Submissive to Society
             Over the years there have been thousands of interpretations of Beauty and the Beast. From the first to the most recent there have been a lot of changes from story to story. From Shrek to Shallow Hal Beauty and the beast is everywhere in movies books and TV in our society. Over time the Beast's role has become a little bit less stereotypical depending on the stories.
             The issue of the Beast and the way that Zipes looks at him as stereotypical man who expects women to conform to him and be submissive today is becoming more far off in some of the newer versions. Today in the stories such as Shrek the Beast never expects the Beauty to love him and be submissive he just tries to get her to like him. Today in our society if we use a more stereotypical Beast in a fairy tale parents might object to the idea that there daughter gets the notion of having to give in to the men in her life.
             On the other side of things there are some stories that have come out that have had a very stereotypical Beast that have been excepted in our society. Disney's "Beauty in the Beast" represents men in a way that might even be more stereotypical then the past. They have the father character who gets into his own trouble which Beauty saves him from. They have the character Gaston who is supposed to be the envy of all the women because he is handsome and a good athlete. Finally they have the Beast who couldn't be anymore Beastly. He is a large hairy mean and ugly character who expects the Beauty to love him. This story suggests that the Beauty should be submissive to the Beast and her father and should do everything for men.
             The biggest way to see the change is in stories like Shallow Hal where the Beast and the Beauty are hard to find. Is the Beast the fat girl with a good heart or the guys who expects to get a supermodel when he himself is not even close to being one. With stories like this coming out it is ...