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Beauty And The Beast By Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont
The story I analyzed was “Beauty and the Beast” by Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont. In this story there is a wealthy merchant with 6 children, 3 boys and 3 girls. The youngest daughter Beauty was the epitome of the perfect person; where as her sisters were very pompous and only cared about materialistic items and status. Their father’s fortune was lost and the family had to move out to the countryside. The father then took a trip to the homeport to get his fortune back, but instead he was left with nothing. On his way back to his family he got caught in a snowstorm and had to seek shelter in an immerse castle. There was no sign of life but he felt someone was watching over him. After a good nights rest he set off to leave, but before he did he saw a beautiful rose and he plucked the rose for his daughter Beauty. Then there came a loud noise and coming at him was a giant beast. The beast was furious because the roses were his most prized possession. Once the father explained it was for Beauty the beast made a trade that he can be free if a daughter of his takes his place. Beauty took the place of her father and stayed with the beast. Beauty was alone every day until 9pm, when …show more content…
This means that for a tale to be considered a fairy tale there has to be something of that illusory nature. Throughout the tale mentions of fairy’s or other imaginary creatures are included weather it’s the father while in the castle saying “’this palace belongs to some good fairy who has taken pity on me’”(De Beaumont 34) or Beauty’s dream of a woman coming to her and telling her that she will be rewarded for her selfless decisions. It is not till the very end that a real fairy is revealed to be the cause of everything; a bad one who put beast under the curse and a good one who made a great happy ending. Regardless of good or evil this tale has the magic and enchantment element required for a fairy
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