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    010489267 Eng. 0950-110 Reflections of Beauty and the Beast In the essay “Beauty and the Beast” by Dave Barry he discusses the different views on how men see their appearance in comparison to women. He talks about how “most men form an opinion of how they look in the seventh grade‚ and they stick to it for the rest of their lives.”(368) While women on the other hand “No matter how attractive a woman may appear to be to others‚ when she looks at herself in the mirror‚ she thinks: woof.” (369)

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    Adam J. Greenberg English 105 7/23/2007 The Morning Star Rita Dove’s poem Daystar really gives the reader a lot to think about. At first‚ we learn about a woman who seems to be under a lot of stress‚ some sleeping children and a man that takes what he desires from the woman. Through the use of specific words and phrases the reader is intended to make initial assumptions about the characters. However‚ after reading the poem a few more times‚ evaluating and scrutinizing the words and phrases‚

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    1)educated guesses about the values and/or ideology your hero/heroine represents - the idea of “transformation” in a very literal sense in order to prove the value and power of being virtuous more so than anything else. - Throughout the story Beauty is often called good and kind and virtuous. When describing the character of her and her sisters it is said that she “spent most of her time reading good books” and politely rejected several marriage invitations in order to stay with her aging Father

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    Beauty and the Beast Madame de Villeneuve Story Length: 26 pages Read-Aloud Time: About 52 minutes ◆ About the Story ◆ About the Author While returning home to his family‚ a merchant Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de plucks a rose from a garden and is confronted by Villeneuve‚ born in Paris in 1695‚ is the Beast‚ who demands that the merchant send considered to be the original author of him one of his daughters in payment for his the tale known as “Beauty and the theft. As the rose was meant

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    The Disney movie Beauty and the Beast is all based around loneliness as a destructive force. The prince has everything he wants but turns away an old beggar woman and has a spell cast on him where he turns into a beast. The beast knows the only way he can become human again is by finding true love‚ but he believes this will never happen so he becomes a real monster‚ inside. He is lonely and angered‚ so when Belle’s dad stops by asking for shelter the Beast takes him as a prisoner wanting him to suffer

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    Introduction “Beauty and the Beast” is a fairytale originally written by French writer Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve that has been remarkably adapted for modern screen media. The modern uses of the story illustrated the fantasy journey of Belle that was taken prisoner by a beast in his hidden castle. This story was not unveiled to its potential target audiences until it was selected as the 30th Disney animated feature film. The classic tale animated by Disney followed a suspenseful and

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    Love in Beauty and the Beast Awakening to a beast instead of the prince of one’s dreams‚ a nightmare or a dream come true. For the majority of ladies‚ this would be a nightmare‚ but for Beauty it is a dream come true. In the story‚ “A Version of the Classic Beauty and the Beast‚” wrote by Andrew Lang and edited by Heidi Ann Heiner‚ the character of Beauty finds herself in what is thought to be a nightmare. Beauty‚ the daughter of a merchant‚ is brought together with the Beast after hard times and

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    1991 animated musical/fairy tale‚ “The Beauty and the Beast” became the sensation for adults and kids bringing out emotions and thoughts from the movie to everyday life. Two completely different personalities come together and find more than what they see on the outside. The differences between them are major and the film is well developed as how it all begins telling the story of both separately but at the same time. The original animated “Beauty and The Beast” was significant because it showed values

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    Disobedience is dangerous. It is dangerous to talk to strangers. Females are vulnerable but can rely on men to protect them. Males are rescuers. Males are stronger than females and better able to protect themselves and others. Beauty and the Beast Women as prizes. The woman is

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    The animated Beauty and the Beast set a high standard for the subsequent adaptation to follow with its use of previously cutting-edge animation techniques‚ nonetheless‚ the remake was able to bring a sense of magic to the screen using current CG technology. One of the more obvious examples of the different uses of technology between the two versions is the appearance given to the cursed characters. For example‚ both movies depict servants transformed into anthropomorphic household objects but the

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