Table of Contents
Abstract…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………2
Acknowledgments………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5
Cinderella Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………………..8
Opening Credits & Narrative Style………………………………………………………………………..8
Setting Through Mise-en-scene…………………………………………………………………………..12
Characterization and Flow of Story Information………………………………………………….13
Deadline Driven, Goal- Oriented Plot…………………………………………………………………..20
Parallelism in Cinderella……………………………..……………………………………………………….24
Theme of Pursuing Dreams on Two Meaning Levels: Explicit & Implicit………………27
Motif in Cinderella…………………………………………………………………………………………......32
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………...36
Beauty and the Beast Introduction ……………………………...………………………………………………...38
Setting the Scene and Exposition Through Opening Narration & Imagery…………….38
Music Revealing Characterization and Contextual Setting……………………………………41
Theme of Inner V. Outer Beauty Through Mise-en-scene……………………………………..46
Theme of Rescue Activity and Flow of Story Information…………………………………….60
Foreshadowing………………………………………………………………………………………………….69
Motif in Beauty and the Beast …………………………………………………………………………….72
Goal- Oriented Plot: Theme of Freedom V. Captivity……………………………………………82
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………...88
Comparing and Contrasting Cinderella with Beauty and the Beast ………………………………….90
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………………...90
Cinderella V. Beauty and the Beast With Regard to Inner & Outer Beauty……………...90
Cinderella V. Belle and Their “Dreams” of Freedom.………………………………………….…94
Social Orientation of the Servants………………………………………………………………………97
Motif in Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast………………………………………………………99
Final Thoughts: Depictions of Women in Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast:
Products of Their Societies…………………………………………………………………….100
Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………………………106
References…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………108