Beauty and the Beast: A Reflection

The Beauty and the Beast: A Reflection

            Between “once upon a time” and “happily ever after” lies a timeless, ever-changing world, where everything is possible and dreams do come true. 
            For centuries, the story of Beauty and the Beast has been known for its unique yet romantic tale that captured the tastes of the people. For a long time, the story has gone through the ages and went a long mile through countries making it one of the favorites of all time. The story revolves around the main characters of the story namely, Belle as Beauty, the Beast lover of Belle, Maurice father of Belle, Gaston the suitor of Belle who wanted to marry her.

           Beauty and the Beast" is one of the most beloved of all the fairy tales just because it contrasts goodness with badness in a way that is appealing to the imagination. It is also a story that depicts with special force the mystery of virtue itself. Virtue is the "magic" of the moral life for it often appears in the most unexpected persons and places and with surprising results. Here, Belle is always dignified, happy, highly modest, humble and subservient. She is, in brief, the ideal girl who's been raised right, but whose virtuous fidelity and self-denial, if not overthrown by some intrusive force, threaten to bottle her up in an emotional dead end. She has always been the favorite of her fellow villagers for her joyous aura that made her liked by everyone. " Because she is virtuous, Beauty is able to "see" the virtues in Beast that lie hidden beneath his monstrous appearance. On the other hand, the Beast is a gentleman and kind-hearted even though a curse transformed his appearance making him a scary beast. Their love story made the tale interesting and intriguing for the people, how would a beautiful girl love a monster? This now applies to the challenge that love does not see what is visible by our naked eye.

            This story teaches how to see the true self of the people around us, especially to the on we love the most. It conveys an idea of loving someone despite of his/her physical appearance, thus, love doesn’t use its bare eyes but the eyes of the heart.
           "Beauty and the Beast" teaches the simple but important lesson that appearances can be deceptive, that what is seen is not always what it appears to be. The story portrays the paradoxical truth that unless virtue is in a person she will not be able to find, appreciate, or embrace virtue in another. "Beauty and the Beast" embraces one last important moral truth: a person's decisions in life will define what kind of person she becomes. In this sense also our destinies are not fated: we decide our own destinies.