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Does Belle From 'Beauty and the Beast' Suffer From Stockholm Syndrome? We Asked an Expert.

Is it love or is it Stockholm syndrome? Or is her love for the Beast a symptom of Stockholm syndrome, the phrase put into use by psychiatrist Frank Ochberg to describe the phenomenon of hostages developing feelings of love for their captors? In promoting the live-action remake of Beauty and the Beast, Disney has painted Belle as a feminist role model, while star Emma Watson has specifically refuted the charge of Stockholm syndrome.