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Essay / Masculinity in Beauty and the Beast - 1028
Thanks to the method of socialization, the story evolves the stereotype of the primitive human within the patriarchal system, emphasizing the importance of virtue and good nature under the bestiality of man. The characterization of the Beast affects the text's depiction of appropriate masculinity through the contrast between bestiality and inner virtue. If his silhouette is disturbing and monstrous, the inner character of the Beast demonstrates good nature. During dinner with the Beast, Beauty comments on his kind manners by declaring: "Among humans, says Beauty, there are many who deserve this name more than you, and I prefer you, as you are, to those who deserve this name. , in human form, hides a perfidious, corrupt and ungrateful heart'” and continues to say: “It is a thousand pity, something so good-natured to be so ugly”. While his stature is revealed through diction, his good mannerism and lack of sense are characterized in the dialogue of the characters who see his appearance but recognize his virtue. The Beast therefore does not win Beauty's heart by his appearance; at first, she refuses his advances because of his ugliness. However, she thought: “Is it his fault that he is so ugly and so senseless? He is kind and good, and that is enough. Why did I refuse to marry him? I would be happier with the monster than my sisters are with their husbands; it is neither wit nor a handsome person in a husband that makes a wife happy, but virtue, gentleness of character and complacency, and the Beast has all these precious qualities.” Beauty chooses to return to the Beast because of his inner virtue despite his bestiality and lack of wit. Beauty's return is a reward for the Beast's good virtue. This socialized the reward system of