beauty and the beast

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fairy tale literary work

Beauty and the Beast is a classic fairy tale, popularized by numerous film and stage adaptations, about a young woman whose compassion and love transform a cursed prince from a monstrous beast back into his true human form.

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Label Occurrences
Beauty and the Beast 2
Beauty and the Beast fairy tale 1
La Belle et la Bête 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fairy tale ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
centralRelationship Beauty and the Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType man versus self ⓘ
man versus society ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
ending Beauty and the Prince live together in happiness ⓘ
the Beast is transformed back into a prince ⓘ
featuresMotif curse ⓘ
enchanted castle ⓘ
forbidden wing or room ⓘ
magical objects ⓘ
transformation ⓘ
genre fairy tale ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasAdaptation Beauty and the Beast (1991 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (TV series, 1987) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (TV series, 2012) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Belle et la Bête (1946 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
La Belle et la Bête (2014 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacterType devoted daughter ⓘ
enchanted prince ⓘ
jealous sisters ⓘ
merchant father ⓘ
hasLoveInterest Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMainCharacter Beauty NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ
the Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTheme inner beauty ⓘ
moral education ⓘ
redemption ⓘ
self‑sacrifice ⓘ
transformative power of love ⓘ
influencedWork Beauty and the Beast (Disney franchise) NERFINISHED ⓘ
moral love and virtue can break curses ⓘ
true beauty lies within ⓘ
narrativePattern ATU 425C The Beauty and the Beast NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage French ⓘ
plotSummary A young woman agrees to live with a fearsome Beast in exchange for her father’s safety and eventually breaks his curse through love. ⓘ
setting enchanted castle ⓘ
rural town ⓘ

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King Kong → theme → beauty and the beast ⓘ
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film) → basedOn → beauty and the beast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beauty and the Beast fairy tale
Disney media franchises → includes → beauty and the beast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beauty and the Beast
Jean Cocteau → notableWork → beauty and the beast ⓘ
this entity surface form: La Belle et la Bête
Kinuko Y. Craft → hasIllustrated → beauty and the beast ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beauty and the Beast