “Frog King” is talking about a frog and the king’s youngest daughter, which is very beautiful. Form this story, I learned that everyone should be integrity and feel grateful, and then we will get happiness. Just like the princess and the frog. Frog helped princess before, so she did all the things according to frog’s requirement even though the princess do not want to keep her promise originally. Anyhow, the princess comes true her own words. If not, they will not get such happy ending. Beauty is such an obedient girl and she loves the beast although he is so ugly. It will be seen from this that beauty not just judge the beast by his looks. Personally, “Beauty and the beast” is similar with “Frog king”. The frog and the beast are all prince who had cast a spell on them. In some degrees, the princess and beauty are both honest and trust worthy so that they deserve living with their husband for a long time in perfect happiness. In my opinion, the reason of two heroine can get happiness at the end is their own high quality. They are worth to have happiness. The stories also warned people should be trustworthy, always grateful, obedient and never judge people form appearances. I've never noticed the ownership of fairy tales before I read the third article. It reminds me the ownership is so important. However, different people have different opinions. Besides, it also makes the fairy tale even greater in my...
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...2. The beauty and the beast and Bluebeard contain very similar characteristics especially with the main characters being described with the same exact words as wealthy, and ugly meanwhile the female characters are beautiful, confident and loving. The reason why these tales are created is so they can teach the audience that looks aren’t everything, and that we should never limit ourselves on what we want or deserve. One thing those two fairy tales have in common is how the characters are described in almost the very same way which includes their looks described as frighteningly ugly, being powerful, their wealth, and how they fall in love with beautiful girls. As we come to discuss their difference beauty and the beast is actually based on true...
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...head that their son needs an adventure. The country use to have a tenth kingdom that got struck by a plague, meaning all the treasure is still in the kingdom, and the King wants his son to find it. Not trusting his son alone, the King sends the countries best huntsman with him as a guide. Meeting a girl in a red hood, Petra, who has a stage attraction to wolves, the odd trio sets off. Where her name is not Aurora, but Beauty, she wakes up as soon as the Prince kisses her slash when the huntsman binds the prick on her finger. Instantly...
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...Disney's Beauty and the Beast can be seen as a very honest way of depicting how society feels about the gender roles of men and women. Firstly, of the main characters, two out of the three are in fact males. The interesting thing about this balance is that despite there being a higher number of males in the film, they are both shown to be at least partially villainous. Throughout the entirety of the film, the only two characters, main or otherwise, who truly embody and possess typically masculine characteristics (chivalry, a wish to fight to protect women, strength etc) are both depicted as being wrong, evil, and negative. The first of these two men is Gaston. Gaston is by all accounts, the villain of the piece. His great crime? He believes that he has a duty to woo Belle, something which in context is not such a bad act. He believes, according to the long espoused value of men being the ones to make the first move, of men being the ones who are forced to take the rejection when it comes and of men being the ones who are forced to make themselves entirely powerless in the relationship, that he should try to make Belle love him. This value is not a misogynistic value, and is in fact a value that has been endorsed throughout the entirety of time, as it places women on a pedestal as special and deserving of extra privilege. Gaston's other crime, as far as watchers of the film (and in fact Belle, the only character in the piece who is really deserving of positive reactions in full...
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...masculinity. The rhetor is aiming to make a progressive move from the older version of the movie to state that not all girls roam around wearing ballet flats and bows in their hair nowadays. Between 1991 and 2017 Belle’s hobby has seemed to have been changed as well. In the 1991 Beauty and the Beast, the audience sees Belle wander around the town all day reading her beloved books and petting sheep. She...
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...Dr. Seuss once said, “From there to here, and here to there, funny things are everywhere.” The text “Beauty and the Beast”, written by Dave Barry follows those words and makes a typical topic of gender differences into a hilarious content. It explores the different level of importance that men and women give to the way others perceive them using the mainstream stereotype of men, who cares less about their perception, as opposed to women, who obsess over theirs, as a basis for outlining this text. He provides many reasons and examples that support his thesis of men having no interest in his or anyone’s appearance compared to women who torment themselves with their appearance. These reasons and examples, though mostly stereotypic, are debatable in their humor aspect when viewed through...
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...Arjun Sharma ENG106-E1 Fall 2012- C.Morando Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast is one of Disney’s classic creations that engages the reader with a fusion of simplicity and emotion. The movie remains a cult among Disney fans and has continued to spread the tale and it’s enlightening charm. The plot being the perfect embodiment of a Disney movie follows a simple yet magical path. We have a small town girl who meets and surprisingly falls in love with the Beast prince in an effort to free her father. However these two protagonists must ensue several obstacles along their path in order to ensure that their love remains preserved. Disney has always had the touch of thrilling the viewers with unique and complex villain’s, and this time it certainly doesn’t disappoint with Gaston. Gaston here doesn’t follow the traditional profile and trend of a Disney character, he isn’t the handsome hero saving a princess from a monster but rather Disney portrays him as the self-centered and arrogant male who will go above boundaries to get what he wants. An interesting role swap by Disney that adds to the realism and authencity carried out by the villain itself. The Gaston song is one scene that not only caught my attention instantly but also played a crucial role in defining Gaston’s normative traits and portraying his egocentric personality. The Gaston song accurately highlights the conventional traits of masculinity however also portrays the heteronormative path society incorporates...
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