Belle is not wearing a bow in her ponytail, instead she is wearing a loose single braid down her back. Neither is she wearing brown ballet flats as her shoe choice, she is wearing brown boots. This is a change that shows hegemonic masculinity. This scene portrays Belle as being less feminine than the 1991 version does. A bow and ballet flats portray a sense of femininity, while a braid and boots portray a sense of 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 …show more content…
Belle’s character in the 1991 version can be seen multiple times holding back remarks to either Gaston as he tries to win her hand in marriage and the Beast as he keeps her as a prisoner. During the time that this movie was released, women were standing up for themselves. However, the animated version still showed Belle as being passive rather than active. In the 2017 version Belle demonstrated a more accurate representation of how women behave. Therefore in the live action remake there are multiple instances where a progression has been make from the animated one to keep up with the change in views. When the Beast tells Belle that he is keeping Maurice a prisoner because he was trespassing and stole a rose from his garden. Belle responds by arguing calling him a liar. She also interrupts the Beast stating to punish her instead of her father. In the live action remake, Belle’s character questions the hegemonic belief of how women should act compared to the animated