<P> The Beast is not of any one species of animal, but a chimera (a mixture of several animals), who would probably be classified as a carnivore overall . He has the head structure and horns of a buffalo, the arms and body of a bear, the eyebrows of a gorilla, the jaws, teeth, and mane of a lion, the tusks of a wild boar and the legs and tail of a wolf . He also bears resemblance to mythical monsters like the Minotaur or a werewolf . He also has blue eyes, the one physical feature that does not change whether he is a beast or a human . </P> <P> As opposed to his original counterpart, Disney gave him a more primal nature to his personality and mannerisms, which truly exploited his character as an untamed animal (i.e. alternating between walking and crawling, animal growls). Producer Don Hahn envisioned that the Beast's psychological state has become increasing feral the longer he was under the curse, such that he would eventually lose his last vestiges of humanity and become completely wild if the spell could not be broken . Hahn's idea doesn't manifest prominently in the finished 1991 animated film, since the Beast is only seen in a brief scene some time after his transformation while much of the narrative starts during the later period of the curse . </P> <P> In the original tale, the Beast is seen to be kind - hearted for the most part, and gentleman - like, with only an occasional tendency to be hot - tempered . Disney's interpretation of the Beast made him more constantly angry and depressed, due to the shame from his unkind actions which led to his transformation, and particularly his struggle of reconciling his hideous appearance with his inner humanity which made him feel hopeless about breaking the curse . Supervising animator Glen Keane describes The Beast as "a twenty - one - year - old guy who's insecure, wants to be loved, wants to love, but has this ugly exterior and has to overcome this ." Upon his reform under his love interest Belle, his personality changes to refined and more even - tempered, while naive about the world at the same time . </P> <P> To reflect his early personality, the Beast is seen shirtless, with ragged, dark gray breeches, and a ragged reddish - colored cape with a golden colored circular - shaped clasp . Despite the actual color of his cape being a dark reddish color, the Beast's cape is more often referenced to be purple (and in most of the Beast's subsequent appearances after the film, such as Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas or the Kingdom Hearts games, his cape is colored purple). The reason for this change in color is unknown, although the most likely reason is that the color purple is often associated with royalty . After the Beast saves Belle from a pack of wolves, his dress - style changes to become more formal and disciplined, reflecting a more refined personality as he attempts to win Belle's friendship and love . His most referenced form of dress is his ballroom outfit, which consisted of a golden vest over a white dress shirt with a white kerchief, black dress pants trimmed with gold, and a royal blue ballroom tail coat trimmed with gold, worn during the film's ballroom dance sequence . </P>

Character description of the beast from beauty and the beast