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I have not read the books, but by reading the bios on them it really reminds me of the old TV show Beauty & the Beast. I am wondering if anyone has read them and can make that comparison. I loved that show and would be ecstatic to rediscover a similar story line.
in a way it is, in a way its not.
Beauty in the beast is a kids disney movie, that was great and had a great story line.
However, twilight is more of romance and everything. Please read it. I PROMISE you will like it.
omg I don't read at all, i hate reading, but I read all three of these books in less than a week.
You REALLYYY get to know the characters, and you will melt reading them.
Trust me. I REALLY STRONGLY recomend them.
They are the best books ever. Seriously. Please try it.
A clip featuring the theme song from Beauty and the Beast. 6 million views? 0_0 Looks like we got ourselves a lot of Disney fans out there.....
I have a very vague idea of what the connection may be but i need support and details or atleast examples in the story to support any claims
Any version of Beauty and the Beast will do
including the tale of Cupid and Psyche
Interesting question.
The most obvious connection is that the main character (Beauty/Psyche and Oedipus) doesn't know the true identity of her/his "lover" (using the term loosely in Beauty's case).
Beauty doesn't know that Beast is actually a transformed man; Oedipus doesn't know that Jocasta is his mother. Of course, in one case, the known person (Beast) is less appealing than the character's true identity, while in the other (Jocasta), it's the true identity that should repel the protagonist. That is, Beauty falls for Beast *even though* he is a beast; if she knew he was really a man, she'd fall faster. For Oedipus, it's the opposite: if he knew Jocasta was his mother, he'd never have married her.
There's also the issue of curses. Oedipus' father was cursed, just at the Beast was cursed. Beast's curse was one that could be undone, while Laius' curse was destined to play out from the beginning. There was no antidote. In Laius' curse, innocent people suffered. With the Beast's curse, only Beast suffered.
Cupid and Psyche is an interesting twist, at least when it comes to the action of the story. In this case, it's Psyche's actions and revelation of the hidden identity (hiding the light and waking Cupid) that set up a kind of curse--on Psyche. You could also argue that it is Psyche herself who is "cursed" for being too beautiful and is therefore sent away from her family, although she did nothing to deserve the punishment (unlike Laius or Beast). It was entirely due to a goddess's jealousy. Again, this is different from both Oedipus Rex and Beauty and the Beast, in which it is the guilty party who is cursed, and the cursed is the person whose identity is unknown.
I have always loved the story of Beauty and the Beast, and did an independent study on it, Cupid and Psyche, and C.S. Lewis's book "Til We Have Faces" in college.
In the Disney movie Beauty and the Beast, I never realized how scary the Beast actually is. Does anyone know what type of animal, or what types of animals he's supposed to be?
A lion. not sure why.
I have a quote from cinderella " the right pair of shoes can change your life" which she never actually says but its something she could say based on the movie. Now i need something for belle in beauty and the beast. Any ideas? I thought probably something about how beauty is whats inside a person not outside. But i need a short clever quote.
Something about books, sheep, Gaston, and singing dressers and candlesticks.
I am a connoisseur of fine props. And it just so happens that my drama department is putting on the broadway version of the greatly loved musical "The Beauty and the Beast." So i have been appointed to create the rose. I have the design of the rose down. But i need to know how to make the petals fall to the table from the rose. Much obliged.
Well ! You may make a contrivance of springs. You may also make with light adhesive that immediately wears out withslight jirk. Sticker zip may work.
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