The beauty and the beast

Characters Analysis

The beauty was a young, kindhearted girl who wanted to help her father after he lost his fortune. She never demanded any type of gifts from her father, unlike her sisters which never had enough of anything. When her father went on a trip to gain some of his fortunes back she asked him for a rose. After her father got caught picking flowers from the beast’s garden the story got interesting because the beast was actually an enchanted prince.

The beast was an enchanted prince who believed that true love existed and that it lives in a heart that’s in love. He also believed it was eternal. Mutual love emerged out of an everyday conversation between him and the beauty so he was sure her feelings for him were honest. She believed in him, listened to him and saved him on his death bed.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont Biography

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont was a French author best known for her version of “The Beauty and the Beast”. She was born in 1711 in Rouen and died in 1780. After her mother passed away when Jeanne was only eleven, she and her sisters were tutored by two wealthy women who later on enrolled them into a convent school in Ernemont in Rouen. Subsequently, Jeanne became a singing teacher.

She was married two times, once to the dancer Antoine Malter and the second time for Grimard de Beaumont.

In 1748 she went to London where she wrote fairytales amongst which was “The Beauty and the Beast”. Jeanne left England in 1763 with her daughter Elisabeth. Jeanne was in a relationship with the French spy Thomas Pichon which landed her a character in the novel “Crossings”.

Except for fairy tales. she wrote novels such as “The Triumph of Truth” and instructional handbook for parents and educator called Magasins. Her other works are: “Prince Darling”, “Prince Charming”, “The Widow and her Two Daughters”, “The Tale of the Three Wishes”…

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