Beauty and the Beast Excerpt 4: Beauty and the Beast; her attachment to her father; humiliation of the Beast (3’12”)

Excerpt 4
 

 Questions

1. Describe the formal character of the second shot in this excerpt. What do we see? What do the characters discuss? What is the relationship between the form and the content here?
2. Discuss the Beast’s reaction when Beauty tells him the name of the man who has asked her to marry him.
3.

Describe the Beast’s state when he appears before Beauty’s door in the middle of the night.

4. Why does the Beast apologize to Beauty (what does he say)? How would you interpret his behavior?
5.

Why does the Beast order Beauty to close her door? Interpret his reaction to Beauty’s gaze.