Talk:Beauty and the Beast

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The Royal Library of the Netherlands has some nice pictures of old B&B manuscripts available here. The copyright information they give is thus: Onderstaande afbeeldingen zijn vrij van rechten. Ze zijn gescand op grafische resolutie (300 dpi) en mogen met bronvermelding (foto: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag) bij uw berichtgeving geplaatst worden., which roughly translates as:

The images below are free of copyrights. They are scanned at a resolution of 300 dpi and they can be placed in your publication if the source is attributed in the following way: "Picture: Koninklijke Bibliotheek Den Haag".

— mark ✎ 15:22, 8 November 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Other settings

This is admittedly less important today, however there have been opera settings of the folktale: Spohr's "Zemire und Azor" is one. Perhaps this should be mentioned?

Any notable adaptation is a worthy entry. Goldfritha 23:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Mothers and significiance

The fairy tale, as commonly known, is about the father. If the first version was about the mother -- and I'd need a reference for that -- still the father's overwhelming prevalence means that this is the story with the significiance to be discusssed. Goldfritha 23:52, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Under "Adaptations"

"...by the end of the story, the audience is so accustomed to and charmed by the Beast, that when he changes back into the prince, it is a disappointment to see him reduced to just another pretty face."


I can see where this is coming from, but I have to disagree. Is this really something that applies to most people? It should be taken out. Sounds more like a personal preference to me.

by Wild Mountain Thyme 23:58, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

You're completely right. And also, that sounds like a fairly uncommon personal opinion to me, and is therefore not representative. 80.47.182.39 00:49, 16 January 2007 (UTC)'''Italic text'''Bold text''Italic text'hfhvhnbhbhbbhbh'''''

[edit] "cavivan"

I just cleaned a number of misspellings, but I'm stumped on this one: "The set includes a spinning cavivan." This is apparently a typo, but I have no clue what for. "Caravan," maybe? It should be corrected by someone who can guess what it is, or deleted otherwise. --TJRC (talk) 22:00, 7 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Beast of Gévaudan

Is it possible that the Beast of Gévaudan is an inspiration for the Beast in this story? You can find info on the aforementioned beast by searching for it on this page. Cyrus Beautor (talk) 23:57, 20 February 2008 (UTC)