Show me the BEAST!

Most princes that we see in Disney movies come across to me as “transparent”. They are just the male counterpart coming to rescue the main character and to live happily ever after  THE END? REALLY? Like seriously thinking back at all the movies Disney made, they put so much focus on beauty and female daffodils (although I liked the movies) it would have been better for Disney to make a movie focusing on a prince, which they did. We don’t really hear his name in the movie, but we find out that his name is Prince Adam aka the “Beast”.

(Disney did many movies towards male roles (Aladdin, Hercules, Lion King), but I felt that since the Beast was a prince, they never did a focus towards a prince perspective)

For our academic articles that were assigned to do, I decided to find an article based on Disney characters and found one on Beauty and the Beast! Haha yay me! But from reading the article, it explained that the movie was more towards a male transformation and perspective rather than on a female. I am going to call him Beast for now lol xD

 

So when we first meet Beast, we see it through pictures and come across as a spoiled brat who is too pampered. That fairy was able to give him the gift of the look of a beast and teach him a lesson to see that there is more to life than just having everything come so easily with the snap of a finger. Of course it totally sucks that you turn into something out of your comfort zone. It made him angry and also very afraid, for the fact that he was never able to meet another person all he could portray was anger and arrogance. There are those moments we see that vulnerable beast, especially when he's afraid or disappointed. 

 

I mean if I got a bunch of zits for a punishment I would be really sad ):

Then Belle came into his life and in a way it helped him transform him and open his eyes to a new light of living a life. He could be able to see that it is possible to feel differently and that someone could also love him back. 

 

We were able to see his transformation throughout the movie starting from eating properly, lowering his temper, being more open minded, and even giving Belle a library. 

As a way to break the spell, Belle was his motivation to really try and change himself in order to gain her love and trust. In the very end we see that physical appearances don't really matter if we are able to look within the heart of someone. 

It really went to the moral of “be yourself” because although Beast was physically not who he was, Belle was able to see past it all and see who Adam truly was. And in the end, both were able to find someone to love for who they really are. A bookworm/beauty and a loving prince/beast.

Peace out!

Nikki (: