Beauty and The Beast

Beauty and the Beast
Main Caracters:

- The Beauty: Her name is Belle and her age 17. Long, brown and somewhat curly hair. She loves to read and needs something more exiciting than her provincial life.

- The Beast: His name is Price Adam. He was cursed by an enchantress to wear the form of a beast until he could learn to love someone and earn their love in return. Age: 21, blue eyes, brown hair.

Supporting Caracters:

- Gaston: He's the bad guy: arrogant, self centered, cunning, persuasive. His obsession is Belle. 21 years old, black hair.

- Lumiere: (the candlestick) The french buttler. Light-hearted, romantic, smooth talking, charming. Age 22, dusty brown hair, blue eyes. He likes Babette.

- Cogsworth: (the clock) Head of Ruskin's servants. An English man who loves perfection.. Very well combed brown hair. Age 42.

- Maurice: Belle’s father

- Mrs. Pott (the teapot)

- Chip (the teacup)

- Phillipe (the horse)

- Le Fou: Gaston's follower

- Babette: Ruskin's maid

- Potts: The housekeeper

- Wardrobe

- Silly Girls

- Monsieur D’Arque

Summary:

A rich merchant lived in a city with his three daughters, of whom the youngest is named Belle (French for "Beautiful") for being lovely and pure of heart. The merchant eventually loses all of his wealth, and he and his daughters must therefore live in the rural areas outside of the city. After some years of this, he hears that one of the trade ships sent by himself had arrived in port, having escaped the destruction of its compatriots; therefore he returns to the city to discover whether it contains anything of monetary value. Before leaving, he asks his daughters whether they desire that he bring them any gift upon his return. His two oldest daughters ask for jewelry and dresses, thinking that his wealth has returned; Belle is satisfied with the promise of a rose, as none grow in their part of the country. The merchant finds that his ship's cargo has been seized to pay his debts, leaving him without money by which to buy his daughters their presents.

During his return, he becomes lost in a forest. Seeking shelter, he enters a castle. He finds inside tables laden with food and drink, which have apparently been left for him by the castle's owner. The merchant accepts this gift and is about to leave when he sees a rose garden and recalls that Belle had desired a rose. Upon picking the most lovely rose he finds, the merchant is confronted by a hideous 'Beast', which tells him that for taking his (the Beast's) most precious possession after accepting his hospitality, the merchant must stay his prisoner forever. The merchant begs to be set free, arguing that he had only picked the rose as a gift for his youngest daughter. The Beast agrees to let him go only if the merchant will send his daughter to live in the castle in his place.

The merchant is upset, but accepts this condition. He tries, upon arriving home, to hide the secret from Belle; but she pries it from him and willingly goes to the Beast's castle. The Beast receives her graciously and treats her as his guest. He gives her lavish clothing and food and carries on lengthy conversations with her. Each night, the Beast asks Belle to marry him, only to be refused each time. After each refusal, Belle dreams of a handsome prince who pleads with her to answer why she keeps refusing him. Belle does not make the connection between the handsome prince and the Beast and becomes convinced that the Beast is holding the prince captive somewhere in the castle. She searches for him and discovers multiple enchanted rooms, but of course, never the prince from her dreams.

Eventually, Belle becomes homesick and begs the Beast to allow her to go to see her family. He allows it, if she will return exactly a week later. Belle agrees to this and sets off for home with an enchanted mirror and ring. The mirror allows her to see what is going on back at the castle, and the ring allows her to return to the castle in an instant when turned three times around her finger. Her older sisters are surprised to find her well fed and dressed in finery. They grow jealous and, hearing that she must return to the Beast on a certain day, beg her to stay another day, even putting onion in their eyes to make it appear as though they are weeping. Belle's heart is moved and she agrees to stay.

Belle begins to feel guilty about breaking her promise to the Beast and uses the mirror to see him back at the castle. She is horrified to discover that the Beast is lying half-dead of heartbreak near the rose bushes her father had stolen from and she immediately uses the ring to return to Beast.

By the time Belle finds the Beast he is already dead, and she weeps over him, saying that she loves him. When her tears strike him, the Beast comes back to life and is transformed into a handsome prince. The Prince informs Belle that long ago a fairy turned him into a hideous beast after he refused to let her in from the rain, and that only by finding true love, despite his ugliness, could he break the curse. As the tale recedes, the final words draw us to a close: To judge by appearance is to miss the beauty of our inner souls....and they lived happily ever after.

My opinion about the story is good family entertainment with a few laughs and romantic story. And from the story we can learn that we can’t see other people just from outside, but we must see somebody from his/her innerbeauty, because outside appearance can deceive us.