Discover How the Events of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Predate the Story of ‘The Little Mermaid’
The stories of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘The Little Mermaid’ have some similarities, as both princesses are dreamers, there are spells that disrupt the lives of the good guys and there is also the presence of charismatic helpers who help make things much easier. However, what some fans theorize is that there is an even greater connection between the two films.
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In ‘Beauty and the Beast’, the public can accompany the resident of a small French village who loves to read books, starting to live in a castle next to a beast as a sacrifice, since she volunteered in exchange for her father’s freedom .
The place is full of magical objects and little by little Bela discovers that the large and hairy being that inhabits the place is a prince who was cursed and that the spell transformed the inhabitants of the place into decoration items, as well as changed the appearance of the place. castle and everything around it.
The curse was broken at the end of the film after Beauty proved her love for the feared Beast, causing him to return to his human form, that is, the handsome Prince Adam, as well as the castle that returned to its original appearance and objects with life, who returned to their version in flesh and blood.
Still, the surroundings of the Beast’s residence were not shown, leaving the audience unsure of how far the curse spread and how much of it Belle managed to break, raising the hypothesis that, perhaps, the fish that lived in the castle’s fountains had been affected by the spell, and who for some reason, were not released when the curse was lifted by the princess’s show of love.
With this, the theory that emerged on Reddit argues that the events seen in the 1991 film predate the events of ‘The Little Mermaid’ by many years, perhaps a millennium, and it is likely that the Atlantis castle is the same one that was inhabited by the Beast, and which, with the rise of water levels over the years, ended up being submerged in the ocean.
Thus, the idea, which was not proven, also explains that the enchanted fish that survived began to build a society below the sea, resulting in the appearance of mermaids and also justifying why there are intelligent underwater beings, not just the common fish we know.
However, there is a detail that can invalidate the thesis: the time in which each of the stories is told. That’s because, ‘Beauty and the Beast’ is an adaptation of the 1756 French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumontand according to the Cogsworth clock, as pointed out by Screenrante, the animation takes place at the same time, as he claims that the castle has “unusual rococo design” and is “another example of the late neoclassical baroque period”, proving that everything takes place before the French Revolution (1789 -1799).
In contrast, ‘The Little Mermaid‘ does not have clear clues of the time in which it is set, however, due to the presence of pirates and mermaids, it is likely that the plot is set in the 18th century, that is, between 1701 and 1800, showing that the period of time between the two stories is short, and it wouldn’t fit all the changes that would be necessary to sink the castle.
Source: Recreio
