Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast reflects the value of acceptance and teaches its viewers to give more importance to the personality and character of an individual rather than his or her physical appearance. Belle was scared staying in the house with the Beast, but as days passed she realized that the Beast was kind, gentle, and honest. Belle and the Beast became close to one another. The story revolved on how the two fell in love with each other despite their differences. The films main focus was the importance of personality rather then appearance. 

Beauty and the Beast is considered one of Disney’s best animated films. the tale of Beauty and the Beast dates back to over two-hundred years ago. Based on the classic French fairy tail, it tells the story of Belle a intelligent young women who is sworn by the townspeople for being more into books, then boys. Belle’s father gets lost in the woods, and is captured by the forbidding Beast, who was once a handsome prince who was turned into a monster by a witch. On a stormy winter night an old beggar women showed up on the steps of the princes door, she seeked shelter for the night, and in return she would give the prince a rose. Seeing that the old women was not very appealing, he shut the door in her face. The women then knocked again, when the prince opened the door instead of being greeted by an ugly old lady, he was greeted by a beautiful enchantress. She had seen that the prince had no beauty in his heart, and  for a punishment she put a curse on him, thus turning him into a beast.


Belle traveled into the woods in search of her father. When Belle comes in contact with the Beast, he agrees to release her father only if she agrees to stay with him forever. The Beast’s servants, a clock, a candlestick, and a teapot look to Belle as their salvation. If the Beast and a women fall in love before his twenty-first birthday then he and his servants will be released from the curse.  Repulsed, Belle soon finds much to appreciate in the Beast’s hidden tender nature.


According to most movie critics Beauty and the Beast expresses a moral lesson that can be easily recognized and understood by children. Who you are, and what you are matters more then your appearance. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover. In the case of the Beast, he was a very handsome prince, but throughout the movie he was also stubborn and hard hearted. I believe that being cursed changed him, he became a nice individual who learned how to love and care for others. Belle is a kind hearted girl who I also believe helped changed the ways of the Beast. At the end of the movie, Belle and the Beast fall in love, the curse is broken, and he turns back into a handsome prince.  No one should ever be quick to judge someone on how they look. Treat others the way you would want to be treated, and in return you will receive so much.

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