Walt Disney said it best when he stated, "True beauty comes from within." Through precise design and articulation, the creators of the film Beauty and the Beast formed an elegant tale of true love found within the darkness of the unknown. Belle, the films beautiful book-loving heroine, starred as the main character in this Walt Disney classic Beauty and the Beast. It is throughout this film that Belle searches for more than her provincial life yet strangely finds what she was looking for confined within a cold dark mysterious palace. The search for internal beauty, the involvement of sacrifice and the curiosity of women can be traced back to the early days of Roman and Greek Mythology and can be found in present day tales. The passion for obtaining a more fulfilling was also found within Psyche, the protagonist in the Roman and Greek Mythological tale titled "Cupid and Psyche." Like Belle, Psyche found herself in search for more than what she already had in life. Both magnificent tales, Beauty and the Beast and "Cupid and Psyche," share similar concepts about beauty found from within and a

Psyche adapted to her strange living situation gradually. She grew closer and closer to the invisible man of the palace, knowing that this was the man she was meant to be with forever. Unfortunately, Psyche let doubt, in the form of her two sisters, take over the loving faith she had for her new mate. Psyche grew curious and suspicious of Cupid because she pondered the thought of him being a horrific monster. In her heart she knew Cupid was a kind and gentle man, but her eyes and mind needed evidence to prove that Cupid was not a monster and that her assumptions about her love were wrong. Belle, on the other hand, kept her positive loving faith in the Beast constantly, and she never believed the doubtful imaginary gossip that the people in the town shared. Belle trusted that the Beast was truly as her heart said he was, kind and gentle. Psyche willingly lost her faith in Cupid by giving into her doubts and curiosity; she saw through her eyes and not through her heart. Going against the wishes of her mate, Psyche shined a forbidden light upon Cupid, and to her dismay, Cupid was the most beautiful man she had ever laid eyes upon. Cupid awoke, and in furious rage, he left and the palace to heal his broken heart. Cupid believed in love greatly, but love without trust and faith is not love at all. In the tale of Beauty and the Beast, the Beast releases Belle from all confinements and lets her return to her father. If she truly loved him as he loved her, then she would return to him with open arms. Trust in love and the willingness to keep the faith is what kept Belle and the Beast together, and lack therefore, is what separated Psyche from Cupid.

In the tale of Beauty and the Beast, Belle is faced with a terribly frightening situation; she gave up her father and her freedom all in one day. Belle courageously offered herself as the Beast's prisoner in exchange for her father's freedom, and as frightened as she may have been, she grew to feel safe wi

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