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Beauty and the Beast
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Wealthy merchant / father |
- A wealthy widowed merchant had six children, three sons
and three daughters.
- The
youngest daughter was known for her beauty, and was called Belle.
Sea |
- They lived in a fine house in a large city near the sea.
Full fathom five thy father lies, of his bones are coral made. Those are pearls that were his eyes. Nothing of him that doth fade, but doth suffer a sea-change into something rich and strange.
(Shakespeare, The Tempest)
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Earl, future husband of jealous sister |
- Belle's two older sisters were very greedy, material and vain; they had
plans to marry a duke or earl.
- They were both very jealous of
Belle because she was loved by everyone and was so beautiful.
- The sisters were arrogant and rude, and
Belle was sincere and kind.
- They attended balls and parties every day, and Belle preferred to stay home and read.
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. (2 Timothy 2:22)
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House fire |
- One day, the family’s house burned down and
the family was homeless.
- Belle remained steadfast and pure leading others to call her
Beauty and she decided to make the best of their situation.
Their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person’s work. (1 Corinthians 3:13)
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Beauty at country home |
- The fire forced the family to move to a small house in
the country that had a lot of problems, like several
broken windows.
- Beauty worked to make the best life for her brothers and father while the sisters lay in bed and cried
and threw tantrums.
O! how much more doth beauty beauteous seem
By that sweet ornament which truth doth give. (Shakespeare, Sonnet 54)
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Lost at sea |
- The wealthy merchant next lost his
fortune after his ships were reported missing at sea and never
returned to port.
- The vain older sisters had a hard time adjusting to
poverty and living in the country and sharing a bedroom with their
sister.
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish
ambition in your heart, do not be arrogant and so lie
against the truth. This wisdom is not that which comes
down from above, but is earthly, natural, demonic. For
where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is
disorder and every evil thing. (James 3:14-16)
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Beauty and her jealous sisters |
- The merchant took up farming to feed the family.
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Beauty, who was loyal and modest, set about helping her father
around the house and farm.
Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace. (Proverbs 3:17)
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Merchant ship in port, model ship |
- After a long year with no business, the
merchant received a letter informing him that one of his ships has
arrived in port so he makes plans to meet it.
- He asks his
daughters what gifts they would like him to bring back for
them from his trip to the big city.
Gold chain and jewels for jealous sisters |
- The two eldest daughters asked him for gold chains and jewels.
Rose |
- Beauty requested her father bring her a simple rose.
From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
(Shakespeare, Sonnet
1)
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Ship at dock, scraps |
- The merchant sets off on his journey but receives bad news
after legal hearings leave him with no profit from his ship.
- He
starts the trip home, broken and poorer than ever.
Murky Woods |
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Despondent, the merchant travels home in deep sadness.
- He stops to buy gold
chains for his two oldest daughters and rides his horse
through the countryside looking for a rose for Beauty.
The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem
For that sweet odour, which doth in it live.
(Shakespeare, Sonnet 54)
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Snowing |
- The merchant gets lost in the woods on the way
because he was so involved in his thoughts he wasn't paying
attention.
- It was raining and the wind began blowing and
it started to snow and it quickly turned into a dark night.
Water becomes hard like stone,
And the surface of the deep is imprisoned. (Job 38:30)
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Talking lamp light |
- He was freezing cold and perpared to die in the
wilderness but was relieved when he saw the soft glow of
lamp lights through a thicket of trees.
- The lamps were
chattering to him.
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. (Psalm 119:105)
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Castle |
- He traveled further toward the light and came upon a great mansion (castle).
- He led his horse to a stable where it was warm and there was
plenty of hay and oats and warm blankets.
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? (Job 38:19)
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Happy castle open door |
- He took refuge in the castle when the door swung
open.
- The castle appeared to be empty, so the merchant made himself
at home.
For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. (1 Corinthians 16:9)
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Candle flame |
- The castle rooms were filled with candlesticks and
it was well lit.
- Because of a curse on the castle, everything
there had been turned into inanimate objects but still had
personalities and could speak to him.
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. (Proverbs 4)
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Castle stones |
- The castle gargoyles were watching him as he explored
the empty rooms and halls.
