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Comparing The Disney Film 'Beauty And The Beast'

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Consider the character of Gaston, an addition to the original story. What is his function in the film? Why might his addition be necessary for today’s audiences? In the Disney film “Beauty and the Beast”, Gaston is a callous and brutish man who thinks he deserves anything he wants just because he is good-looking. “No one says no to Gaston!” He has always been around people who build him up, such as his awkward, little friend, LeFou, who even sings a song about how great Gaston is. Gaston has never learned humility or how to be gentle. Gaston is a symbol for Belle’s sisters, for she has no sisters in the Disney movie. Gaston and the sisters from the original story “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont, have a lot of

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