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Beauty And The Beast Character Analysis

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“Beauty and the Beast” is one of the most famous movies produced by Disney, which ends with another “happily ever after”. Made in the 1900’s it portrays many lessons that teach children how to act and behave. However, messages in the film depict wrong ways to handle situations with various examples of gender stereotypes.
One of the main themes in this movie is love. In order for Beast to be a “man” again, he needs to find true love. When he had the chance to do it, he kept Belle in his castle to find a connection. However, I think that he used her to get what he wanted even though he ended up loving her. In addition, both Belle and Beast fell in love quickly, when Beast saved Belle from the wolves. He explained to his servants that he never …show more content…

He has a masculine type of body and is sexist towards females. However, the people in town love him because of his handsome face. This can show many boys that in order to be liked and be popular you have to be attractive and make yourself feel superior to woman.
Additionally, Beast does look scary, but once Belle took the time to know him she clearly did not care about his outer beauty. He is very kind, gentle and needed someone to give him a chance to show it. You learn that people should not judge a person by their appearance, but their inner beauty. In fact, as soon as Gaston knew about Beast, he called him a monster that will attack the town and he needs to be killed. He ignored all of Belle’s explanations and called her crazy. Gaston was jealous because all he wanted was Belle to be the mother of his children.
In conclusion, there are many hidden messages in Disney movies. Usually, these movies are targeted to a younger audience from the ages of 5 and above. Young children will not understand any deep meaning about a certain situation because they simply do not care about any of that. However, they do watch the movements and animation involved which can affect them in some

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