Abstract In order to understand the mark of the beast, one must first be able to understand who the beast could be today and who it may have been when Revelation was written as well. Looking back at history, the book of Revelation was written at a time when the Christians were being persecuted by the Roman emperor, Nero for their faith. Several centuries later, the Church underwent changes as people were welcomed while accepting only the truths that suited them. This pretended Christianity corrupted the Church which makes one wonder whether perhaps this time period is the "worshipping of the beast".
From the Paper "So, could Nero, who could be credited to starting the religious persecutions, be the beast of whom John was talking about in Revelation, or is it the paganism that entered the early Christian church be the beast? What if the beast was something of today's time?"
Abstract This paper analyzes the 1946 French film, "Beauty and the Beast" directed by Jean Cocteau, based on an 18th century fairy tale. It begins with a description of the basic storyline. It continues to discuss Cocteau's magical imagery that makes the film visually stunning. The author also compares it to 1991 the Disney cartoon version. In conclusion, it argues that the Cocteau version is truer to the spirit of the original tale and a much better film.
From the Paper ""Beauty and the Beast", the film directed by Jean Cocteau is considered a master piece by critics and viewers alike. Drawing inspiration from the rich world of fairy tales, Cocteau employs stunning cinematography techniques to create a magical and romantic story ..."
Abstract This paper explains that the leitmotif of the husban- beast in Madame Du Beaumont's classical version of the fairy tale "Beauty and the Beast" reoccurs in many stories. The paper points out that, in this version of the famous fairytale, the attraction between the sublimely beautiful and the monstrously ugly may hide a fetishist desire at the core of the culture. The paper stresses that the union between a beast and a human being, which forms the plot of the fairytale, obviously hints at the beast-like, sexual desires, which lurk in the human subconscious.
From the Paper "Another erotic element in the story is the dream Beauty has of the Beast after having delayed her return because of her sisters' wickedness. Thus, Beauty dreams of the dying Beast, longing for her presence and reproaching her for breaking her promise: The tenth night she spent at her father's, she dreamed she was in the palace garden, and that she saw Beast extended on the grass-plot, who seemed just expiring, and, in a dying voice, reproached her with her ingratitude. It is at this point that Beauty actually realizes she has strong feelings for the Beast."
Abstract An examination of the beast in William Golding's "Lord of the Flies". The author investigates and examines whether the ?Beast? is Satan that tries to tempt the boys in the novel or the hopeless escape of the natural man trying to break free and survive.
From the Paper "There isn"t anyone to help you. Only me. And I?m the Beast.? This quote from William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, set in the nineteenth century on a deserted island, brings up the question "What is the Beast"? Many critics believe the Beast is a form of Satan trying to tempt the boys. Others believe the Beast is only the natural man trying to break free. Of course, no one person has the answer. It must be surmounted by looking at all of the arguments. "
Abstract This paper reviews the five axes and associated diagnoses for four characters in the Disney movie 'Beauty and the Beast'. The paper provides associated treatment plans. Diagnoses range from hystrionic as demonstrated by the Beast, to narcissistic as demonstrated by Gaston to Not Otherwise Specified (NOS) for Belle to Dependent as evidenced by LeFou, Gaston's sidekick.
From the Paper "When Linda Woolverton wrote the screenplay for Walt Disney's movie 'Beauty and the Beast', her grand cast of characters portrayed a wide variety and range of different personality types. Consistent with Disney movies, many of the personalities displayed take various personality traits and portray them as extremes. As such, Disney movies make an excellent source from which to study personality disorders. According to the research, personality disorders are displayed through maladaptive, inflexible and antisocial behavior as evidenced by the way a person thinks, feels or behaves ("Personality Disorders"). "
Abstract The paper relates the story of the fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast", and highlights the fact that it is unique in that it contains societal elements not commonly found in fairy tales. The paper relates how the original tale of "Beauty and the Beast" by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve has been adapted through time and has been made into several film versions with the basic story and an adapted plot.
From the Paper "The first print version of the story surfaced in 1740 by author Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve. However, the tale and variations of it was popular throughout Europe prior to its first print publication. The tale generally involves a story about a rich merchant who lives with his four daughters, one being named Beauty. Due to certain circumstances, the father looses his wealth and his daughters are forced to live in the rural country. One day the father becomes lost in the forest and takes shelter in the Beast's palace. The next day, as he is leaving, he plucks a rose for Beauty. The Beast sees this act and accuses the father of stealing from him, denouncing him as a simple thief and ordering him to die. The Beast gives him amnesty so long as one of his daughters comes to suffer in his place. Thus, Beauty goes to the Beast's castle and is made the mistress of the magical place. Eventually the two marry and the Beast is transformed into a handsome prince and Beauty's family comes to live with them."
