Beauty And The Beast, By Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

Beauty and the Beast written by Jeanne-Marie LePrince de Beaumont, and the Disney film version of Beauty and the Beast both deliver the message that sacrifices need to be made when in love, but the film version demonstrates a better understanding of the message. In Le Prince de Beaumont's version of the story, Beauty sacrifices herself to the Beast in exchange for her father because she feels responsible for his situation, believing, “it would be very needless, for my father shall not suffer upon my account” (LePrince de Beaumont 4). This version did a poor job sending the message because Beauty’s mind is set on taking ownership of her mistake by making the sacrifice of going to the beast because if she did not request a rose from her father, he would not have taken a …show more content…
The Disney version is more effective in sending the message because Belle makes the sacrifice of giving up her life so that her father can be let free from the Beast and her motive is pure love. Comparing the two versions together, the film does a better job presenting the message that sometimes when in love sacrifices are made because the audience is able see that Belle is a selfless individual who is willing to sacrifice her life out of goodwill and love for her father. Next, the Beast allows Beauty to visit her father as he says, “I had rather die myself," said the monster, "than give you the least uneasiness. I will send you to your father, you shall remain with him, and poor Beast will die with grief” (LePrince de Beaumont 6). This is an ineffective way of delivering the moral of the story because the Beast’s motive of lessening Beauty’s uneasiness does not leave a huge impact on the readers so the audience does not feel much empathy for the characters since the Beast is sacrificing his chance to love and nothing more than