The Role Of Id In Beauty And The Beast

Beauty and the Beast is the story that tells about the beauty and there are different kinds of the beauty. Beauty is words that can not only put in as a fairness on an individual person but also beauty can be determined as per the personality and the attitude of the person. In Beauty and the Beast the word ‘Beauty’ is emphasising three characters of the story, Beauty, Beast and Gaston. These three characters define beauty in many different way which is studied by the Freud’s theory of story. Beauty is a reoccurring motif that works as per Freud’s reading on Id, Ego and Superego for Belle, Kyle Kingson and Gaston in beauty and the beast.

Id is that operates pleasure principal, Belle plays a role of Id in the Beauty and the Beast. Firstly, Belle sacrifices herself for her father and tell father that she will go and stay with the beast. “He cried
Also, Kyle Kingson had Ego and Superego, because when Beast was young king of the castle and was a human he was very proud of himself didn’t let anyone else come in his way. “Young Prince lived in a shining castle although he had everything his heart desired, the prince was spoiled, selfish and unkind” said the narrator of Beauty and the Beast (Listverse Staff , 2009). This examines that, Kyle Kingson (beast) was not taking good care of his position and power and which also lead to a conflict. Therefore, a lady gave cursed to Kyle Kingson and turned him into the Beast which lead to Superego, due to this beast started to hate himself and started feeling guilty about himself for not treating anyone right. “She was still afraid of his fearful-looking face.”, said by the narrator (Beast, 2015). This situation explains that, Beast was feeling guilty for himself and also he cannot impress any women because of his looks. Last but not least, Superego and Ego are two factors are change an individual’s thinking and feeling about themselves or