Roaring fire in the fireplace |
- There was a roaring fire in the fireplace with hot coals and
many eyes watching him.
- The table was set and there was a
gourmet feast ready to be served.
Every man’s work shall be made manifest: for the day shall declare it, because it shall be revealed by fire; and the fire shall try every man’s work of what sort it is. (1 Corinthians
3:13)
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Eating chicken drumstick for dinner |
- At last he was so hungry that he could stand it no longer
and he took a leg of chicken and ate it in two mouthfuls, trembling all the while.
Wine with dinner |
- After dinner, he drank a few glasses of fine French wine.
- He waited a considerable time, until
the clock struck eleven, and still nobody came.
- The
servants in the castle had been turned into inanimate objects
in non-human forms but they scurried around and cleaned up the
dinner table.
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. (Psalms 104:15)
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Watery sleep |
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He found an empty bed in an elegant bedroom with feather
pillows.
- He was so exhausted he curled up in bed and soon fell asleep.
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. (Proverbs 6:10)
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Breakfast spread |
- When he woke, the merchant discovered that breakfast had mysteriously been prepared for him.
- His dirty and torn clothes had been cleaned and mended.
Garden of the Beast |
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After finishing his meal, he decided to visit the garden and he remembered his promise to Beauty, so
he plucked a rose from
a bush.
Flowers appear on the earth; the season of singing has come, the cooing of doves is heard in our land. (Song of Songs 2:12)
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Beast |
- Immediately he heard a great crash like thunder, and looking around he saw a huge monster.
Beast
meet up |
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The fearsome Beast appears, declaring that he is the owner of the
castle and that the merchant has insulted his hospitality by stealing a rose.
The canker blooms have full as deep a dye
As the perfumed tincture of the roses,
(Shakespeare, Sonnet 54)
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Angry Beast |
- The Beast threatens to kill the merchant.
- In fear, the merchant fell to his knees and begged for his life for the sake of his
six children, who had no
one except him to support them.
Frightened merchant leaving quickly |
- The merchant begs for forgiveness, explaining the rose is
for his daughter who asked for nothing more.
- Suddenly,
the Beast softens when he hears he has daughters.
- He
allows the merchant to leave under the condition that either
he (or one of his daughters) must return to pay the debt owed for the
stolen rose.
Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fret—it leads only to evil.
(Psalms 37:8)
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Not me! |
- He would let him go
free but the merchant must return within 3 months with one of his daughters.
- If the merchant didn't take
action to bring a daughter back within 3 months, the merchant must
return to his fate.
- One condition was that the daughter must be
willing and not forced to come to the castle.
Bag of gold from the Beast |
- The merchant received a bag of gold coins
from the Beast to help him on his trip home.
- So the merchant swore
he would return. Taking his rose, he mounted his horse and rode home.
- When the merchant
arrived home, he gave his daughters the gold chains and the
rose to Beauty.
Hang on such thorns, and play as wantonly
When summer's breath their masked buds discloses:
(Shakespeare, Sonnet 54)
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Mentally disturbed merchant in deep thought |
- For several days they lived happily together, though the merchant wandered about gloomy, sad,
and in deep thought.
- After Beauty consoled him, he
finally
told his daughters about the stolen rose, and his promise to the Beast to bring one of
the daughters back to the castle.
Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, But a good word makes it glad. (Proverbs 12:25)
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Sad Beauty volunteers to go to the castle |
- Immediately the two eldest daughters started blaming poor Beauty
because the problem was caused by her rose, and they said all
kind of ill-natured and hateful things to her (black magic).
- When Beauty heard about the predicament, she
volunteered to follow her father back to the Beast’s castle.
She opens her mouth with wisdom, and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue. (Proverbs 31:26)
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Lightning from the Beast strikes the family |
- She
didn't want him to be killed for her (because he plucked a rose for
her and for that reason, he was the one sentenced to death).
- It was a
hard decision for the merchant because the support of all his
children (sons and daughters) was at stake if he returned
without a daughter to the castle, there would be six unfed
mouths and orphans left behind.
