Roles Of Masculinity In The Film, The Beast

The roles of masculinity, specifically the Beast and Gaston, held a similar meaning in the 2017 version of the films. The same concepts of creating the ideal male is present in this version, such as the handsome qualities and wealth, however, the Beast shows more qualities of being caring towards Belle and to be be interested in her dreams. This is shown specifically when the Beast uses his magic book, to allow Belle to find out the truth about her mother and to come to terms with what happened (2017, 01:16:10-01:19:34). This shows that in this contemporary version of the film, the Beast showed more compassion to Belle and valued her interests. In this version of the film, The Beast specifically learns to become a man, with the help of his servants but also a large amount if his changes comes from qualities shared with Belle.

However, the Beast was able to share this with Belle therefore, him opening up to her allowed him to learn kindness and grow as a man. In this version while Gaston is still present, the story shows him as being extremely villain-like, and he even goes as far as trying to harm Belle’s father Maurice (2017, 01:02:09-01:03:25). The 2017 version of the story shows that role of masculinity, displayed in the Beast, says that the good qualities attained by the Beast, can be achieved by someone who is willing to work on their relationships with others. This upholds contemporary views on masculinity because the Beast didn’t have a good father figure therefore, he had to learn these skills on his own, which can be a common thread in modern