While the Beast is an ugly monster based on his appearance, he is actually innocent and truly cared for Belle, and became a protagonist of his film; Gaston, on the other hand, while being superficially handsome on the outside and praised by the populace, is actually egotistical and male-chauvinistic, and only wanted to ...
Gaston pursues Belle, determined to marry her, as she is the most beautiful girl in the village and thus the only one good enough for him. He also finds her independence to be a thrilling challenge, and shows disdain for the Bimbettes who constantly fawn over him purely because of his appearance.
Just like his animated counterpart, Gaston is well-liked and respected in the village for his previous war heroics against the Portuguese and aims to have Belle as his wife. At first, he attempts to woo her to get her approval for marriage many times, but she respectfully turns him down due to his rude behavior.
Gaston was not the villain in the ultra Disney bad guy sense yet he was a bad guy nonetheless. His whole motivation was getting Belle—love was not part of his equation.
Gaston was Belle's greatest enemy. He wanted to marry her by any means necessary just because she was the most beautiful girl he laid eyes on. However, Belle strongly disliked Gaston for his snobbish, arrogant, and narcissistic personality and was the only girl in the village to not be infatuated with Gaston.
Because she has an insight into reading books she wants to teach children in her village to read. Belle doesn't want to marry someone like Gaston who can't share her enthusiasm for learning.
The Bimbettes (individual names Claudette, Laurette, and Paulette) are blonde identical triplets who fawn over Gaston in Disney's 1991 animated feature film Beauty and the Beast.
The Beast was ashamed of the monstrous aspect of himself; it was a reminder of both what he had done and what he had become. His shame held a stronghold on him, where often the first thing that often set off his temper was when others reacted to his appearance or his inhuman instincts.
They turn into villains," Evans explained to EW. "He probably does suffer from PTSD, which he manages to keep under wraps because he has people like the villagers and LeFou and the girls who puff him up and make him feel sexy and wanted.
The Prince and Belle share their first kiss, a kiss of true love, which subsequently breaks the additional spell placed on the castle and its inhabitants: the dark, scary castle is restored into its original, shining state, and all the Prince's servants, including Lumière, Cogsworth, and Mrs.
Disney's interpretation of the Beast made him more constantly angry and depressed, due to the shame from his unkind actions which led to his transformation, and particularly his struggle of reconciling his hideous appearance with his inner humanity which made him feel hopeless about breaking the curse.
Following Gaston's death, LeFou is seen again with the castle servants as the villagers (who have all regained their memories after Belle breaks the curse, which transformed the Beast and his servants back to normal) reunite with their loved ones.
Although multiple sources have claimed over the years that the character is 17, Henn estimated Belle to be in her early 20's. In an interview for Vanity Fair, Paige O'Hara stated to believe that Belle was the only Disney princess to be in her 20's.
The first criteria for Narcissistic Personality Disorder is a grandiose sense of self-importance. Gaston does this through exaggerating his talents and his expectation to be recognized as superior. He overdecorates his tavern with all of his hunting trophies, and takes somewhat of a leadership role in the town.
With the omission of Belle's sinister relatives, Disney realised they needed to create a villain to ramp up the stakes. Inspiration for Gaston comes from Jean Cocteau's 1946 masterpiece La Belle et la Bête, in which the antagonist, Avenant, is hellbent on marrying Belle and killing Beast.
He then stalks after Belle throughout the entire village and tries to gain her attention. However, his attempts to do so were unsuccesful, since Belle merely even took notice of him. He later organized a wedding between himself and Belle. As Belle walked out of her house, Gaston asked her to marry him.
The original Beauty of Beauty and the Beast did suffer from Stockholm syndrome. She developed feelings for the Beast under duress, alone and unsupported, rather than through genuine connection. However, as the story has been altered for modern audiences, elements of Stockholm syndrome have all but vanished.
It plays on assumed biases about about whiteness and femininity in relation to Blackness — specifically, the notion that white women need to be protected from Black men who are uncivilized and violent. In this fairy tale, the symbolism of a big, dark beast pervades Belle's perilous captivity.
The international blockbuster, Disney's live-action remake of the animation classic, is under fire for a scene widely seen as alluding to homosexuality. In Kuwait, censors have pulled the movie from all theaters, and in a rural corner of Alabama, a drive-in theater has banned the film.
In Disney's "Beauty and the Beast," Gaston hates Belle because she is not interested in him romantically and does not fit his ideal image of a woman. He is also jealous of her affection for the Beast, whom he sees as an inferior and unworthy rival.
A narcissist who sees himself as superior to everyone around him, Gaston is proud, boorish, uncultured, greedy, short-tempered, impolite, narcissistic, and sexist.