A comparison of censorship in "Beauty and the Beast" in one of the original versions by Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and a modern re-telling by Angela Carter, entitled "The Tiger's Bride."
Abstract This paper discusses censorship within the fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast." It compares two versions of "Beauty and the Beast" - one of the original versions by Jeanne Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and a modern re-telling by Angela Carter, entitled "The Tiger's Bride." The paper examines the function of sexual desire and how censorship is employed to either dilute or completely erase representations thereof.
From the Paper "It is also interesting to note the difference between the depictions of Beauty in the two stories. In de Beaumont's story, Beauty exudes all the quintessentially feminine "virtues" that would go unchallenged for several centuries. She is devoted to her father, submissive to the demands of the two men in her life - namely, her father and the Beast, and completely passive. In Carter's story, Beauty is anything but passive. Rather than "taming" the Beast by submitting to him, she allows herself to be transformed into a beast, and can thus become one with all the typically "masculine" qualities assigned to the creature.
"One important difference between the two stories, however, is that de Beaumont's was written for an audience of children, while Carter's clearly was not. This is also why sexual desire is largely absent from de Beaumont's text. It has not been censored necessarily in order to protect children, but for the simple reason that this form of desire is too complex for children to understand. It thus reduces the relationships among adults to caricature-like renderings, to a polite code that can nevertheless be unscrambled by more mature readers."
Abstract This paper compares and contrasts the tendencies of Henry James in his writings. "The Beast in The Jungle", "The Jolly Corner", and "The Portrait of a Lady" are three of James' works that are examined in detail. In particular, this paper focuses on the protagonists of each of the writings respectively. A strong comparison is made between the three protagonists of these writings, and their miserable lives. On the other hand, the protagonist of James' story "The Tragic Muse" is shown to lead a life of happiness and success. The paper notes the clear differences between this story and the others, therefore explaining what leads the character on a different path.
From the Paper "In contrast, Portrait of a Lady presents Ralph as an invalid who lives vicariously through a woman named Isabel Archer whom he leads to doom. He bestows upon her a large sum of money, despite his father's warning that fortune hunters will target her for it. Ralph replies, "That's a risk, and it has entered into my calculation...I'm prepared to take it" (p. 161). Ralph is financially generous to Isabel not out of love but out of a morbid fascination. He wants to see what she will do with it. When Isabel marries a gold-digger, she fulfills the victim role that Ralph's father had feared. Ralph's fascination with Isabel's life overcomes any concern he might have had for her welfare."
Abstract This paper will compare the original text of" Beauty and the Beast" by de Beaumont and the Disney version that was contrived off of this novel. We can see the similarities in character and plot by examining two scenes from each work.
Abstract This paper examines how the fairy tale, "Beauty and the Beast", has a touch of realism and, how unlike other fairy tales, brings out the prevalent theme that the two characters live together for a period of time before falling in love. It discusses its various themes, such as family, friendship, love, and the famous rose, in contrast to other fairy tales dealing with love, provides a summary of the tale, and evaluates the Disney film in relation to the original tale.
From the Paper "Walt Disney transformed Belle into a heroine for a modern generation, leaving the intended moral of the original story unaltered. Jack Zipes argues that "it would be a great exaggeration to maintain that Disney... totally divested the classical fairy tales of their meaning and invested them with his own" (333). Although the Disney corporation has animated and reworked several classic fairy tales over many years, "chang[ing] our way of viewing fairy tales" (333), I give them great credit for preserving the original morals and themes, while adding new elements and slight twists to add appeal for a twentieth-century viewing audience. I admire Disney's effort in "Beauty and the Beast" especially, for it has always been my favorite fairy tale and Disney animation as I was growing up."
Tags: beaumont, castle, family, friendship, jean, leprince, rose
Abstract This paper summarizes, reviews and critiques "The Beautiful Beast", Daniel Patrick Brown's book about the life and crimes of SS-Aufseherin, Irma Geese.
From the Paper "Daniel Patrick Brown's "The Beautiful Beast" is a work devoted to the life and crimes of a German woman, known as Irma Grese, who served as an SS-Aufseherin under the Nazi's in Hitler's Germany during the Holocaust. Aufseherin is roughly translated as a matron or overseer of the concentration camp prisoners - a role Grese served with honor and relish. Brown's book traces Grese's life though she only lived until..."
