The old gentleman leads his horse to the castle, where he finds all the doors open. On his way through the woods however, he loses his way and after a long ride finds a magnificent castle in the midst of the forest he had not even known existed. The old gentleman, downhearted and depressed, makes his way back to his new home in the country. The harbor master tells the man that the ship too is damaged beyond repair and advices him to sell what is left of it for scrap. The gentleman insists on looking inside the cargo hold where he finds all of his cargo to be trashed, spices, tea and even silk. In the city, the harbor master takes the old gentleman to inspect the ship which seems to be in very bad shape. Without wasting any time, the old gentleman says farewell to his children and riding on horseback, makes his long way to the city. Excited, the two spoiled girls, Alicia and Pauline start asking for gifts, jewels and dresses, then the man asks of Beauty what she would like for herself and she humbly asks for a small rose. One day, a messenger arrives bringing the working men great joy, for one of the old ships had made its way to the harbor in the city, the Golden Swan, and it possibly might be filled with valuable cargo. The old gentleman and his two boys spend their days working outside in the great fields, while Beauty spends her time helping in any way she can, bringing the men their lunch, looking after the farm animals and her two grouchy sisters. Though his two spoiled daughters, Alicia and Pauline are not happy with the change, his three other children, the two boys Robert and Nathan and his beautiful daughter Beauty, have an easier time adapting. Finding himself in great debts, the heartbroken old gentleman sees no other option but to sell all of his property and move then with his children to the countryside, where they may begin a new life, without any real luxuries or riches. He had received news of his numerous ships carrying his valuable cargo being caught and destroyed in the sea off China. If you let go of some of that and you face your fears, you discover that they're not so terrifying or horrifying after all.The story begins when an old gentleman, father of five children, finds himself amidst great financial troubles. Part of the message, Tatar says, is "recognizing also that the monster out there isn't necessarily the one to be feared. Of course, the original beast was a metaphor for other things. And just as the villagers feared the beast, society wouldn't and didn't help victims of the AIDS epidemic until, for many, it was too late. Like the beast, he suffered from, essentially, what felt like a curse-and time was running out. As the film was heading toward its premiere, Ashman was dying of AIDS. It's said that Howard Ashman, the lyricist on Disney's 1991 animated Beauty and the Beast (and The Little Mermaid and Little Shop of Horrors), identified with the character of the beast. The X-Men can be read as an allegory for the ostracization of LGBTQ people the Hunchback of Notre Dame is similarly "ugly" in the eyes of society. We create these monsters, and then make peace with those monsters." BATB takes its place alongside other classic examples of outcasts (a trait over which Belle and the beast bond in the live-action version). I don't think Madame de Beaumont emphasized this, but the monster is a projection of our own anxieties. "The other side is, this is a story that tells us about monstrosity. That's not all: "That's one side of the message," explains Tatar. Or whatever else you were hoping for in a husband. "A person does not have to be necessarily good-looking." Or young. "It was a story that sent…a beautiful message about the power of love and the importance of valuing character," says Tatar. In a way BATB is a comforting story of how even if this happens to you, you can make the best of it and get to know the person you don't have to be scared and feel doomed. So much about the tale makes sense now, right? To a girl of, say, 13, a man who has gone through puberty is basically a huge, scary, smelly beast.
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