Beauty and the Beast Themes

Beauty and the Beast is generally considered one of the most romantic movies of all time, so yeah, l'amour is front and center. Belle and the Beast follow the classic arc of hating each other so mu...

Love is not about appearances in this movie. In fact, appearances can be very deceiving. That handsome hero type is actually a supreme jerk. The monster actually has a heart of gold. Even Belle, be...

Funny thing about Beauty and the Beast: it doesn't have a lot of faith in community, at least the traditional kind. Disney movies have always tended to stress the value of community and the way tig...

Belle starts off her adventure by sacrificing her freedom to save her father. It's second nature to her, which means that she already understands the nature of love. The Beast has to learn how to d...

The last time you had an identity crisis, it was probably something along the lines of "I'm not as generous/good-looking/amusing/klutzy as I thought I was." In this film, it's more of an "I was a h...

Exile, or being forced to leave your home, can be physical or emotional. The Beast lives completely apart from civilization: stuck in his castle and left to use his magic mirror to look in on the r...