Recall any folk/mythical/religious short story that you might have heard/seen/read as a child and discuss what you liked most about it and how do you see it now as a distinctive social/cultural text with its own moral/ideology and how does it speak to you now.

Beauty and the Beast A beautiful enchantress cloaked as an old beggar woman arrives at a

castle

during a ball and offers the host, a cruel and selfish prince, a

rose

in

return

for shelter from a storm. When he refuses, she reveals her identity. As punishment for the prince's lack of compassion, the enchantress transforms him into a beast and his servants into household objects. She casts a spell on the

rose

and warns the prince that the spell will only be broken if he learns to

love

another, and earn their

love

in

return

before the

last

petal falls, or he will remain a beast forever. Some years later, in the small town of Villeneuve, Belle, the book-loving daughter of an inventor named Maurice, dreams of adventure. She constantly brushes off advances from Gaston as he is not the type of man Belle wishes to marry. On Maurice's way to a convention and lost in the forest, he seeks refuge in the Beast's

castle

, but the Beast imprisons him for stealing a

rose

from his garden as a gift to Belle. When Maurice's horse returns without him, Belle ventures out in search for him, and finds him locked in the

castle

dungeon. Belle tricks both her

father

and the Beast by asking for a simple hug goodbye from her

father

, she pushes him out and locks herself in the dungeon. The Beast agrees to let her take her

father

's place and forces Maurice to leave immediately. Belle befriends the

castle

's servants, who invite her to a dinner. When she wanders into the forbidden west wing and finds the

rose

, the Beast scares her into the woods. She is ambushed by a pack of wolves, but the Beast rescues her, becoming injured in the process. As Belle nurses his wounds, a spark develops between them. The Beast shows Belle a gift from the enchantress, a book that transports readers wherever they want. Belle uses the book to visit her childhood home in Paris, where she discovers a plague doctor mask and realizes that she and her

father

were forced to leave when her mother succumbed to the plague. In Villeneuve, Maurice fails to convince the other villagers of the Beast and Belle's imprisonment. Gaston, seeing rescuing Belle as an opportunity to win her hand in marriage, agrees to help Maurice. When Maurice learns of his ulterior motive and rejects him, Gaston abandons him to be eaten by the wolves. Maurice is rescued by the town hermit Agathe, but when he tells the townsfolk of Gaston's crime and is unable to provide solid evidence, Gaston convinces them to send Maurice to an asylum. After sharing a romantic dance with the Beast, Belle discovers her

father

's predicament using a magic mirror. The Beast releases her to save Maur

ice, giving

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is released, her

is released her

her the mirror to remember him with.Realizing that Belle loves the Beast, a jealous Gaston claims she has been charmed by dark magic, and has her thrown into the asylum carriage with her

father

. He rallies the villagers to follow him to the

castle

to slay the Beast before he curses the whole village. Inside the asylum carriage, Belle tells her

father

that she knows what happened to her mother and showed him the

rose

rattle she took from her magical visit to their home.Maurice and Belle escape, and Belle rushes back to the

castle

. Dur

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rush

ing the battle, Gaston abandons his companion LeFou, who

then

sides with the servants to fend off the villagers. Gaston attacks the Beast in his tower, who is too depressed to fight back, but regains his spirit upon seeing Belle

return

. He defeats Gaston, but spares his life before reuniting with Belle.

However

, Gaston shoots the Beast from a bridge, which

then

collapsed as the

castle

began to crumble, leading Gaston to fall to his death. The Beast

then

dies as the

last

petal falls, and the servants become breathless. Belle confesses her

love

for the Beast and atlast everything becomes

norma

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at last

l.The Prince and Belle host a ball for the kingdom, where they dance happily. Perspective- When I was a child I used to take

this

story

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child, I

of

love

as a fairytale but there is al

ways some kin

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fairy tale, but

fairy tale but

d of perception inside ‘’

love

is only about looks what

one

has”. But I usually got fascinated by the romantic movies as I used to think

love

is all about romance and caring for each other. When we all were child we didn't knew What

is

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child, we

love

?Right.

T

his

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know

movie show that

love

is

one

of the most beautiful feelings in the world. ...

Love

is

one

such

feeling that can be expressed in endless ways yet, cannot be defin

ed compl

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ways, yet

etely in words but all I can say i

s

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words, but

that is

love

is to give away everything, to sacrifice everything, without the slightest desire to get anything in

return

. When I got matured I felt that “inte

lligency,

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matured, I

inner-beauty

are far mor

the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience

intelligence

e

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,

precious than looks what

one

perceives”. But nowadays, people consider

love

as to fulfill her desires

inste

ad peop

put in effect

fulfil

le should have a platonic bond between each other.You all have heard about Krishna and Radha ?right.

For instance

Rad

ha

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?

and

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Right

Krishan

also

share

love

which is platonic. Through Belle and

also

from my point of view , the Beast comes to und

er

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,

stand that life is precious and meant to be cherished and shared. Life and his place in it is not a commodity to be consumed and waste forever.. At

last

I want to convey that we should always value inward characteristics

such

as kindness over other superficial qualities.In

this

movie Belle valued the inward characteristics of Beast, and fell in

love

w

ith h

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the Beast

im despite his outward appearances

that is

what we all called “

love

”….