The question, "Which princess do you think is the smartest?" is asked very often and every time it is asked, there are those people who pick Belle. There are the people who not only pick Belle, but comment, "Because she reads." Then, there are the people who think that is a dumb thing to say, and begin immediately saying stuff like, "She only reads fairy-tales." Every time this process has been repeated I have wanted to say something like what I am about to say, but never got the chance. So now I'm going to say it.
I think many people forget that Beauty and the Beast is not set in 2011. It isn't set in the 1950's, either. It is set a long while back, before laptops and iPad's and cars. Before gigantic bookstores with every book genre and every book title you could possibly think of. Belle lives in a small, provincial town, and the only "library" is a little bookshop with maybe two or three shelves. There aren't any trucks that come into town every week, with stacks & stacks of the newest books. No, in Belle's library, the books in there are probably the only books that are in there for months at a time. At the time Belle was alive, there also probably wasn't a Harry Potter or a Great Expectations. The only books that were probably in that library were fairy-tales. Not thin paperback fairy-tales with pictures, no, the thick, complicated, original versions of fairy-tales. Have you ever read the original version of The Little Mermaid? It's not something just anyone can read.
Another thing I think people forget is that Belle was a dreamer, a dreamer who wanted to escape her boring town. Books like Pride & Prejudice offer no escape. Fairy-tales? Now those are something. Reading books like those, of far of places, dashing sword fights & a prince in disguise were possibly Belle's only source of comfort in that town she so wanted to leave. They offered her adventure that she couldn't have. If you think that it is very childish of Belle to read such stories, put yourself in her place. Pretend that's all your library had. Pretend you need to flee where you are, but you can't, and unfortunately, Harry Potter doesn't exist yet. She also states that she's read all the books in
I'm going to end this article with the wise words of someone who has written a very fairy-tale like series himself:
Some day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy-tales again. - C.S. Lewis
I think many people forget that Beauty and the Beast is not set in 2011. It isn't set in the 1950's, either. It is set a long while back, before laptops and iPad's and cars. Before gigantic bookstores with every book genre and every book title you could possibly think of. Belle lives in a small, provincial town, and the only "library" is a little bookshop with maybe two or three shelves. There aren't any trucks that come into town every week, with stacks & stacks of the newest books. No, in Belle's library, the books in there are probably the only books that are in there for months at a time. At the time Belle was alive, there also probably wasn't a Harry Potter or a Great Expectations. The only books that were probably in that library were fairy-tales. Not thin paperback fairy-tales with pictures, no, the thick, complicated, original versions of fairy-tales. Have you ever read the original version of The Little Mermaid? It's not something just anyone can read.
Another thing I think people forget is that Belle was a dreamer, a dreamer who wanted to escape her boring town. Books like Pride & Prejudice offer no escape. Fairy-tales? Now those are something. Reading books like those, of far of places, dashing sword fights & a prince in disguise were possibly Belle's only source of comfort in that town she so wanted to leave. They offered her adventure that she couldn't have. If you think that it is very childish of Belle to read such stories, put yourself in her place. Pretend that's all your library had. Pretend you need to flee where you are, but you can't, and unfortunately, Harry Potter doesn't exist yet. She also states that she's read all the books in
I'm going to end this article with the wise words of someone who has written a very fairy-tale like series himself:
Some day, you will be old enough to start reading fairy-tales again. - C.S. Lewis
Stepmothers are always seen as evil or bad in these movies but what if there is another side to the story and they have their reasons for their actions >>>
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Hand, D. (1937). Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [Film].
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Geronimi, C., Luske, H., & Jackson, W. (1950). Cinderella
[Film]. United States: Walt Disney Productions.
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To all disney princesses fans
My poll i created about the new icon has raised some negative feedback about the new proposed one. Mainly because I have not commented about it on the Disney Princesses forum.
Therefore I am very sorry I had no idea you had to voice out your idea first and the poll will be abandoned. I'm not sure how you delete a poll but it's fair to say that the original icon has 80% so it should win.
Please any questions or concerns please comment below.
I hope I haven't lost any popularity because of this.
Andy10B
My poll i created about the new icon has raised some negative feedback about the new proposed one. Mainly because I have not commented about it on the Disney Princesses forum.
Therefore I am very sorry I had no idea you had to voice out your idea first and the poll will be abandoned. I'm not sure how you delete a poll but it's fair to say that the original icon has 80% so it should win.
Please any questions or concerns please comment below.
I hope I haven't lost any popularity because of this.
Andy10B
1) Josh Groban
I have always been a fan of him and after listening to his rendition of If I Can't Love Her from the musical version on Youtube. I personally felt that Josh should have been cast as the Beast!
2) Urs Buhler & Carlos Marin (Il Divo)
Just so you know that Carlos Marin had previously played the Beast in the Madrid production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast, and I personally felt that his voice is more suitable.
The second choice was his Swiss bandmate, Urs Buhler because he has both the looks and voice for both Prince Adam and the Beast.
3) Il Volo
The Jonas Brother version of Il Divo, they sound perfect and Prince Adam would definitely sound very operatic. Do you agree?
Let The World Be Done with Me!
Here are my 3 choices, do you agree?
Snow white was like cinderella almost. cinderella and snow white both had to do all the chores. 1 difrince, snow white was born a princcess and cinderella was not. any way, snow white is 1 most famouse like ariel, cinderella (aready menchend her!), belle, etc........ It turns out that snow white is the youngest and has the shourtest hair, but her hair is not the only one black! Jasmine!
Here is a contest i did with my self the one day-
1) Who has black hair=snow white and jassmine. so who has magic carpit=JASSMINE!
2) who has blound hair=cinderella, arora,repunzle,elsa
who is my 1rst fav out of blound? REPUNZLE!!!!!!
3)who has red hair(this should be easy!)= ariel
and the answer is ARIEL!
4)who has orange/bown/red hair=anna, mrieda
none
the winners!
JASSMINE!
REPUNZLE!
ARIEL!
try it your self!
the end:D
Here is a contest i did with my self the one day-
1) Who has black hair=snow white and jassmine. so who has magic carpit=JASSMINE!
2) who has blound hair=cinderella, arora,repunzle,elsa
who is my 1rst fav out of blound? REPUNZLE!!!!!!
3)who has red hair(this should be easy!)= ariel
and the answer is ARIEL!
4)who has orange/bown/red hair=anna, mrieda
none
the winners!
JASSMINE!
REPUNZLE!
ARIEL!
try it your self!
the end:D