Analysis Of Beauty And The Beast

Many oral traditions have successfully passed on through the centuries, eventually being printed and adapted into what we know as fairy tales. These tales have commonly served as a tool for the older generation to instill lessons and values into the fresh new minds of the younger due to the stories’ effective ability to resonate with children. The relevancy of their teachings has allowed for many of these countless tales to live on well into the modern era. However, their lessons about relationships have become out of touch over the years due to the ever changing societal values of our times that disagree with their …show more content…
Ultimately, this tale’s moral is to emphasize the importance of the beauty within someone; however, the Beast is not a correct representation of beauty. He emotionally manipulative, with all his conditions and rules, yet he is presented as a good person. Beauty is so selfless that she will put everyone’s needs before her own. However, in current society women are encouraged to act more independent in relationships. One particularly jarring moment is when the Beast completely manipulates Beauty in telling her “poor Beast will die” if she leaves. After allowing her to leave she comes back late and is full of grief and guilt. The lesson we can extract about relationships from this is that it is acceptable to be with a man who acts in such a controlling way. This romanticizes mentally unstable men, as well as relationships, that our society today would deem