Beauty and the Beast Excerpt 5: Beauty returns home; her tears become diamonds (2’3).

Excerpt 5
 

 Questions

1. Watch the first part of this excerpt several times. What special effects does Cocteau use to emphasize the magical character of Beauty’s departure and arrival?
2. What visual detail reminds us that the glove belongs to the Beast’s world?
3.

What happens when Beauty tells her father, “This monster is good”?

4.

What do the diamonds signify, according to Beauty?