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Question: Anyone else notice some weird similarities between Twilight and Disney's the Beauty and the beast!?
I'll list the facts:
-the heroine of the story has brown hair, brown eyes, and is very pretty
-in the Beauty and the Beast the protagonist is named Belle!. In Twilight it's Bella
-Both girls live with their father in a small town
-Both fall in love with someone different from them (Twilight=vampire, Beauty and the Beast=Beast)
-In the end, the lovers become the same!.!.!. (Bella becomes a vampire, the Beast becomes a human)

Coincidence!? I think NOT! Anyone else agree/disagree!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
i disagree for many reasons!.

Twilight is far less fairy tale and in Beauty and the Beast Belle is forced to live in a castle which doesnt sound much like Twilight plot-wise!.

The characters are cliche to me, and so, exist in a lot of stories!.

So, would you mind, agreeing to disagree!? I like the controversy!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'd say coincidence!. Romantic heroines are almost always beautiful!. They are supposed to suffer hardship, so they'll often be from broken families!. The name, which means beauty, is an obvious one for a romantic heroine!. Falling in love with someone who isn't human is a standard trope in fantasy romance!.

Both stories reach back, in a broad way, to the fable of the girl kissing a frog who turns into a prince!. They draw from traditional romantic themes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I doubt it!. Lots of heroines nowadays have brown hair, brown eyes, and are pretty, and the rest of the similarities aren't very striking!. I rather like Beauty and the Beast more!.!.!.at least Belle didn't whine about everything!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

ya answer mine http://answers!.yahoo!.com/question/index!?!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Now that you mention it, yeah
and the girls have to keep their fathers away to protect them

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OMG I so agree, but you told me the ending of Twilight and I was reading, but no biggy!Www@QuestionHome@Com