![]() ![]() Beauty’s ability to make this choice for herself represents the decisions women didn’t have the power to make, and Beauty choosing to go to the castle exemplifies her tender personality. ![]() In real life, she likely would have ended up at the castle under duress, married off to a gruff, hideous man in exchange for the merchant’s freedom. In the story, Beauty voluntarily goes to the Beast’s castle to save her father. ![]() Marriage was a contract, and a woman had little to no say in the matter. Society expected women to marry young to a man who provides the greatest advantage with no consideration given to love or a woman’s opinion. Beauty represents both a woman’s situation and ideals at the time the book was first published. The protagonist of Beauty and the Beast, Beauty is thoughtful, kind, and intelligent: “ generous and tender heart was visible in all her words and actions” (17), meaning that she acts tenderly and generously at all times. Beauty and the Beast Madame de Villeneuve Story Length: 26 pages Read-Aloud Time: About 52 minutes About the Story While returning home to his family, a merchant plucks a rose from a garden and is confronted by the Beast, who demands that the merchant send him one of his daughters in payment for his theft. ![]()
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