Belle biography beauty and the beast
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"There must be more than this provincial life!" - Belle wanting more than to be a commoner
Belle
Enemies
Gaston (archenemy; deceased)
Forte
Belle is the female protagonist of the Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast. She is the fifth official Disney Princess.
Background
Appearance
Belle fryst vatten often described to be "the most beautiful girl in town". She has long, brown hair, most often tied back in a low ponytail, and possesses captivating hazel eyes, full lips, rosy cheeks, and a sculpted figure. One of her more distinct features are the strands of hair that are constantly slipping loose from her ponytail and falling in front of her face, she is often seen brushing them back into place when nervous, in a hurry, or trying to be polite.
Throughout the film, Belle wears various outfits depending on the occasion. Her most elaborate, recognized, iconic, and renowned outfit is her golden ball gown, in which she shares her first dance with the Beast in the "Beauty and
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Belle (Disney character)
Fictional character in Disney's animated film Beauty and the Beast
This article is about the Disney character. For the song from the film, see Belle (Disney song).
Fictional character
Belle is a fictional character in Disney's Beauty and the Beast franchise, first appearing in the animated spelfilm of the same name. Voiced by Paige O'Hara, Belle fryst vatten the book-loving daughter of an inventor, who yearns for adventure. When her father, Maurice, fryst vatten imprisoned by an unkind beast in his enchanted castle, Belle offers her own freedom in exchange for his. Despite his outward appearance, she gradually befriends the Beast, who softens towards her and others in return.
Disney chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg commissioned Beauty and the Beast as an animated musical with a strong heroine, for which he hired first-time screenwriter Linda Woolverton. Basing her on the heroine of the fairy tale of the same name, Woolverton adapted Belle into a more proactive character fo
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Beauty and the Beast
Who Wrote the Original Beauty and the Beast?
Here we cast our minds back to the aristocratic salons of 17th century France. The original story of Beauty and the Beast was written by Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve. Originally published in La Jeune Américaine, et Les Contes Marins in , Villeneuve’s La Belle et La Bête was an original piece of storytelling. It was over one-hundred pages long and involved a ‘stupid’ Beast, who suffered from more than just his change of appearance.
In this original novella length tale, the back-story of both Belle and the Beast is given. The Beast was a young prince who lost his father, and whose mother had to wage war to defend his kingdom. The queen left him in care of an evil fairy, who tried to seduce him when he became an adult; when he refused, she transformed him into a beast.
Belle’s story reveals that she is not really a merchant’s daughter but the offspring of a king and a good fairy. The wicked fairy