“100 percent – Belle is Disney's bookworm,” says Stapleton. “I completely understand her love of books. I think for her it is about escapism, because she's stuck in this town where she feels she doesn't belong.
4. Sleeping Beauty – 1697. This one is not explicitly stated. While no confirmation that Sleeping Beauty features as Belle's favourite book, there are some hints that Belle is describing Sleeping Beauty when she sings “here's where she meets prince charming…”.
Belle adores reading. Different stories bring her to new places, introduce her to new people, and allow her to see new perspectives. She knows it takes courage and kindness to see beauty where others don't.
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Why was Belle considered odd?
“[Belle is] able to walk through a crowded marketplace without looking. She knows exactly when everyone wakes up every morning. She talks about the baker having the exact same tray of goods every day,” they wrote. “Belle and her father are considered odd because they change and age!
Theres a prevailing fan theory that circulates around the internet that the book Belle is talking about at the beginning of the movie is Aladdin because she says it has, "far off places, magic spells, sword fights, and a prince in disguise." People think this describes the story of Aladdin, but not all of it fits.
In the animation, Belle reads Romeo and Juliet to the Beast and he enjoys it. But we then find out he doesn't know how to read. Belle teaches him. In the new version, they are both well-read and this is something they bond over.
The main – indeed the only – stated piece of feminism is that Belle has a job, so escapes the passivity and helplessness that has defined heroines since Disney and beyond. Eagle eyed feminist-checkers noted even before the film's release that Belle's inventing is unpaid – so it's not a job, it's a hobby.
Belle has always been the Disney Princess for girls who love to read. After all, the very first time that we meet Belle, she's headed to the bookstore (and to a scene that put 'sliding on a rolling bookcase ladder' on every bucket list).
Merida is the main protagonist of the 2012 Disney/Pixar film Brave (2012). She is voiced by Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald. Merida was added to the Disney Princess line-up as the eleventh member, on May 11, 2013, becoming the first Disney Princess to be created by Pixar.
While Belle may have started as the village bookworm, her life completely changed when she fell in love with a prince-turned-sasquatch and, in turn, became the princess of an enchanted castle. While her taste in men may be questionable, she is undoubtedly a Disney princess!
Overall, Belle, the leading lady in Beauty & the Beast, is one of the most beloved and celebrated princesses from the magical world of Disney. Like her royal peers, she is beautiful, inspiring, caring and strong, but she is also a reader, a loner, and a free thinker who can be bold and even a bit brash.
Belle has gained a significant amount of intelligence over the years due to her love of books, which have provided her with an elevated vocabulary, an active imagination, and an open mind. She's very confident and outspoken in her opinions and seldom likes being told what to do.
Eventually, the Beast falls in love with Belle, and placing her happiness before his own, he releases her to tend to her sick father, a decision that disheartens him upon realizing that she had not yet returned his love which means that the curse remains unbroken.
The queen left him in the care of an evil fairy who tried to seduce him when he became an adult; when he refused, she transformed him into a beast. Only by finding true love, despite his ugliness, could the curse be broken. He and Beauty are married and they live happily ever after together.
I would say that a “flaw” of Belle that caused the majority of the conflict was that she was perhaps at times too aggressive, and stood her ground way too much and stood up for herself way too much throughout the movie, such as when she stood up to the Beast without fear when he unfairly imprisoned her father, and got ...
Although art director Brian McEntee had always envisioned the dress as yellow and gold, representing Belle's emotional growth into a happier, warmer character, Disney's marketing department wanted a pink dress to appeal to young girls; McEntee convinced the studio that gold would differentiate Belle from previous ...
Contrary to what you might think, “Belle” does not mean “Beauty” in French, which would be in keeping with her inspirational namesake, but instead means “beautiful.” (The French word for “beauty” is “beauté.”) In the original tale, her full name was “La belle enfant” (“The Beautiful Child”).
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.
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 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.