Abstract This paper examines the Disney adaptation of Madame Leprince de Beaumont's "Beauty and the Beast" . The paper contends that an analysis of Belle's character reveals that Disney's treatment of the fairy tale entirely neuters the story, taking away its dramatic, harsh moral lessons, and diminishing its female role model to an idle idiot who should not have survived the first ten minutes. The paper continues to discusses how this is further exacerbated by the introduction of cute, irrelevant animated characters who only serve to trivialize the film further. The paper concludes that, while traditional fairy tales offered chicken soup for the soul, Disney offers canned soup for the soul.
From the Paper "Beaumont's Beauty has many other good qualities besides, and demonstrates them consistently throughout the story. For example, she is patient when her shrewish sisters berate her. She is considerate when her father offers her gifts, requesting almost nothing for fear it might be beyond his means. She does ask for a rose, not because she wants one, but because she does not want to show her sisters up. Thus, in somewhat Christian fashion, she turns the other cheek, meeting her sisters' insults with kindness and consideration. Disney's Belle gets no such opportunity to show Christian charity - this lucky young woman is an only child, unburdened with mean-spirited sisters! Again, the Disney character is denied the opportunity to model strength of character to viewers, and instead remains comparatively insipid. "
Abstract This paper compares and contrasts the ideas on ethical theory of two great thinkers, John Stuart Mill and Thomas Hobbes. The paper discusses Mill's concept of utilitarianism and Hobbes' views on the social contract and the two states of human existence, i.e. nature vs. society. The paper defines Mill's principle of utility as the most happiness (pleasure) and the least amount of pain for the majority of people involved. Humans are motivated by their pursuit of pleasure. The paper states that Mill believes human beings and beasts are separated by their pleasure capacity, whereas Hobbes would argue that it is the state of society that makes humans different from the beasts. In conclusion, the paper maintains that both men, though different in almost every way, present profound ideas that cannot and are not ignored by people around the world whether they are living as beasts with every pleasure fulfilled or as civilized being struggling to relieve themselves of pain.
From the Paper "The social contract theory is defined and redefined by several philosophers. One of the more noted of these is Thomas Hobbes. In his Leviathan, published in 1651, Hobbes attempts to clearly define the two states of human beings, nature and society, as well as prove that the social contract is necessary in order to allay the chaos created by the natural state of men. According to Hobbes, humans would live in a cut throat existence if it were not for the social contract. He believes that man needs a ruler, a monarchy, in order to control their natural, beast like, behaviors."
Tags: ethics philosophy Leviathan utilitarianism nature society, Social Contract, pleasure happiness pursuit pain beast human civilized civilization
Abstract This paper argues that dreams and their medieval interpretation are central to the structure of the "Nun's Priest's Tale". The paper looks at the style and illustrates how this story is clearly a sophisticated treatment of the beast fable. The paper shows how, although Chaucer refuses simple interpretation, the tale is a powerful meditation on human fallibility.
Outline:
Introduction
Style and Characterization
Role of Poem in Chaucer's Narrative
Analyzing Medieval Dreams
Exploring the Beast Fable
Conclusion
From the Paper "The Nun's Priest's Tale is a 625 line segment of the Canterbury Tales, which is preceded directly by the monk's long and depressing narrative on the lives of fallen men and women. After the Knight interrupts this gloomy account, the Host turns and asks the Nun's Priest to "Telle us swich thyng as may oure hertes glade" (2811) and enliven the mood. In asking a clergyman to recount a secular tale of merriment, particularly after his holy brethren the monk had just offered a long and moralizing account of fame and hubris, the Host is making a sidelong jab at the sanctity of men of the cloth."
Abstract This paper looks at the miserable characters in Henry James' novels "The Beast in the Jungle", "The Jolly Corner", and "Portrait of a Lady" as contrasted with the alone but happy character of Nick Dormer in "The Tragic Muse".
From the Paper "In contrast, Portrait of a Lady presents Ralph as an invalid who lives vicariously through a woman named Isabel Archer whom he leads to doom. He bestows upon her a large sum of money, despite his father's warning that fortune hunters will target her for it. Ralph replies, "That's a risk, and it has entered into my calculation"I"m prepared to take it" (p. 161). Ralph is financially generous to Isabel not out of love but out of a morbid fascination. He wants to see what she will do with it. When Isabel marries a gold-digger, she fulfills the victim role that Ralph's father had feared. Ralph's fascination with Isabel's life overcomes any concern he might have had for her welfare."
