Gaston is the main antagonist of Disney's 1991 animated feature film Beauty and the Beast. He is an arrogant and chauvinistic hunter, who is greedily determined to have Belle's hand in marriage, even by force if necessary. His obsession turns him from a harmless jerk into a cruel, twisted, and ruthless villain, especially upon his discovery that Belle's love is not for him, but for a Beast. An egotistical hunter who vies for Belle's hand in marriage and is determined not to let anyone else…
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