Comparing Beaumont's Beauty And The Beast

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There are many differences between Beaumont’s version of “Beauty and the Beast,” (London: Abercorn, 1756) and Disney’s film of “Beauty and the Beast.” (New York: 1991) The primary focus of the story line in both versions is that “Beauty,” gets to know the “Beast,” and slowly but surely grows to love him, even with his Beastly attributes. In each version, Beauty’s father innocently upsets the Beast and is given a choice to pay for his offense, unless someone else is willing to take his place. His daughter is selfless and refuses to let her father be taken by the Beast, therefore surrendering herself to the Beast in place of her father’s. Both stories have a magic mirror, “with only window to outside world,” (dvd) from which they can see whatever…show more content…
He soon, “lost his fortune,” (32) and had to move to a small country house far from town. His youngest daughter was nicknamed “Beauty,” and not only was she more “beautiful than her sister’s, she was also better behaved.” (33) For that reason they were always very envious of their little sister and made her do all the housework by herself. “The good merchant knew that Beauty could stand out in company in a way his sisters could not. He admired the virtue of his daughter, above all her patience. The sisters not only made her do all the housework, they also insulted her whenever they could.”…show more content…
They even go, as far as to scheme an evil plan, “Why should this little beast enjoy more happiness than we do? Aren’t we more likeable than she is? Dearest sister, I have an idea. Let’s try to keep Beauty here for more then a week. Her stupid Beast will get angry when he see’s that she has broken her promise, and maybe he’ll eat her up.”(40) In the Disney version the greatest conflict was Gaston chasing after Beauty looking to marry her. In Disney’s version the story begins with a young man being mean to an old hag. She offers him a single rose in exchange of shelter in the castle. He tells her no but turns out to be a beautiful enchantress who transforms him into a hideous beast. The spell needs to be broken by his twenty first year or he will be doomed to remain a beast for all time. “Until the last petal fell, if he could learn to love another and for someone to love him back only then could he return into a human.”(dvd) The spell wasn’t just cast on him, but his whole kingdom as well. He had “lost all hope for who could ever learn to love a Beast.”
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