Beauty & The Beast: True Love or Stockholm Syndrome?

Sep 17, 2010 20:25

What you have below is an essay I wrote in my spare time this Friday. My God, what is this world coming to? D ( Read more... )

beauty and the beast, sweet baby jesus did i write all that?

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ext_2456544 February 28 2014, 20:36:17 UTC
Well, that was an excellent essay. Definitely had some very strong points to the story of Beauty and the Beast in general. And I guess that after reading it, the love between Belle and the Beast was in fact unconditionally true love.

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Thank you for this!!!!!!!! ext_3600541 April 7 2016, 02:18:44 UTC
I was in a dispute about this a few days ago with a friend. I was saying how Belle didn't have Stockholm syndrome (with no way to back myself up since I didn't know much about the illness at the time) so the argument didn't go on for very long. I've been looking for a good article/essay/thing ever since we had the conversation and your essay WAS GREAT! So thank you for writing this, informing me, and giving me good information to use if this topic ever comes up again!! :)

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ext_2226756 July 17 2016, 00:30:25 UTC
I have to say, I just love reading posts like this one and others like it for debating that Belle isn't a victim of Stockholme Syndrome .

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Something you missed. ext_3963503 January 8 2017, 01:11:16 UTC
I liked your article but I believe you missed an integral part of the psycological behind continued abuse and stockholme which comes with a benefit/reward system ( ... )

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RE: Something you missed. ext_4079575 April 5 2017, 02:45:46 UTC
The timeline of this movie is not about 6 months, it's more like 3 days (it's starts snowing the first night Belle is there).

"I feel the only true change might be when he Doesn't kill gaston"

Um, did you miss the scene where the Beast releases Belle? You know, right after the ballroom scene? He clearly wasn't expecting her to return because he was so surprised that she did at the end. Letting her o indicates a clear change on his part because he's putting her needs above his. He's essentially sacrificing his one last chance at being human again so she can be happy.

Also, it's worth noting that Belle technically only returns at the end to save the Beast from the mob storming the castle.

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