
Just a quick 기사 to compare Gaston to the Beast and decide who is really the villain...
Similarities:
Gaston: Vain, selfish and doesn't really care about anyone else.
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Beast: Spoiled, selfish, cursed for not having any 사랑 in his heart.
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Gaston: Only wants Belle because she's beautiful.
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Beast: Only wants Belle because she's the first girl who's come along since the curse.
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Gaston: Locks up Belle and her father.
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Beast: Locks up Maurice and keeps Belle prisoner.
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Differences:
Gaston: Relatively level-headed. Acts 더 많이 out of jealousy than anger.
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Beast: Quick temper. Yells a lot for no reason. Destroys things.
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Gaston: Tries to win over Belle 의해 bragging about himself and not getting to know her.
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Beast: Tries to win over Belle 의해 bribing her with a library... an idea which he didn't come up with on his own (because he hadn't taken the time to get to know her).
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Gaston: Tries to kill the Beast; not knowing he's a person, just thinking he's another animal like a 수사슴, 사슴 또는 bear. Goes off his hunter instinct.
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Beast: Had every intention of letting Maurice die in the dungeon.
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Gaston: Dies in the end.
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Beast: Gets the girl.
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These are just a few things I noticed throughout the movie. I'm pretty sure the only reason Belle ended up with the Beast is because of Stockholm syndrome (and he lives in a 성 with a library, which is outside of her provincial town).
Personally, I don't see how the Beast was any better than Gaston. But, please feel free to leave 코멘트 with your thoughts on this.
Similarities:
Gaston: Vain, selfish and doesn't really care about anyone else.
VS
Beast: Spoiled, selfish, cursed for not having any 사랑 in his heart.
xxxx
Gaston: Only wants Belle because she's beautiful.
VS
Beast: Only wants Belle because she's the first girl who's come along since the curse.
xxxx
Gaston: Locks up Belle and her father.
VS
Beast: Locks up Maurice and keeps Belle prisoner.
xxxx
Differences:
Gaston: Relatively level-headed. Acts 더 많이 out of jealousy than anger.
VS
Beast: Quick temper. Yells a lot for no reason. Destroys things.
xxxx
Gaston: Tries to win over Belle 의해 bragging about himself and not getting to know her.
VS
Beast: Tries to win over Belle 의해 bribing her with a library... an idea which he didn't come up with on his own (because he hadn't taken the time to get to know her).
xxxx
Gaston: Tries to kill the Beast; not knowing he's a person, just thinking he's another animal like a 수사슴, 사슴 또는 bear. Goes off his hunter instinct.
VS
Beast: Had every intention of letting Maurice die in the dungeon.
xxxx
Gaston: Dies in the end.
VS
Beast: Gets the girl.
xxxx
These are just a few things I noticed throughout the movie. I'm pretty sure the only reason Belle ended up with the Beast is because of Stockholm syndrome (and he lives in a 성 with a library, which is outside of her provincial town).
Personally, I don't see how the Beast was any better than Gaston. But, please feel free to leave 코멘트 with your thoughts on this.


Gaston: Vain, selfish and doesn't really care about anyone else.
VS
Beast: Spoiled, selfish, cursed for not having any love in his heart.
Well.. The biggest difference is that the Beast realized the error of his ways. In the beginning, he was abusive, cruel and abusive, but he changed.
Gaston: Only wants Belle because she's beautiful.
VS
Beast: Only wants Belle because she's the first girl who's come along since the curse.
Yeah, when he first saw Belle he only saw her as a tool for breaking the curse. But then it's clear, IMO, he began to love her for her personality: she was the only one stubborn enough to defy him and call him out on his mistakes (Mrs. Potts does that a bit, but obviously not enough if he still turned out the way he did, and she is like a mother to him). If he didn't truly love her, how could the curse have broken?
Gaston: Locks up Belle and her father.
VS
Beast: Locks up Maurice and keeps Belle prisoner.
But he lets her go...
Gaston: Relatively level-headed. Acts more out of jealousy than anger.
VS
Beast: Quick temper. Yells a lot for no reason. Destroys things.
Did you miss the Beast's character development? Also, I wouldn't call Gaston level-headed just because he acted out more of jealousy than anger. His obsession with Belle was unhealthy. At least the Beast was under the pressure of having to break a spell or either he would remain a beast for the rest of his life.
