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Some Notes on Vincent...
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| Title: | Some Notes on Vincent... |
| Creator: | Mabel Blackburn |
| Date(s): | December 1991 |
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| Fandom: | Beauty and the Beast (TV) |
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Some Notes on Vincent... is a Beauty and the Beast (TV) essay by Mabel Blackburn.
It was printed in Beauty and the Beast Concordance.
Some Topics Discussed
- Vincent Well's attire has a "medieval style"
- there is much in Vincent's character that drives from the literature and culture of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
- Vincent as a symbol of Jesus Christ
- Vincent and Catherine has been compared to the tradition of courtly love
From the Essay
Mention has been made of Vincent as a symbol of Christ in the way he acts and in his influence on the actions of others. In this context, I find it particularly interesting that in medieval bestiaries — a name applied to a class of allegorical works written to symbolize spiritual truths, using animals to satirize human beings and to draw morals about their behavior — the lion was one of the animals used to represent Christ.
Vincent is a melange of Christian Bestiary, Courtly Lover, and Renaissance Courtier - certainly someone to be reckoned with in the twentieth or any other century!