Beauty And The Beast By Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont

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“Beauty and the Beast” written by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont, is often given a very clichéd moral. Many people would argue that the main lesson of the tale is to not judge a book by it’s cover. While that is not technically incorrect, it is not the only moral present in the story. In fact, the story has many morals that are not nearly as unoriginal. “Beauty and the Beast” is more than a story about inner beauty, because not allowing your fears to get in the way of happiness, and sacrifice. There is a part of the story that is always overshadowed by the happy ending, and that is Beauty’s fear of the Beast. During her first dinner at the castle, Beauty is afraid that the beast is preparing to eat her. She even says to her father, “…while