Gaston: Tries to win over Belle by bragging about himself and not getting to know her.
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Beast: Tries to win over Belle by bribing her with a library... an idea which he didn't come up with on his own (because he hadn't taken the time to get to know her).
Bribe? Eh, it was a gift to show how grateful he was for her taking care of him. He didn't say "Love me and I'll give you this library". Usually, when you like someone, you give them something as a sign of your affection. It's called courting.
Gaston: Tries to kill the Beast; not knowing he's a person, just thinking he's another animal like a stag or bear. Goes off his hunter instinct.
VS
Beast: Had every intention of letting Maurice die in the dungeon.
That makes a bit of sense. Gaston came to the castle under the pretense of an honourable goal: killing the Beast to protect the village (in truth, all he wanted was to kill a possible rival for Belle's hand). However, when arriving there, couldn't he see the Beast was, well, human, despite not looking like one? He was dressed in clothes, had as sad look in his eyes, and he didn't even defend himself: it wasn't a fair fight.
For the fourth (I think) time: the Beast changed.
My conclusion: While the Beast changed, learned and grew as a person, Gaston only became worse: he became more cruel, more insane and lost most traits of humanity. So, in the end, the Beast was deserving of Belle's love and of living in society again while Gaston was not.
To address the character development in the Beast... Of course he changed, he's the hero. And of course Gaston stayed the same, he's the villain. But, I firmly believe that if the roles had been reversed, Gaston would have changed, too. He just never got the chance to. The Beast was not a very good person before Belle came along; all he needed was the right person to give him the chance to change and be better. I'm sure that's all Gaston needed, too; someone who saw through his crap, stood up to him and put him in place. They both start out as similar characters, but the Beast was given a chance to change and redeem himself. If Belle had been imprisoned with Gaston for however long she was a prisoner with Beast, she probably would have had a positive impact on Gaston as well. So, yes the Beast did eventually change, but if Belle had never come along, he wouldn't have. He would have remained the same "selfish and unkind" (as the movie states) person he had always been. Just like Gaston never changed.
I don't doubt that the Beast eventually fell in love with Belle (most of my points were comparing the Beast as he was before Belle), however I do doubt Belle loving him, at least until the end. Yes, she cares about him but I think it's more in a friendly way (she even refers to him as her "friend"). I don't think she realized she loved him until she thought she was going to lose him. I'm willing to bet if Gaston and the angry mob never went after the Beast, she probably wouldn't have gone back. I still stand that it was Stockholm syndrome for the most part (until the very end). And as for it being True Love because it broke the spell, we can't really know for sure if it was True Love considering Disney throws that term around a lot where it doesn't belong (are we really supposed to believe it was True Love between Aurora and Phillip or Snow White and her prince?).
I know most of you are biased towards the Beast (if I had posted this in the villains club they would probably be biased towards Gaston), but you cannot deny that before Belle came along, the Beast had very similar traits to Gaston. Try reading this again without biased opinions and while thinking about the Beast as he was before his character change and redemption. You'll see for the most part I wasn't far off (of course some things could still be argued).
Stockholm Syndrome: is a psychological phenomenon in which hostages express empathy and sympathy and have positive feelings toward their captors, sometimes to the point of defending and identifying with them. Stockholm syndrome can be seen as a form of traumatic bonding, which does not necessarily require a hostage scenario, but which describes "strong emotional ties that develop between two persons where one person intermittently harasses, beats, threatens, abuses, or intimidates the other."
I would love to address each comment individually, but I'm at work and don't have time. But, it's good to see everyone's own take on this.
MegaraRider: Well, I understand your views better now and I do agree that Gaston could have changed if he was in the Beast's place. But he wasn't. But life is like that: some people get chances other don't. I can see your opinion about Belle's loving the Beast as a friend, though I disagree with it. In Something There, she said "True, that he's no prince charming". The Prince Charming, in the stories, is known to play a romantic role. See the association I'm making here?
Oh, and I do believe that Aurora/Phillip and Snow White/The Prince loved each other, because I always take fairytales with a good dose of "suspension of disbelief".
That's seriously what made all the difference
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Beast is the prince in the end.
I win.
I mean really did you see the end?
as a villain. All his ways of getting Belle to marry him can probably be seen as how men proposed in the 17th century. It was only when he decided to have Maurice locked up in a lunatic asylum that I saw him as a true villain.
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