The Beauty is forced to marry the beast by her family. At the begining she doesnt like this and she sees the beast as a beast. But as time passes she starts seeing him as a man because she understands him better. This story was written at a time when forced marriages were common
shareYes, that's what the original story was about. I don't think this movie has that kind of message, though.
shareshe is not forced to marry anyone. She volunteers to go and live with the beast to save her father. the story was written at a time when arranged marriages were quite common among the upper classes (arranged and forced are not the same thing), but Beauty does not marry the beast in the story, in fact she refuses him repeatedly. she only agrees to marry him after she has fallen in love with him.
share(arranged and forced are not the same thing),
but Beauty does not marry the beast in the story, in fact she refuses him repeatedly. she only agrees to marry him after she has fallen in love with him.
:http://surlalunefairytales.com/beautybeast/notes.html#NINETEEN
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. She must come willingly: This point is made in many versions of the tale. Beauty must replace her father willingly and cannot be forced to go except by her own conscience.
In From the Beast to the Blonde, Marina Warner theorizes that many fairy tales were created to comfort daughters who faced arranged marriages and leaving their homes to live in the unknown household of their in-laws. While the daughter is reluctant to leave, she is ultimately rewarded with a happy marriage through her honor of her parents and the initial sacrifice of her desires.
Here's something else
Do You love me, Beauty? Will you marry me? This question is a common refrain in many versions of the tale, usually asked daily after dinner but before Beauty retires to her room to sleep. The question inspires both pity and fear in Beauty and the tale's readers. No one is sure whether the Beast will be angered by a negative response, but Beauty cannot bring herself to answer anything but no despite the possible harm she might receive as a result. Later, as the story progresses, readers wonder if Beauty will change her mind and marry the Beast who is kind and gentle to her.
In the original story by Villeneuve (see SurLaLune's History of Beauty and the Beast), instead of asking Beauty to marry him each night—a familiar refrain in modern versions of the story—the Beast asks Beauty, "May I sleep with you tonight?"
From the introduction to Beauty and the Beast Tales From Around the World:
The question, while risqué, is not merely suggestive or erotic. It implies control and choice for Beauty over her own body and sexuality, something that was not legally hers or that of any woman who was handed over as property in marriage to a husband in centuries past. The Beast is no true beast since he never forces his physical desires upon her despite any rights implied by her presence in his home in what today may be considered a common law marriage, although the construct didn’t exist in Villeneuve’s time.
What part of my post are you exactly addressing?
shareWell it is not as seen in this movie
shareThe original story is a metaphor for arranged marriage but Disney's adaptation is not. Belle isn't forced to marry anyone.
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