Different Aspects of "The Courtship of Mr. Lyon" and "Beauty and the Beast"
"The Courtship of Mr. Lyon" is an interpretation of a traditional folktale, "Beauty and the Best". There are some aspects that make this story different from the old version.
Firstly, the characterization of these two stories is dissimilar. The characters in the traditional version are almost flat characters. The protagonist, Belle, is completely good; lovely and kindhearted. In contrast, in “The courtship of Mr. Lyon”, the protagonist, named Beauty, is not a flat character but a round character. She is not totally good like the old version, sometimes she might do good and sometimes she can do fault. In the text book, page 97 paragraph 3, started with “Returning late from supper after…” this describes about how the protagonist can have flaw is. When she is rich, she enjoys her luxurious life in the city and she becomes a spoiled child. This kind of life style that she has never felt it before makes she forget the promise for Mr. Lyon. This is her fault as a protagonist. Commonly, as a protagonist, she should not do like this, she have to be good all the time, but the author make the story different from the old version to make readers realize the reality that human beings can sometimes good and sometimes bad. That is difference.
Secondly, the use of point of view is, in my opinion, a little bit different. Both stories are third person point of view. But in “The Courtship of Mr. Lyon”, the third person point of view can be sometimes “first person”. This means there are two narrators in the story. While reading, the readers would feel like there are two people are telling the story. There are some evidences in page 93 paragraph 2 from the bottom, started with “Although her father had told her of the nature of the one who…” the uses of first-person relative pronoun are shown, “we” and “us”. This quality can make readers enter the mind of the characters and understand more about how they think.
Thirdly, the balance between the magical and the real world, the
Firstly, the characterization of these two stories is dissimilar. The characters in the traditional version are almost flat characters. The protagonist, Belle, is completely good; lovely and kindhearted. In contrast, in “The courtship of Mr. Lyon”, the protagonist, named Beauty, is not a flat character but a round character. She is not totally good like the old version, sometimes she might do good and sometimes she can do fault. In the text book, page 97 paragraph 3, started with “Returning late from supper after…” this describes about how the protagonist can have flaw is. When she is rich, she enjoys her luxurious life in the city and she becomes a spoiled child. This kind of life style that she has never felt it before makes she forget the promise for Mr. Lyon. This is her fault as a protagonist. Commonly, as a protagonist, she should not do like this, she have to be good all the time, but the author make the story different from the old version to make readers realize the reality that human beings can sometimes good and sometimes bad. That is difference.
Secondly, the use of point of view is, in my opinion, a little bit different. Both stories are third person point of view. But in “The Courtship of Mr. Lyon”, the third person point of view can be sometimes “first person”. This means there are two narrators in the story. While reading, the readers would feel like there are two people are telling the story. There are some evidences in page 93 paragraph 2 from the bottom, started with “Although her father had told her of the nature of the one who…” the uses of first-person relative pronoun are shown, “we” and “us”. This quality can make readers enter the mind of the characters and understand more about how they think.
Thirdly, the balance between the magical and the real world, the