tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215903909566320990.post3176011987471882595..comments2024-03-22T03:18:05.063-04:00Comments on Domythic Bliss: Beauty and the BeastGracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01961174973796318673noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215903909566320990.post-14360806036203118052012-08-05T16:09:39.749-04:002012-08-05T16:09:39.749-04:00hello again grace! i need a moment to check out fo...hello again grace! i need a moment to check out folks blogs! i think the "manly/feline" combination is a beast that woman can love visually as compared to a creature that is so grotesque in the beginning of the story, but whom she comes to love because of his kindess and inner beauty slowly which is what the story is about. also, that beauty, "belle" is a pious, humble, forgiving, and willing to sacrifice herself for her family, makes her the perfect woman of the times-we see this in purtain times-women were given names of the values that they were to take on like "prudence", "mercy", and one of my ancestors names, "silence". again, her sisters are seen as ugly because they posses qualites unfit of a lady of the times-selfish, thoughtless, etc...<br /><br />anyway, i have wondered about the "hideous beast" in women form in fairy tales. who is she? the little mermaid? not really. she has a fish tale, but again, she is sacrifices all she holds dear for love. in the original version, every step she takes is like "walking on knife blades" yet she does not complain-again, silent suffering of the pious woman. she is beautiful in the eyes of the prince who finds her and of all in the kingdom as she appears to them in normal female form and dances beautifully for them. again, more sacrifices. the ultimate sacrifice is how she dies so the prince can love another with false informantion-TOO MUCH!<br /><br />take the story of "Beauty of the Beast" and change the sexes around. what if the beast alone in the castle was a princess? what if the beauty was a young man, sacrificing all to save his family. would this young man fall in love with a hideous beastly female? i don't think so! not in any form she may come in.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08587918375806691891noreply@blogger.com