Hiding a terrible secret, the doors are always locked. The secluded areas in the movies Rigoletto and Beauty and the Beast were dark and held in the silent anger of Beast and Mr. Ribaldi. Rigoletto is a movie about a young girl, Bonnie, who befriends a scarred man who turns out to be a fairytale prince. Beauty and the Beast is a movie about another young girl, Belle, who is held in a sort of bondage by a beast who also turns out to be a prince. The forbidden room in Rigoletto and the West Wing in the Beauty and the Beast are similar because they both hide the masters of the household, they are both dark and dreary in appearance and atmosphere, and the secrets they both hide are revealed in the end.
             First of all, both of the rooms hide the masters of the household. In Rigoletto, the forbidden room is where Mr. Ribaldi stays in the dark all day. Few people are allowed to enter so that he can have more silence and peace. In Beauty and the Beast, the West Wing is where Beast hides all of the time. It is where he keeps his enchanted rose and all of the furniture he breaks in his fits of anger. This is how both of the rooms hide the masters of the household.
             Secondly, both rooms have a dark and dreary appearance and atmosphere. In Rigoletto, the room is very shadowy with only a patch of light coming in through a window like a speck of sunlight coming through the clouds. Mr. Ribaldi sits in the dark in his chair so that he can see everyone who comes into the room, but the cannot see him.
             In Beauty and the Beast, the West Wing has one window, which does not let in a lot of light. In the room, all of the furniture is ripped or broken and dark drapings are thrown carelessly around. This is how both of the rooms have dark and dreary atmospheres and appearances.
             Finally, the secrets that are held in both rooms are revealed in the end. In Rigoletto it turns out that he is a prince. It also comes about that he only came t...