- Still, he wasn't willing
to let Beauty go because he already knew she was his most
precious child.
Beauty spoke: "Since the monster will accept one of his daughter," said she, "I will deliver myself up to all his fury, and I am very happy in thinking that my death will save my father's life, and be a proof of my tender love for him." (storiestogrowby.org)
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Beauty packs her carpet bags |
- Beauty insisted on setting out for the castle
instead of her father, so she packed her bags and got ready
for the journey.
- She knew her siblings would suffer
without him.
- Her sisters were secretly delighted at the prospect of getting rid of her once and for all.
But, for their virtue only is their show,
They live unwoo'd, and unrespected fade;
(Shakespeare, Sonnet 54)
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Tea cups filled to the brim, don't let it overflow |
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At the castle, the doors magically opened for them, and once
again when they entered, there was no one there to greet them.
- So they went up the steps and went through the hall into the
dining room where they found a magnificent feast waiting for
them.
There they saw a table spread with all manner of beautiful glasses and plates and dishes and napery, with plenty to eat upon it. So they waited and they waited, thinking that the owner of the house would appear, till at last the merchant said, "Let's sit down and see what happens then."
When they sat down, invisible hands passed them things to eat and to drink, and they ate and drank to their heart's content. And when they arose from the table it arose too and disappeared through the door as if it were being carried by invisible servants. (storiestogrowby.org)
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Merchant says goodbye to Beauty
as Beast looks on |
- In a short while, the Beast sees that both Beauty and her father have arrived.
- He inquired in a booming voice "Is this your youngest daughter?"
and the merchant agreed.
Wrought iron andirons in the fireplace |
- The Beast asked Beauty if she
was willing to stay at the castle, and she told him yes.
With that he led the merchant down to his horse and said to him, "Honest man, go your ways tomorrow morning, but never think of coming here again."
Then the Beast returned to Beauty and said to her, "This house with all that is therein is yours; if you desire anything, clap your hands and say the word and it shall be brought to you." And with that he made a sort of bow and went away. (storiestogrowby.org)
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Sad father leaves |
- The next morning, the Beast assured the merchant that he would take good
care of Beauty and she would be safe, but that the merchant
would never see her again.
- He dismissed the merchant, who reluctantly and despondently returned home, convinced that the Beast would eat his daughter.
A time to search and a time to give up as lost;
A time to keep and a time to throw away.
(Ecclesiastes 3:6)
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Making friends with all the animals at the castle |
- Although the Beast frightened her, Beauty agreed to stay forever and to never see her family again.
- The following days weren’t as frightful as Beauty expected
and she had an incredible amount of freedom around the castle
and grounds.
- Fortunately he Beast didn't eat her but nevertheless, she was his prisoner.
Then the beast goes into its lair
And remains in its den. (Job 37:8)
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Sun bonnet in garden |
- She explored the
castle and especially the garden, making animal friends who treated her like a queen.
Fish tank with talking fish |
- The Beast had a beautiful fish tank with talking
fish.
Who teaches us more than he teaches the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds in the sky? (Job 35:11)
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Magic mirror animal friends |
- She
also watched through a magic mirror which allowed her to see things
unfolding and scenes that already happened previously in her
life.
Solitude |
- So Beauty lived on and was waited on by invisible servants and had whatever she liked to eat and to drink, but she soon got tired of the solitude.
By His stripes we are healed. (Isaiah 53:5)
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Animal breakfast pals |
- The servants of the castle, who had been transformed into various household objects,
were certain that Belle could save them from their fate.
Beast is really a powder puff underneath his mask |
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The servants of the castle try to convince Belle that the Beast was not
the monster that he seemed.
Beauty in the rose garden |
- Beauty spent many hours in the rose garden and the
Beast didn't seem to mind that she picked as many roses as she
desired.
- He never said anything; she never saw the Beast but could hear his voice.
- She filled the castle with rose vases filled with roses.
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date;
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st;
Nor shall death brag thou wander’st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
(Shakespeare, Sonnet
18)
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Fast friends |
- Soon after, the Beast came to her and after a short time, Beauty and the Beast became fast
friends.
