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Beauty and the Beast

            there really such a thing as a feminist fairy tale?.
             Fairy tales are ancient stories that entertain the masses and teach morals to children. They are considered oral traditions that are passed down through the centuries as a tool to teach children how to act and think. In today's society some of those moral messages are being questioned. Beauty and the Beast is an age old fairy tale that is not about the passive female role. Like most fairy tales of that time it is partially rooted in the negative female role, but is also the most feminist fairy tale that has come out of that age. The female characters are usually obedient, silent, and helpless. Yet Beauty is a much more developed and intelligent character that doesn't fit the basic mold. This helps give children a more positive female outlook at the most crucial time in their learning, they also begin to see the strength in many old world fictional characters. The Beast in this tale does not control Beauty he is in a sense more intimidated by her and her beauty. This explains the need for both the Beast and Beauty to learn to love past beauty. This more female centered route of Beauty and the Beast was also used by Disney.
             Interpretation for Children.
             In the case of Beauty and the Beast their are many different forms of interpretation for young girls. At young ages they absorb all this information that leads them into their certain roads in life. The strength of the female love in this tale allows children to see what a difference it can make. Beauty and the Beast proves the female love can redefine the brute in man and this inspires a more liberal dream for love in children. This dream for love was more based in the female role because of the major role Beauty plays in the process. It is not that she falls in love with her male counterpart but he begins the process. The emphasis on beauty and appearance proves to be a tool in teaching children how to love past beauty as Beauty had to.


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1. Beauty And The Beast

Beauty's sisters talk her into breaking her promise to the Beast in order to bring about Beauty's downfall. ... In the story, "Beauty and the Beast", Beauty makes a mistake. ... In spite of Beauty's envious and evil sisters, the Beast's monstrous looks, and Beauty's slip-up, the ending of "Beauty and the Beast" is a happy one. Beauty ends up with the Beast, who is now a handsome graceful young prince. ... There are many similarities in de Beaumont's "Beauty and the Beast" ...

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2. Beauty

Clothing is an eye catcher of beauty. ... For instance the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast", the beast is a very scary looking person from the outside, but his inner beauty is what makes him so polite, gentle, loving. This is what made "Beauty" love him, the beast's soul. ... It simply brings the beauty found in inner beauty and that is what is seen in a lover's eye. ... Seeing two people going this far is beauty. ...

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3. Beauty and the Beast Gender Roles

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4. Beauty and the beast

In the story of Ugly and the Beast, Ugly is actually the beauty character. ... Ugly and the Beast is geared more towards adult audiences, while the Disney version Beauty and the Beast is oriented toward children. ... Walker, author of Ugly and the Beast, takes a very satirical yet down-to-earth view on the beauty and the beast story. ... In both of the more modern versions, the beauty character is much stronger than she is in the traditional version of beauty and the beast. ... The story of beauty and the beast is a window to human nature and society. ...

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5. Beauty And Beast

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6. Beauty and the Beast As Good As It Gets

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7. Beauty and Beast

Beauty and the Beast is a wonderful children's movie, its directed by: Gary Trousdale, and Kirk Wise, and produced by: Don Hahn. ... Which is created throughout the movie of Beauty and the Beast released in 1991 with the most sincere reviews and touching style. ... Nonetheless, Belle sees right through his beauty and recognizes him as a mean and conceded fool who does not know how to love. ... The curse of the flower turned him into a beast. ... I had no intent of finding such classless attitude toward women and men along with the repeated chauvinistic ways portrayed in a Disney film with...

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8. The Beast Within Beauty

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9. Deconstructive Criticism: Beauty and the Beast

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