Beast's Masculinity in " Beauty and the Beast " Selected Versions

This researchanalyzes the short story by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve entitled Beauty and the Beast, the animation version of Beauty and the Beast by Disney in 1991, and the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast by Disney in 2017. this research focuses on the main male character, Beast. This research use New Criticism and masulinity as the theory to find out the characterization and the masculinity of the Beast. The data source of this research is the short story of Beauty and the Beast by Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve, the animation version of Beauty and the Beast by Disney in 1991, and the live-action version of Beauty and the Beast by Disney in 2017. For the secondary data, the researcher uses books, journals, some of the thesis that discuss about masculinity, and from internet resources that relate with this research. As the result, the researcher finds the characteristics of Beast are: Physical appearance, emotional, rude, bad-tempered, gentle, and well-educated.while, the Connell's concept of masculinity that include: wealthy, handsome, do the violence, and agree with domesticity. The comparison shows that the masculinity standards are changing following the trends and cultural changing.