- They talked about all manner of things and he was
curious about her life and family and it was the only time in
her life anyone cared about her besides her father.
Mrs. Potts the teapot |
- Belle makes friends with the castle's servants who were
all turned into household objects by a curse.
Chip the teacup |
- The servants included household items; Lumière the candelabra, Cogsworth the clock, Mrs. Potts the teapot, and her son Chip, the teacup.
Castle carpet |
- One day, she wandered into the forbidden west wing and
found a silk rose laying there on the carpet.
Angry Beast chasing Beauty |
- She heard a loud thunder and turned just as the Beast caught her
picking up the rose and angrily forced her to flee the castle.
- In the woods, Belle is attacked by a pack of wolves and the
Beast rescues her and is wounded as a result.
Beast recovers |
- Despite the Beast’s rage that caused her imprisonment in his castle, Belle patiently cares for him, carrying him on her horse back to the castle after he was attacked by wolves.
She tends his wounds, recites Shakespeare to him, and approaches him with a new tenderness. Such undeserved kindness completely undoes the Beast, as grace often does, and he is unsure of how to respond.
He eventually allows himself to accept the love
Belle offers him, and his demeanor completely changes.
Love and compassion swell within him for the first
time in decades.
(mbird.com)
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Ugly Beast has inner beauty |
- The Beast asked her if
she found him ugly.
- She admitted she found him physically ugly, but saw
through his ugly exterior and could see he had a good heart.
- The Beast falls
in love with Beauty and asks her to marry him but she denies him.
"Yes, yes," said the Beast, "my heart is good, but still I am a monster."
Immediately the poor monster sighed, and then hissed so frightfully that the whole palace echoed. But Beauty soon recovered her fright, for Beast said in a mournful voice, "then farewell, Beauty," and left the room.
(storiestogrowby.org)
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Dinner talk |
- He continued to propose to her each night
at dinner, which occured promptly at nine in the evening, and was the only time of the day she
usually
saw him.
- She continued to
tell him no.
One day she said to him, "Beast, you make me very uneasy, I wish I could consent to marry you, but I am too sincere to make you believe that will ever happen. I shall always esteem you as a friend, please try to be satisfied with this." (storiestogrowby.org)
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Dreaming of handsome stranger |
- At night, Beauty dreams of a handsome stranger who implores her not to be deceived by appearances.
Dreaming of dancing with handsome
stranger |
- She falls in love with the stranger because he’s so beautiful
and kind and dreams about dancing with him at great balls
dressed in the finest silk gowns.
There was a star danced, and under that was I born.
(Shakespeare,
Much Ado About Nothing)
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Sad
and lonely father |
- After some time, Beauty learns from the magic mirror that both her
older sisters have wed so she asked the Beast if she could take a
trip to visit her father who was very lonely.
- The Beast agrees,
although upset, since he cannot bear to see Beauty unhappy,
but only as long as she agreed to return after two months.
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. (1 Corinthians 13:4-7)
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Magic looking glass |
- Beauty agrees to return after two months and the
Beast gives her the magic mirror (looking glass) to take with
her.
- He also gave her a ring and told her when she
wanted to come back to him all she had to do was lay the ring
on the mirror and she would awake that morning in the castle.
No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity. But I know none, and therefore am no beast.
(Shakespeare, Richard III)
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Jealous sister's horrible
husband, Duke |
- She awakes the next morning and she is at home in
her father's country house.
- During the time she is at home with her father, her sisters,
who were both jealous of Beauty, return home because they had
horrible husbands and they were both getting divorced.
Jealous sister milks a cow |
- Their husbands dumped them because they were
no longer rich and now they were forced to do kitchen work and
milk cows.
The eldest had married a gentleman, extremely handsome indeed, but so fond of his own person, that he was full of nothing but his own dear self, and neglected his wife. The second had married a man of wit, but he only made use of it to plague and torment everybody, and his wife most of all. (storiestogrowby.org)
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View from country home |
- Her time there was uncomfortable, and during
that period she had no dreams of the handsome stranger, who at that
point, was her only
comfort.
- Phoenix rising.
