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Comparing Consiglieri's 'Beauty And The Beast'

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Beauty and the Beast

Imagine being young and watching a highly acclaimed movie, Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast is a classic story that has translated into various versions. The classic Beauty and the Beast story starts with a family that is wealthy. The family business goes down the drain and they become poor. The youngest girl is thankful for what she has, and she never wants anything from her father. He asks Beauty what she would like as a gift. Beauty picks the most simple thing that anyone could ask for, a flower. Her father, the merchant, accepts her request and makes it his mission. The father goes on his quest and becomes tired and hungry; he finds an old castle and goes inside to rest. The beast notices that the merchant …show more content…

Beauty and the Beast” has many short stories similar to it. In one of the short stories written from Consiglieri there are similar themes to the classic and cultural clone. The main theme of all of them is not judging a book by its cover. This theme is seen in the classic when Beauty initially meet the beast she noticed that he wasn’t the best looking, but she didn’t judge him before getting to know him. In the story from Consiglieri, known as The Cabbage Stalk, The theme is shown when the little maid appreciates the Beast (pedroso). The culture clone showed the theme when Beauty didn't judge the beast. All of the stories have to involve similar themes because the stories have to be similar to the …show more content…

One strong theme is faith. Faith is seen throughout the stories and it is seen in many different ways. Starting off with the classic the beast has faith that the father would return with Beauty as promised. The father promised the beast that if he let him go he would bring back the youngest child. In the Cabbage Stalk Portugal the theme is seen when the prince had faith that the little maid will return to him when she did the command he gave her (Heiner). The command was to return to him when she worn out a pair of iron shoes and they could get married. Little maid also had faith the prince would be able to awaken from his sleep. Culture clone has the same theme this is seen when beauty had faith that her father would return with the rose. Also in the culture clone Beauty had faith that the beast would take care of her even though she didn't know him. Many themes are seen in various ways but one strong theme is

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