In a tale of love and despair, the use of archetypes in “Beauty and the Beast”, written in 1756, helps to portray the theme and enables it to be applicable to real life. The tale is about a beautiful woman named Beauty who is forced to live with a Beast and eventually learns to see past his appearance and learn to love him. Thus, in the story, the theme portrays that there is more to a person than their outward appearance. This is exemplified with the Beast, who is included in multiple archetypes and is usually judged based on his looks, and with Beauty, who is the heroine of the story. Other similar texts are “Zelinda and the Monster” and “the Bear Prince” however both have their differences and similarities to the original fairytale.
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Because of his harsh treatment by society, he stays out of view when a lone merchant wanders to his abode, while also providing the merchant food and shelter during the storm that was raging. The Beast provides him the shelter and food because during this time period, in 1756, if someone were to request safety and lodging, it was widely accepted to provide them with such if you were capable, which shows the beast’s inner character of being kind. However when the merchant, who is also Beauty’s father, starts to leave and picks up a rose from one of the beast’s rosebushes, the Beast finally reveals himself. “Instantly, out of the rose garden, sprang a horrible beast, wearing splendid clothes” with “two bloodshot eyes” (Beauty and the Beast Pg.1 Paragraph 7) that glared angrily at the merchant. This portrayal shows the figure and looks of the Beast to the merchant, which frightens him immediately. The Beast then threatens to “put [him] to death for this slight” (Beauty and the Beast Pg. 1 Paragraph 7) of stealing a rose from his garden after he provided the merchant with food and shelter. This extreme and sudden reaction portrays the Beast as a Creature of Nightmare because he frightens
Shunned …show more content…
Because of his harsh treatment by society, he stays out of view when a lone merchant wanders to his abode, while also providing the merchant food and shelter during the storm that was raging. The Beast provides him the shelter and food because during this time period, in 1756, if someone were to request safety and lodging, it was widely accepted to provide them with such if you were capable, which shows the beast’s inner character of being kind. However when the merchant, who is also Beauty’s father, starts to leave and picks up a rose from one of the beast’s rosebushes, the Beast finally reveals himself. “Instantly, out of the rose garden, sprang a horrible beast, wearing splendid clothes” with “two bloodshot eyes” (Beauty and the Beast Pg.1 Paragraph 7) that glared angrily at the merchant. This portrayal shows the figure and looks of the Beast to the merchant, which frightens him immediately. The Beast then threatens to “put [him] to death for this slight” (Beauty and the Beast Pg. 1 Paragraph 7) of stealing a rose from his garden after he provided the merchant with food and shelter. This extreme and sudden reaction portrays the Beast as a Creature of Nightmare because he frightens