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? (2 Corinthians 6:14 )
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Finest clothes for Beauty |
- Her sisters were mad because Beauty had been given the finest clothes by the Beast.
- They were scapegoating and blaming Beauty for all their
problems instead of working on their own inner demons.
Beauty's sisters sickened with envy, when they saw her dressed like a princess, and more beautiful than ever, nor could all her obliging affectionate behavior stifle their jealousy, which was ready to burst when she told them how happy she was. (storiestogrowby.org)
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Jealous sister |
- They were so jealous, they both conspired to use emotional blackmail to make Beauty stay away from the Beast for longer than
planned, hoping he would become enraged and come to devour Beauty!
- They tried their best to give her fake love thinking she
would fall for it and change her plans and stay longer than
two months, thus angering the Beast.
- Beauty was so happy
she wept with joy and agreed to stay a week longer and that
made her sisters happy their black magic worked.
Wrath is fierce and anger is a flood,
But who can stand before jealousy?
(Proverbs 27:4)
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Starry night |
- After she had been home for a few weeks, Beauty
started wondering why she refused to marry the Beast, due to
his looks.
- Beauty missed him
and realized he was kind, caring and only wanted the best for her
and to make her happy.
Doubt thou the stars are fire; Doubt that the sun doth move; Doubt truth to be a liar; But never doubt I love.
(Shakespeare,
Romeo and Juliet)
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Sleeping Beauty |
- She had a dream that the Beast was sick and
suffering because he loved her and missed her so much.
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Beauty decided she loved him and would certainly be happier with him than her sisters
were with their selfish and cruel titled husbands, so she made the
decision to return to the castle.
Beauty was startled from her sleep, sat up straight in bed, and burst into tears. "Am I not very wicked," said she, "to act so unkindly to Beast, who has tried so hard to please me in everything? Is it his fault if he is so ugly? He is kind and good, and that is more than enough. Why did I refuse to marry him?. (storiestogrowby.org)
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Unconscious Beast |
- When she went to bed that night in her father's country
home, she put the ring the Beast gave her on the magic mirror
and when she awoke the next morning she was in the castle.
Garden flowers |
- She put on her best gown and waited all day to see the Beast
and he never even appeared at nine that evening for dinner.
- She knew that something was not right and she searched for
him.
- Then she remembered the dream she had about him
heartbroken in the garden and she found him there, unconscious,
almost dead from heartbreak.
She threw herself upon him and finding his heart beating still, she fetched some water from the canal and poured it on his head.
Beast opened his eyes, and said to Beauty, "You forgot your promise, and I was so afflicted for having lost you that I resolved to starve myself, but since I have the happiness of seeing you once more, I die satisfied." (storiestogrowby.org)
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Beast recovering in bed, babied |
- With the help of his hidden servants, they moved him to his
bed where she babies him.
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. (Corinthians 4:16)
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Happy Beast |
- Beauty tells
him she will marry him, and she wishes for him to live.
Healthy Beast |
- She
nurses him back to health in short time.
You are altogether beautiful, my darling; there is no flaw in you. (Song of Songs 4:7)
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Forest fairy leaving through the door with her
cane |
- He told her that an evil fairy who was a a mysterious enchantress, cast a
spell over him, transforming him into a hideous monster.
- The
enchantress, angry because he refused to give her shelter, told him that he would only be freed from the
curse when a young woman he held prisoner agreed to marry him.
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This was done to him by the fairy because he was selfish and
narcissistic and didn't appreciate the feminine gender.
So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee. (Psalms 73:22)
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Wicked spell cast |
- Beauty learned from the castle servants that the Prince was very kind, but after his mother died from an illness, his abusive father raised his son to be selfish
and mean.
- The spell also turned all the servants and
everything inside the castle into inanimate objects.
Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.
(Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
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Red rose petals thinning out |
- The Beast and all his servants were destined to die
once a red rose that the fairy left behind lost its last
petal.
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Every year they saw more petals falling from the rose and
every time that happened they all grieved and feared for their
lives.
Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so;
Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made:
(Shakespeare, Sonnet 54)
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Townspeople chanting outside the castle |
- The townspeople gathered outside the castle and
would chant 'Kill the Beast' over and over.
