Roofs In Beauty And The Beast

A little boy and a little girl sit, eyes wide, eagerly awaiting the story. 'Once upon a time...', and they are reeled in. This short phrase is a trigger to our subconscious; for every fairly tail is a mirror reflecting our own or our societies morals. Passed down through centuries of oral tradition, variations arise; yet beneath the differed versions the lessons are the same. Both to entertain and condition its audience fairy tails have maintained their popularity through out time. When scripture became more popular and literacy rate for those in the middle class rose these oral tails became translated into short stories. One of the most renowned fairy tails was that of Beauty and the Beast ( most famously scripted by de Villeneuve and

This identification is what the conditioning of the stories are built on. As the audience or readers either adore or connect with the main character they become more inclined to be like the main character. Belle's beauty and intelligence are characteristics to strive towards, yet critics of our time make comment to how the strength and self security which should be promoted in women is absent in this tail. The touch of courage displayed in her sacrifice of herself in the place of her father could in fact be interpreted as the nature of a maiden in that time frame- to resign ones self to the

They must be beautiful, smart, poised, kind and loyal. They must me molded for the men, the men who can be crude, dull and ugly and still remain the hero and much loved. This creates a twisted message that women are responsible through their adoration to control a man; mold an abusive beast into a prince, their prince. This belief that still exists in today's society is a main reason women stay silent to being sexually abused- they believe they are