4.5 The Beast Within: A Tale of Beauty's Prince.4.4 Beauty and the Beast: Belle's Royal Wedding.4.2 Beauty and the Beast (Marvel Comics).4.1 The New Adventures of Beauty and the Beast.3.1 Disney's Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas.2.2 Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.To that end, the Beast’s narrative arc emphasizes the film’s moral that “true beauty comes from within.' In contrast to the original fairytale, Disney’s iteration of the character was developed as a callous, almost-villainous force whom steadily redeems himself throughout the story. The Beast is based on the titular creature from the folklore on which the film is based. Only by loving another and earning their love in return, would the spell be broken. As punishment for his cruel behavior, the prince was cursed by a mysterious Enchantress and transformed into a hideous beast. A young prince who once lived a pampered life, he was notoriously selfish and unkind in his youth. The Beast is the male protagonist of Disney's 1991 animated feature film, Beauty and the Beast.

As the years passed, he fell into despair, and lost all hope, for who could ever learn to love a beast?” ―Excerpt from the opening narration of Beauty and the Beast If not, he would be doomed to remain a beast for all time. “ If he could learn to love another, and earn her love in return by the time the last petal fell, then the spell would be broken.

The beast within a tale of beauty's prince