- Although he
was self-centered they forgot all his good traits like how he
gave a bag of gold to his rose plucking 'enemy' the merchant
so he would have a safe trip home and something to give to his
children.
- This is the same group that would bully anyone
who didn't look, act, and believe the exact same things that
they worshipped and turned everything they didn't like into
something bad or evil.
- Over time, the townspeople forgot about the Prince
and the castle because they were no longer important to them
since he was just a Beast.
Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. So go into the highways and byways, and invite everyone you find to the wedding feast.’
And those servants went out into the highways and gathered together all they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was filled with guests.
(Matthew 22:8-10)
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Fairy magic |
- Because she told him she loved him, Beauty freed him
from the wicked spell.
- All the castle servants returned to their normal
selves a second before the very last petal on the rose fell.
Prince |
- The Beast suddenly disappeared and was replaced by
a prince who was the handsome stranger in her dreams.
- All the townspeople turned up to celebrate at the
castle.
He heals the brokenhearted
and binds up their wounds. (Psalm 147:3)
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Ballroom curtains |
- The celebration moves from outside to the castle
ballroom where all the townspeople join the dancing.
Chef |
- The castle chef cooked an exquisite wedding feast
that fed all the townspeople and the wedding guests.
Beauty dancing |
- While Mrs. Potts, one of the servants sings, the
Prince and Beauty dance for the first time.
Gaston being a jerk! |
- Gaston was an arrogant hunter who was determined to marry Belle, whom he considered the most beautiful woman
in town.
- He just wanted her for her looks and didn't
love anyone.
- She refused his proposal when he threw a wedding party without her prior knowledge
a few months earlier.
- Amazingly, he reluctently showed up
at the dance that night and acted as nasty as ever.
Gaston stabs the Beast in the back |
- Gaston was extremely upset that Beauty passed up his
offer of marriage for a Beast.
- He ended up on the rooftop
with the Beast in a fierce fight.
- Gaston stabbed the Beast in
the back after he saw him dancing with Beauty because he was so
jealous.
- Gaston lost his footing and fell off the roof to
his death after he landed on his knife.
- Once again, Beauty treats
the Beast's wound and they
danced the rest of the night away.
Live by the sword, die by the sword. (Matthew
26:52)
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Fairy magic
- crystal ball |
- A beautiful fairy appeared and used a magic crystal ball to transport Beauty’s father,
brothers and her sisters to the
castle to live with them.
Sisters as statues |
- After a short while, the fairy was so annoyed with the two
jealous older sisters, she turned both of them into statues, so that they must forever look on their younger sister’s happiness
as punishment for their malice.
And I will destroy your high places and cut down your incense altars and cast your dead bodies upon the dead bodies of your idols, and my soul will abhor you. (Leviticus 26:30)
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Prince and
Beauty at their wedding tying the knot |
- Beauty learns that she’s really the daughter of royalty, and her birth parents, along with the merchant and his family,
who have been her step-family, attend the wedding.
- Beauty and the Prince
formerly known as Beast get married and live happily ever after.
An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. (Proverbs 31:10)
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Beauty resurrected |
And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth,
When that shall vade, my verse distills your truth.
(Shakespeare, Sonnet 54)
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Missing Chalice found |
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
(by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, How Do I Love Thee)
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Moral of the myth!
- Beauty is only skin deep but luckily, in Belle's
case, it ran all the way through.
- Don't judge a book by its cover.
- Anger is Satan.
- Take the time to know someone before you decide
whether you like them or not.
- If you love someone, set them free. The Beast
let Beauty go and she returned to him, true love is a
sure thing.
- Truth and honesty wins.
- Live by the golden rule (do unto others as you
would have them do unto you) and you will never have
problems like this.
- Don't give away your power, especially to
leeches. Your reality is not their perception (no
matter what they think).
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Signed by Leonardo DaVinci
A new
day!
As above, so below. |
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One has no right to love or hate anything
if one has not acquired a thorough knowledge of its nature.
Great love springs from great knowledge of the beloved object,
and if you know it but little
you will be able to love it only a little or not at all.
Leonardo DaVinci
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