Beauty and the Beast

A detailed Summary of Beauty and the Beast

In history fairy tales have been geared to adults and not children. For this reason, many of our history's fairy tales have lost their original perspectives. During the seventeenth century, fairy tales were changed so that children could understand them. Many of the stories contained educational or moral values which adults believed were good for their children to learn. Beauty and the Beast is probably one of the most famous fairy tales that was ever created. There are many virtues in this story that are very easy to understand. One is that Beauty's virtue comes from her willingness to sacrifice herself and another is the classic idea that beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

This fairy tale starts off with a background on the merchant and his family. In the beginning of this tale the merchant is very wealthy and he spares no expense when it comes to his family. Because of this two of his three daughters were very snotty and somewhat disliked by the rest of the town. On the other side was Beauty, whom everyone in the town loved and admired something that made her sisters insanely jealous. When the merchant lost his wealth the two elder sisters did not want to move out of the town into the co

Fairy tales can be looked at in many different views. In Beauty and the Beast we see the transformation of young people and the virtues of those who are true at heart. Beauty completes the process of maturation and while she and the Prince show the virtues of those who are true at heart.

One important message that is present in this story is that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Also, that if love between two people is true, then it will beat all the odds. Beauty who at first is appalled by the Beast learns to see the good in him rather than the beast on the outside. She becomes friends with the Beast and eventually falls in love with him. What the Beast allowed was for her to see her family through a magic mirror. This makes Beauty very happy. When she sees that her father is sick and no one is there to take care of him she asks the Beast if she may go. He tells her that he would rather her be happy than have her be unhappy at the castle and he lets her go. Beauty promises that she will return in five days to be with the Beast again. Once Beauty is home she tells her family how happy she is with the Beast at his castle. The two sisters are once again jealous because they were not happy with their marriages. When the sisters learn that Beauty has to go back in five days they decide to be extremely nice to her so that she will not want to go back. After seven days she is still very happy but she misses the Beast. So that night she decides to go back to the castle. When she gets there she sees the beast lying on the ground. He had starved himself because she had not come back, and he could not live without her. Upon seeing the beast like this Beauty realizes that she cannot live without him and promises him her hand in marriage if he will just hold on and live. After she spok

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Category: Foreign