A study of two Disney movies: Cinderella (2015) and Beauty and the Beast (2017)

Abstract

Movie adaptation is the way to covert a play, book or novel into a movie. The aim of this paper is to discuss the adaptation of two popular fairy tales Cinderella (2015) and Beauty & the Beast (2017). The primary focus of this paper is to the efficiency of adaptation by the movie directors and how they presented the story in the movie. Did there any changes made in the movie or not, is there any fact that was over hyped or understated in the story. In conclusion the issue of gender in translation is also discussed briefly considering the films.